Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Highly Specialist Pharmacist W&C Directorate
Closing date: 19 January 2026
Step into a position where your expertise genuinely shapes patient care. This is an opportunity to join a vibrant, forward‑thinking Women & Children's Directorate at a time of growth and innovation. If you're passionate about delivering exceptional clinical pharmacy services and want to make a real impact across women's, neonatal and paediatric care, this role offers the perfect platform.
With the recent re‑designation of our neonatal service from a Level 1 Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) to a Level 2 Local Neonatal Unit (LNU) – a significant milestone that reflects both the growth in activity at our site and our commitment to delivering high‑quality care closer to home for local families – this is a truly exciting time to join our team. This transformation has opened up new opportunities to shape this brand‑new role and influence how our pharmacy service develops across Women & Children's care.
You'll be at the heart of a specialist service that plays a key role in women's health and paediatrics. Your clinical insight will directly influence the safe, effective and evidence‑based use of medicines across the Directorate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide and manage pharmaceutical services to the Women & Children Directorate in accordance with the needs of the Division, working with senior clinicians to determine medicines‑related cost pressures. The post holder will also monitor and review prescribing practice within the Directorate, working with clinicians to ensure effective, safe, evidence‑based and cost‑effective prescribing.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top‑performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites – Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital – along with award‑winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30 m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80 m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised, as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six‑month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide and manage pharmaceutical services to the Women & Children Directorate in accordance with the needs of the Division, working with senior clinicians on determining medicines‑related cost pressures. The post holder will also monitor and review prescribing practice within the Directorate, working with clinicians to ensure effective, safe, evidence‑based and cost‑effective prescribing.
See attached document for further details.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
* Vocational master's degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent) + completion of pre‑registration training
* Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
* Significant specialist experience in delivering paediatric (or neonatal) services at an advanced level of practice
* Significant specialist experience in delivering maternity services at an advanced level of practice
* Experience of delivering education and training at a postgraduate level
* Supervision of others
* Registered independent pharmacist prescriber
* Clinical audit to improve practice
* Staff management
* TPN
* Education and training in a multidisciplinary environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum incl. HCAS (pro rata)
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