Specialist Neighbourhood Pharmacist Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic

Main area Pharmacist Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondments will be considered) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus out of hours commitment) Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £66,274 - £73,496 per annum, Inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic pharmacist to play a key role in the continued development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams across South East London for a fixed term of 12 months. This role focuses on optimising medicines use and improving outcomes for people living with multiple long-term conditions, particularly cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CVRM) disease.

Working closely with the Lead Neighbourhood Pharmacist for CVRM, you will help deliver a person-centred, integrated model of care. The postholder will contribute to transforming services for people with complex health needs, improving patient experience, enhancing clinical outcomes and supporting more efficient and effective ways of working across the system.

The successful candidate will:

• Have significant clinical experience in the management of multiple long-term conditions including chronic kidney disease/ cardiovascular disease/diabetes.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care
• Possess influencing skills required to work effectively across the healthcare system
• Demonstrate experience in service development, quality improvement and delivering change
• Demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills
• Be innovative, proactive and able to work effectively across organisational boundarie

• Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist and/or the Lead Neighbourhood Pharmacist CVRM as required.
• Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management of LTCs within cardiovascular, renal and metabolic specialities.
• Support the leadership of clinical pharmacy services in cardiovascular, renal and metabolic specialities in conjunction with the Lead Pharmacist.
• Participate regularly in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients withinCVRM.
• Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within CVRM.
• Providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Provide patient and carer education with close liaison across the interface.
• Promote safe drug use within CVRM specialties.
• Development, implementation and audit of local guidelines.
• Supervise and train pharmacy staff.
• Provide education and training of healthcare…