# Lead Pharmacist, Renal Services

**Company**: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
**Location**: Epsom, Surrey
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £72,719 to £83,505 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Pharmacist for Renal Services to provide strategic and clinical leadership to our renal pharmacy service. The successful candidate will design, establish, and lead a pharmacist-led immunosuppressant prescribing service, working closely with renal consultants, nursing colleagues, pharmacy teams, and other key stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

- Strategically leading, developing, and implementing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary teams in the Renal division

- Overseeing the setup and operationalization of a pharmacy-led immunosuppressant service, including the supply of medicine via homecare services

- Acting as the lead Pharmacist Independent Prescriber for the immunosuppressant service

- Leading on developing a strategic vision and roadmap for pharmacy services within the division

- Working with the multidisciplinary team to promote safe, effective use of drugs in the specialist clinical area

- Providing an advanced clinical service to patients as part of the team

- Leading and managing the pharmacy clinical team working in the Renal division

- Ensuring the development and delivery of training in the specialist clinical area for pharmacy staff and other staff groups as required

- Supporting audit and research within teams and promoting the use of Quality Improvement (QI) methodology

The post is permanent, full-time, and Band 8b, with a salary of £72,719 to £83,505 per year pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer London).

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

## Skills

### Required
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Independent Prescribing
- Leadership
- Quality Improvement
- Communication
- Problem-solving

### Nice to have
- MRPharmS
- Member of Faculty of RPS
- Leadership/Management Qualification
- Knowledge of CMM
- Risk management and assessment

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