Specialist Pharmacist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Specialist pharmacist, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital,

Band: 7

Hours: 37.5 a week

Fixed term 12 months

This is an exciting role supporting the development of a world class pharmacy service within the Barts Heart and Thorax Centre and across the cardiovascular CAG. This fixed term opportunity will support the provision of a 7-day clinical pharmacy service to several cardiac specialities, cardiology, cardiothoracic, GUCH, pre-admission clinics and primary care work.

You will encounter exciting opportunities for your personal development as our cardiac services merge into a single, world class integrated cardiovascular centre. You will have the opportunity to work closely with medical and nursing staff on a wide range of medicines management matters to optimise medicines use within the trust to patients with cardiovascular disease.

Interviews will take place 2 weeks after the job offer closes with candidates being notified 7

To support the lead pharmacist for cardiovascular services in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to

Optimise patient outcomes

Minimise adverse reactions

Improve medicines safety

The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025