Job overview
Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Cardiology & Respiratory Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is seeking a dynamic Senior Clinical Pharmacist to lead our cardiology and respiratory services. This pivotal role within the Specialist Medicine team offers the chance to shape clinical practice, drive service innovation, and improve patient outcomes across Queen’s and King George Hospitals.
While the focus is on cardiology and respiratory care, the role may flex to support other areas within Specialist Medicine.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead pharmacist for cardiology and respiratory, providing expert clinical input.
2. Deliver safe, evidence-based pharmaceutical care.
3. Drive service development and clinical governance.
4. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimise outcomes.
5. Prescribe independently (if qualified).
6. Mentor junior pharmacists and support training.
7. Deputise for Lead Pharmacist for Medicine.
8. Lead on CQUIN/QCIP programmes and audits.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing and developing comprehensive, patient orientated pharmacy services at ward and outpatient level throughout Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT). He/she will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Medicine and other senior colleagues and clinical technicians to ensure the provision of an integrated and efficient service.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
9. Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
Desirable criteria
10. Independent prescribing qualification
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
11. Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner – this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice
Desirable criteria
13. Change management experience and direct involvement of redesign within a service, including promoting evidence based practice
14. •Prior experience in a similar role as a Respiratory/Cardiology Pharmacist.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.