Lead Pharmacist, Planned and Critical Care

Job summary
The post holder will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to medicines optimisation to ensure the delivery of effective pharmacy support across all Planned and Critical Care.

You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise your work. This post would be ideal for someone looking to develop or extend their clinical leadership, expanding on their understanding of systems working and demonstrating impact. The successful applicant will join a caring pharmacy and trust team. You will be supported to develop clinical, leadership, managerial, research and strategic skills.

All pharmacists participate in seven day working and late duty rotas and you will be part of the Pharmacy Senior On Call team.

Main duties of the job
To provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to Planned and Critical Care, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines in the Trust.

To lead and manage other pharmacy staff working in the Planned and Critical Care Division to ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.

To provide an advanced clinical service to patients as part of the team. This may include patient facing work in areas such as: Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma, MSK or parenteral nutrition.

About us
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Details
Date posted: 07 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £72,719 to £83,505 a year
Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer London)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 343-8009098-AG-B
Job locations: Epsom and St Helier Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom Surrey, KT18 7EG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
See the job description and person specification attached.

Please tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the attached person specification.

Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Computer literate
• Demonstrates initiative
• Problem solving skills
• Influencing/negotiating skills
• Ability to plan, develop & implement

Desirable

• Implement & manage change
• Principles of QI
• Understand the needs of a breadth of stakeholders

Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Registered with GPhC
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Masters in Pharmacy Degree - MPharm

Desirable

• MRPharmS
• Member of Faculty of RPS and working towards advanced practice
• Independent prescriber
• Leadership/Management Qualification

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Extensive post registration experience at least 8a level
• Experience of working in areas linked to Planned and Critical Care
• Developing & leading on projects
• Staff training & appraisal
• Previous management experience/staff management

Desirable

• Knowledge of CMM
• Risk management and assessment
• Procedure & business plan writing
• Understanding of systems/place in NHS

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.