Pharmacy Team Leader – Education and Training
The closing date is 26 May 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, influential pharmacist with advanced clinical expertise to lead the Education and Training Pharmacy Team at St George’s Hospital.
This pivotal leadership role will see you acting as the principal pharmacist for education and training, working closely with multidisciplinary teams and senior leaders to ensure the effective delivery and continuous development of pharmacy education services. You will bring substantial clinical, educational, leadership, and management experience, and play a key role in shaping the future pharmacy workforce.
As an integral member of the pharmacy senior team, you will build strong collaborative relationships both within the Trust and externally, including with Higher Education Institutions and regional networks. This post offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership and strategic skills within a fast‑paced, innovative, and dynamic healthcare environment.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic leadership for pharmacy education, training, and workforce development
- Lead and manage the Education & Training team, including budget oversight
- Develop and deliver training programmes for pharmacists, technicians, and the wider MDT
- Act as a clinical role model, contributing to frontline services when required
- Establish and lead research, audit, and quality improvement initiatives
- Build partnerships with Higher Education Institutions, NHS networks, and professional bodies
- Support the development of independent prescribers and advanced practitioners
- Lead the pharmacy residency service
The successful applicant will be highly organised and capable of managing multiple priorities while delivering to tight deadlines. You will be an enthusiastic and credible educator with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to influence at all levels. You must be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively, demonstrating a high level of accountability and professional judgement.
A postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent) and significant hospital pharmacy experience are essential.
About us
The GESH hospital group is a leading healthcare provider in South West London, comprising St George’s University Hospitals and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. Our vision is to provide outstanding care together, by collaborating and working in partnership to meet the needs of our patients, and making sure our services are affordable and fit for the future.
As GESH partners the pharmacy departments at St Georges University Hospital and Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals are working together in a number of areas including workforce, key functions such as medication safety and education and training, and digital workstreams.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac care, lipid disorders, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. We are the regional specialist care provider for South‑West London, Surrey and beyond. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. Together, as a Group, we will be the driving force behind the most integrated local system in the NHS.
Qualifications
- BPharm / MPharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Diploma/ MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Other postgraduate qualifications (e.g. education and training)
- Registered Independent prescriber qualification – or working towards this qualification
Experience
- Substantial post‑registration experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner, including experience managing patients in a relevant speciality
- Experience contributing to the operational and strategic direction of specialities and pharmacy
- Experience implementing and managing change
- Experience delivering training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Experience identifying and managing risk in a clinical speciality
- Demonstrable experience of coordinating and leading on clinical audit and research
- Demonstrable experience of protocol/guideline development
- Experience of disciplinary matters and capacity to impart results from them to staff appropriately and considerately
- Experience in STP activity
- Experience working with higher education institutes
Knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of therapeutics and pharmacology with a record of successful application in current post
- Commitment to Clinical Governance
- Awareness of interface issues
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex clinical information
- Experience managing medicines use expenditure/budgets
- Familiarity with CMM and Cerner computer systems
- Experience using an electronic patient record and electronic prescribing system
Skills
- Prioritise and plan work effectively autonomously and for a team, including appropriate delegation
- Think strategically
- Apply sound professional judgement to clinical, legal and ethical issues
- Provide highly complex information on Pharmacy Services issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals
- Work positively and calmly under pressure
- Mentor and train others effectively
- Motivate others, work in a team and independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous convictions.
Salary
£75,328 to £86,114 a year (Pro rata including HCAS – Inner London rate)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
200-7889958-DE-UB
Job locations
St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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