Principal Pharmacist, Renal Services in Carshalton

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent: senior on call + 7 day working + late duty rota Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 343-8388347-AG

Site St Helier Hospital Town Carshalton Salary £63,665 - £70,887 pa pro rata inc. HCAS Outer Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

Are you an ambitious clinical pharmacist looking for a role where you can use your prescribing skills to improve patient outcomes?

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated specialist pharmacist to join our established renal pharmacy team as a Principal Pharmacist, Renal Services. This leadership role combines advanced clinical practice, service development, multidisciplinary working and, importantly, the opportunity to develop and utilise independent prescribing within a highly specialised renal setting.

You will work closely with consultant nephrologists, specialist nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines use across inpatient, outpatient, dialysis and transplant pathways. You will play a pivotal role in delivering safe, evidence-based care for patients with renal conditions.

This is much more than a traditional clinical pharmacist post. You will have the opportunity to:

Act as a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber within the renal service, including immunosuppressant prescribing.
Exercise autonomous clinical decision-making, assessing patients, initiating and optimising treatment, monitoring outcomes and delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care.
Support and Lead on service development and innovation within one of the Trust's most specialist clinical areas.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a pharmacist who wants to progress their advanced clinical practice and become a recognised prescribing leader within renal medicine.

Main duties of the job

To lead and develop the pharmacy services and directorate support to the South West Thames Renal Unit, in liaison with the Directorate Management Team and the Pharmacy Department to ensure services are of the highest standards of quality and professional practice, evidence based and meet the needs of the user.

To be the Lead Pharmacist for the Renal Services Directorate and the specialist on medicine issues related to Renal medicine.

To co-ordinate and supervise pharmacy staff in the provision of care to Renal Services.

To act as a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber for the immunosuppressant service.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main 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

Qualifications

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Post graduate diploma in clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Non Medical Prescriber fo the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• MSc Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Experience

• Post registration hospital experience
• Multidisciplinary working
• Demonstrate evidence of good clinical knowledge and skills, knowledge of medicines in polypharmacy and frailty, care of older people and reablement
• Experience of divisional work
• Experience of audit and quality improvement projectsClinical governance and risk management
• Previous experience in delivering education in training
• Experience of staff management

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills and organisational skills
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical information
• Good presentation skills, time management, ability to work independently and part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work effectively and problem solving
• Familiarity with CMM pharmacy computer system
• Ability to manage change

General

• Commitment to CPP
• Professional and enthusiastic
• Calm, patient, access to own transport.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may have an application cap, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. Ensure your supporting statement clearly shows how you meet the job specifications.