• Job Description

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  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist with drive and enthusiasm to play a pivotal role in Medicines Safety and Clinical Governance across Whittington Trust.

  Are you up for the challenge in building excellence?

  Are you passionate about working with a wide range of healthcare processionals to promote a positive safety culture? If so, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

  We are looking for an experienced Pharmacist with extensive clinical pharmacy knowledge, excellent communication skills and a strive for excellence.

  The post holder will be expected to forge strong professional relationships across the trust and be responsible for the leading on patient safety and clinical governance initiatives relating to medicines management including Controlled Drugs. They will be pivotal in the ongoing development and delivery of the trust medication safety programme.

  The post holder will need to have the ability to work with a wide range of multidisciplinary teams and be a key member of a number of groups and committees concerned with patient safety internally as well as externally.

  We look forward to taking these next steps of this journey with you!

  Apply today.

  Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details

  Main duties of the job

  For more information relating to the main duties of the role, please refer to the Job Description included in this advert

  About us

  Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

  Details

  Date posted

  19 August 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £64,156 to £71,148 a year Inclusive of Inner HCAs per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  220-WHT-3333

  Job locations

  Whittington Health NHS trust

  Magdala Avenue

  London

  N19 5NF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information relating to the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the Job Description included in this advert

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information relating to the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the Job Description included in this advert

  Person Specification

  Education/Qualifications

  Essential

  • MPharm (or equivalent)
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

  Desirable

  • Membership of the RPS and relevant professional clinical group (e.g. Meds Safety Network or UKCPA)
  • Independent prescriber
  • Leadership or Management qualification

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • High-level clinical skills sufficient to engage in appropriate dialogue with senior clinicians around complex clinical cases.
  • Good written and oral communication skills and able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing).
  • Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
  • Experience of supervising and training junior pharmacists and wider pharmacy team members
  • Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and doctors.
  • Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Good problem-solving & numeracy skills
  • Ability to evaluate and to plan service developments
  • Understand, articulate and apply the principles of change management to the healthcare setting

  Desirable

  • Demonstrates abilities to drive quality improvement and digital innovation to support medicines safety

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach to work.
  • Good understanding of the role of medication safety & clinical governance within the acute setting and how this supports patient care.
  • Good understanding of the role of medication safety & clinical governance within the community setting and how this supports patient care.
  • Good working knowledge of clinical governance and medicines management issues.
  • Relevant clinical experience from working in an acute hospital setting.
  • Appropriate knowledge of the legal requirements when dealing with and processing Controlled Drugs
  • Involvement in the writing of clinical guidelines and medicines policies.
  • Experience as a line manager.
  • Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback.
  • Experience in education and training and acting as a clinical supervisor.
  • Experience of conducting medicines management audits and producing action plans and reports, based on data.

  Desirable

  • Experience of coordinating drug recalls/MHRA alerts/CAS and clinical alerts.
  • Knowledge of national bodies responsible for supporting clinical governance and medicine safety in the acute hospital setting.
  • Experience of conducting medication error investigations and producing action plans linked to service improvement.
  • Experience of contributing to, or leading quality improvement projects.
  • An understanding of what integrated care is and how this applies to Pharmacy.
  • Knowledge of the wider NCL healthcare system and priorities.
  • An understanding of how digital tools / EPR functionality can improve clinical practice in the inpatient setting.
  • Working within the PSIRF and CQC Framework.

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Reliable, Self-motivated.
  • Able to set realistic goals and outcomes and use these to motivate themselves and their team.
  • Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Demonstrates initiative, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
  • Commitment to continuing personal development.
  • Knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda.

  Desirable

  • Ability to articulate their own leadership style

  Person Specification

  Education/Qualifications

  Essential

  • MPharm (or equivalent)
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

  Desirable

  • Membership of the RPS and relevant professional clinical group (e.g. Meds Safety Network or UKCPA)
  • Independent prescriber
  • Leadership or Management qualification

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • High-level clinical skills sufficient to engage in appropriate dialogue with senior clinicians around complex clinical cases.
  • Good written and oral communication skills and able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing).
  • Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
  • Experience of supervising and training junior pharmacists and wider pharmacy team members
  • Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and doctors.
  • Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Good problem-solving & numeracy skills
  • Ability to evaluate and to plan service developments
  • Understand, articulate and apply the principles of change management to the healthcare setting

  Desirable

  • Demonstrates abilities to drive quality improvement and digital innovation to support medicines safety

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach to work.
  • Good understanding of the role of medication safety & clinical governance within the acute setting and how this supports patient care.
  • Good understanding of the role of medication safety & clinical governance within the community setting and how this supports patient care.
  • Good working knowledge of clinical governance and medicines management issues.
  • Relevant clinical experience from working in an acute hospital setting.
  • Appropriate knowledge of the legal requirements when dealing with and processing Controlled Drugs
  • Involvement in the writing of clinical guidelines and medicines policies.
  • Experience as a line manager.
  • Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback.
  • Experience in education and training and acting as a clinical supervisor.
  • Experience of conducting medicines management audits and producing action plans and reports, based on data.

  Desirable

  • Experience of coordinating drug recalls/MHRA alerts/CAS and clinical alerts.
  • Knowledge of national bodies responsible for supporting clinical governance and medicine safety in the acute hospital setting.
  • Experience of conducting medication error investigations and producing action plans linked to service improvement.
  • Experience of contributing to, or leading quality improvement projects.
  • An understanding of what integrated care is and how this applies to Pharmacy.
  • Knowledge of the wider NCL healthcare system and priorities.
  • An understanding of how digital tools / EPR functionality can improve clinical practice in the inpatient setting.
  • Working within the PSIRF and CQC Framework.

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Reliable, Self-motivated.
  • Able to set realistic goals and outcomes and use these to motivate themselves and their team.
  • Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Demonstrates initiative, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
  • Commitment to continuing personal development.
  • Knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda.

  Desirable

  • Ability to articulate their own leadership style

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

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

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  Whittington Health NHS trust

  Magdala Avenue

  London

  N19 5NF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  Whittington Health NHS trust

  Magdala Avenue

  London

  N19 5NF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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