Lead Pharmacist – Clinical Support

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare.

We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Job Summary

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW

Contract: Full-Time & Permanent

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Support to join our Pharmacy team, with a salary up to £80,000.

This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week between Monday-Friday, with some evening and weekend duties as required.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

Reporting to the Pharmacy Services Manager, the post holder will be responsible for developing the education strategy for the pharmacy department & hospital wide governance, including MSO work, Antibiotic and Opioid stewardship. The post holder will also be reviewing and updating policies as well as responding to incidents and working closely with the pharmacy team and caregivers outside pharmacy to support governance throughout the organisation.

What will your duties include?

To act as the Hospital’s Medication Safety Officer (MSO), providing a leadership role to the medication safety agenda across the organisation (inpatient and community setting)

To lead on the review and evaluation of clinical risk and critical incidents, including trends relating to medicines use within the Hospital and outpatient facilities

To contribute to the Hospitals clinical governance strategy to ensure the safe use of medicines within the organisation

Work with other clinical stakeholders to deliver education, training and development of pharmacy, medical and allied health professionals’ caregivers

Collaborate with clinical pharmacy team to provide consistent and high-quality pharmacy services to all areas of the Hospital and Outpatient buildings as per GPhC Standards

What we need from you?

Masters in Pharmacy & Post Grad qualification (Essential)

Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (Essential)

Hospital Pharmacy experience - preferably NHS and Private

Proven track record of supporting and training Pharmacy staff

Experience of governance roles and activities

What We Offer

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Workplace Nursery Scheme

Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support

Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed

Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email [email protected]. ‎

Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.