Highly Specialist Cardiac Pharmacist

Employer information

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.

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.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

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.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the cardiac team at Barts Heart Centre at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced, high calibre pharmacist looking to develop their career, leadership as well as clinical skills to cardiovascular medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with pharmacy colleagues, alongside medical and nursing staff on a wide range of medicines management matters. In addition, gain valuable experience in managing staff to optimise medicines use within the trust to patients with cardiovascular disease.

You should have extensive cardiology experience and have a clear vision of how you see the future of clinical pharmacy services within the speciality.

To discuss this role further please contact Li Saw, Pharmacy Lead for Critical Care and Theatres on 0203 465 5079 or email: li.saw1@nhs.net

Proposed interview date 2/12/2026

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working as a registered clinical pharmacy practitioner in an acute hospital NHS setting
• Appropriate experience in providing a hospital-based pharmacy service within cardiac services, including experience managing level 2 or level 3 patients
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
• Experience appraising staff and giving feedback
• Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
• Clinical experience in critical care

Desirable criteria

• Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines
• Experience of providing hospital-based clinical service within cardiac services at Band 7 level or equivalent
• Operational management experience in a complex environment
• Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects.
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of managing a budget

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to details
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
• Good analytical & organisational ability

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
• Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in cardiology at Diploma level or equivalent
• Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to cardiology
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• Knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care. Awareness of wider NHS policies, e.g. Long Term Plan
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of patient safety initiatives

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
• Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become an IP

Desirable criteria

• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Management qualification or equivalent experience

Other

Essential criteria

• Leads by example, promoting the Bart's health values
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
• High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings
• Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
• Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
• Able to act as an Ambassador for the Service
• Able to act as an Ambassador for the Service

Additional employer information

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 397.5KB)
• Our Values and Behaviours (PDF, 334.9KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 92.0KB)
• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 549.5KB)