# Lead Pharmacist Paediatric Haematology & Gene Therapies

**Company**: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £66,274 to £73,496 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced pharmacist to join our paediatric pharmacy team at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.

The successful candidate will deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care for children and young people with haemoglobinopathies as part of our stem cell transplantation programme.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and advancing the haemoglobinopathies gene therapy service

- Developing and reviewing clinical guidelines and procedures

- Managing medicines governance and supporting cost-effective prescribing

- Providing training and teaching for pharmacists and the wider team

- Contributing to risk management, audit, and quality improvement

- Supporting new drug applications

- Providing clinical and specialist support to the outpatient pharmacy partnership

- Deputising for the Senior Lead Pharmacist and other Leads when needed

Requirements:

- Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent

- Active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

- Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent

- Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio

- BOPA SACT passport accreditation or equivalent experience

- Post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy, including substantial experience in paediatric pharmacy

- Evidence of experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines Information, ward services, and dispensing)

- Experience in haematology/oncology, stem cell transplantation, and verification of cytotoxics

Benefits:

- Career development and flexible working

- Wellbeing and staff recognition scheme

- Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities

## Skills

### Required
- paediatric pharmacy
- haematology
- gene therapy
- pharmaceutical care
- clinical guidelines
- medicines governance
- cost-effective prescribing
- training and teaching
- risk management
- audit
- quality improvement

### Nice to have
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership
- Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) membership
- non-medical prescriber annotation with GPhC
- UK BMT passport accreditation
- management/leadership qualifications

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