Specialist Pharmacist - ICU, Anaesthetics and Pain | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust


Company:	IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, W2 1NY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

Ready for a new and rewarding challenge?

We’re seeking a motivated and dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic team delivering high-quality pharmacy services across Critical Care, Theatres, and Pain Services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with lead pharmacists and a multidisciplinary team across multiple sites, supporting a diverse patient population. Alongside developing your clinical expertise, you’ll also have the opportunity to grow your leadership and management skills through:

• Active participation in multidisciplinary ward and board rounds, promoting safe, effective, and patient-centred prescribing and medicines use.

• Involvement in clinical audits, research, and service evaluation.

• Supporting the design and implementation of new pharmacy services, guidelines, and policies.

• Assisting Lead Pharmacists and Divisions in managing medication expenditure.

• Contributing to the education, training, and supervision of pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff.

Our Trust hosts three major Intensive Therapy Units (ITUs) across St Mary’s, Hammersmith, and Charing Cross Hospitals, with approximately 95 beds and care provided to nearly 1,700 patients annually.

If you’re passionate about innovation, collaboration, and delivering exceptional care, we’d love to hear from you.

• Provide a high quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service to critical care patients.

• Ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs.

• Identify and promote best practice.

• Actively contribute to the management of drug expenditure through analysis and reporting.

• Actively contribute to the management of Payment by Results (PBR) excluded drugs.

• Assist in incident reporting, investigation and implementation of actions/changes where needed.

• Assist with managing supply problems.

• Actively contribute to the development and monitoring of policies and guidelines.

• Carry out audits as required.

• Undertake training of other pharmacists on aspects of critical care.

• Undertake education and training to the pharmacy department, ICU nurses, ICU medical staff, theatres staff as required.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability

Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environmentwww.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Monday 14 Sep 2026

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