Specialist Pharmacist - Neurosciences
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 05/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, senior clinical pharmacist to join the Neurosciences Team at Charing Cross Hospital for a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover. The role involves providing clinical care for patients on the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and neurology wards, supporting outpatient prescribing, and managing medication supply within neurology services. The post-holder will rotate between the Stroke and Neurology Services, identifying pharmaceutical needs, reconciling medication charts, and facilitating ward-based discharges. You will also lead service improvement projects, develop clinical guidelines, and participate in general departmental duties including late and weekend shifts.
Essential criteria
- Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Active registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Completed, or currently undertaking, a postgraduate diploma in general pharmacy practice, and have satisfactorily passed all assessments pertaining to the postgraduate certificate modules (i.e. 18 month assessments) and beyond
Desirable criteria
- Full Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (completion of all FS2 modules of the JPB/UCL diploma) or another equivalent postgraduate diploma
- Independent prescriber annotation on the GPhC pharmacist register
- Solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing)
- Experience in delivering education and training
- Experience in the management of others
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients
- Practical clinical experience
- Previous experience of clinical audit and service development work and/or pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
- Experience of clinical guideline development
- Experience of planning and developing pharmacy services
- Previous experience of using electronic prescribing systems
- Previous clinical experience within the neurosciences speciality
- Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- Ability to communicate complex information
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Demonstrate the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities within neurosciences
- Demonstrate good understanding of key NHS objectives and publications
- Understanding of issues affecting medicines use
- Good ability to use computer systems including MS Excel and Word
- Good ability to use electronic prescribing systems (ePMA) such as Cerner
- Good ability to use pharmacy computer systems such as JAC/CMM/Omnicell
- Ability to identify and manage clinical risks
- Demonstrable awareness of and commitment to clinical governance agendas
- Good clinical practice knowledge
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team, and managerial staff
- Advanced MS Word and Excel proficiency
- Advanced ePMA software proficiency
- Communicate best practice outside the organisation
- Demonstrate good leadership skills
- Demonstrate the ability to identify the training needs of others
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and improve service quality
- Education/ qualifications
- Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Active registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Completed, or currently undertaking, a postgraduate diploma in general pharmacy practice, and have satisfactorily passed all assessments pertaining to the postgraduate certificate modules (i.e. 18 month assessments) and beyond
- Full Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (completion of all FS2 modules of the JPB/UCL diploma) or another equivalent postgraduate diploma
- Independent prescriber annotation on the GPhC pharmacist register
- Solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing)
- Experience in delivering education and training
- Experience in the management of others
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients
- Practical clinical experience
- Previous experience of clinical audit and service development work and/or pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
- Experience of clinical guideline development
- Experience of planning and developing pharmacy services
- Previous experience of using electronic prescribing systems
- Previous clinical experience within the neurosciences speciality
- Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- Ability to communicate complex information
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Demonstrate the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities within neurosciences
- Demonstrate good understanding of key NHS objectives and publications
- Understanding of issues affecting medicines use
- Good ability to use computer systems including MS Excel and Word
- Good ability to use electronic prescribing systems (ePMA) such as Cerner
- Good ability to use pharmacy computer syst
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, senior clinical pharmacist to join the Neurosciences Team at Charing Cross Hospital on a fixed-term, 12-month maternity cover contract. The post-holder will provide clinical care for patients on our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and neurology wards, as well as support outpatient prescribing and supply of medications within our neurology services. The post-holder will rotate between the Stroke Service and Neurology Service on the Charing Cross Hospital site.
The successful candidate will provide a ward-focused service to a specialist cohort of patients. You must have excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and enjoy a challenge. You will identify patients' pharmaceutical needs, assemble medication histories, reconcile medication charts, and facilitate ward-based discharges incorporating medication counselling on medication changes. You will have the opportunity to lead on service improvement and audit projects, as well as the development of clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures. You will become a key member of the ward multidisciplinary team, supporting the work of both the wards and directorate.
Ideally, you will have completed your clinical diploma and hold an independent prescribing qualification. The successful candidate will additionally participate in general departmental duties i.e
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