Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Women’s and Children’s | Barts Health NHS Trust in London

Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision 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. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated clinical pharmacist to co‑lead our Womens and Children Pharmacy Service. You will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients at Newham Hospital. The successful candidate will join a supportive, integrated pharmacy team, committed to delivering high quality patient care. You will have access to further educational opportunities and senior clinicians within Pharmacy and other disciplines who can provide mentorship and aid professional development.

• To be responsible for the Clinical Pharmacy and Medicines Management services within the Womens and Children Services alongside the highly specialist Oncology and Paediatric Pharmacist.
• To manage the rotational specialist pharmacist, and trainees within the Womens and Children rotations and ensure provision and continuity of service across the site.
• To support the development of Womens and Children services in line with the Pharmacy Department and Barts Health Strategies.
• Close working with the multidisciplinary and wider pharmacy team to optimise patient flow. To actively support the improvement of Pharmacy Services based on evidence and appropriate innovation metrics.
• To support the development of external links and actively input into local primary care organisations and any other relevant local and national specialist interest groups.
• To promote high-quality, cost-effective prescribing for patients.
• To work closely with the Clinical Services Lead pharmacist, to ensure development / standardisation of medicine policies and procedures where appropriate and compliance with medicines legislation.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy and Trust staff on medicines savings and cost improvement opportunities.

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. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

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/s below.

For further information and an informal chat or visit, please contact: Nasira Makan Clinical Services Manager.

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Aug 2026.