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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Lead Pharmacist Paediatric Haematology & Gene Therapies

Salary

£66,274 to £73,496 a year

Apply on Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9290-26-1224

Apply on Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust