Cromwell Hospital Outpatient pharmacist (Maternity Cover)

Outpatient pharmacist (Maternity Cover)

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King Edwards VII Hospital
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Job Description:

Outpatient pharmacist (Maternity Cover)

King Edward VII's Hospital, 5-10 Beaumont Street, Marylebone, London W1G 6AA

Fixed term Contract (Maternity cover 12-15 months)

Up to £55,000 + Fantastic Benefits

Monday to Saturday 37.5hrs On-Site

Preferred shifts: Mon, Tues, Thurs (11.5hr per day) + Alternating Saturdays (6 hours per day)

Hours: 8am-8pm; Saturdays: 9:00-3:30

Closing date for applications: 12 May 2026

How you'll help us make health happen.

King Edward VII's Hospital is a prestigious 56 bedded private hospital in the heart of Marylebone, London, renowned for delivering high‑quality, consultant‑led care. With a strong focus on elective and day‑case surgery, the hospital combines personalised patient care with modern facilities and clinical excellence, supported by Bupa.

The Pharmacy Department at King Edward VII's Hospital provides a high‑quality, patient‑focused medicines service supporting consultant‑led elective, day‑case, and inpatient care. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, the department ensures safe, effective, and compliant medicines management across surgical and clinical services. With a strong emphasis on governance, clinical support, and continuous improvement, the pharmacy team plays a key role in delivering personalised care within a premium private healthcare environment

Key Responsibilities

As an Outpatient pharmacist you'll be responsible for ensuring and partaking in all medicines management stages for the optimisation of patient care and involvement in broader pharmacy governance assurances.

On a daily basis provide a safe and effective medicines management service to all patients, staff, consultants and customers. To work within the relevant SOPs including the relevant health and safety and COSHH procedures and within own limits of responsibility/competency.

  • To provide pharmaceutical care to patients at the hospital including ward and CCU rounds as per requirements.
  • As a hospital pharmacist perform clinical check of prescriptions, monitoring of treatments, antibiotic stewardship, ensuring therapeutic optimisation of prescribed treatment, carrying out interventions to improve treatment outcomes and to minimise harm, involving patients in their care allowing them to share decisions and/or be aware of pharmacist interventions.
  • To prescribe medications within own field of practice as part of medicines reconciliation and pharmacist interventions, to ensure to document and liaise with the consultant of significant interventions.
  • To act as the responsible pharmacist supervising the outpatient pharmacy dispensary, dispensing and supplying of medications.
  • Ensure accurate and timely release of medicines takes place with accurate charging.
  • Ensure loss is minimised and revenue opportunities are maximised for medications.
  • To assist with stock procurement and general maintenance of stock.
  • To participate and ensure good general house-keeping to maintain safe processes within the dispensary.
  • To sustain medicines management system in line with all current medicines legislation and best practice.
  • Provision of medicines information to medical and nursing staff, allied healthcare professionals and patients.
  • To support the development and renewal of hospital policies, procedures, attend and report into MDT meetings.
  • To work according to the departmental SOPs and procedures.
  • To carry out action points delegated by hospital committees or line manager, meeting deadlines.
  • To participate in regular clinical audit and departmental meetings.
  • To participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives whilst ensuring cost effectiveness for the department around medicines management systems and processes.
  • Training of technicians, staff, work experience students who require pharmacist supervision.

Key Skills / Qualifications:

  • Masters degree in Pharmacy.
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Hospital pharmacist experience desirable
  • 2 years Pharmacist experience desirable
  • Evidence of CPD.

Benefits

At King Edward VII's Hospital, we want to reward our staff for the amazing job that they do.

As part of the team, you will have access to a range of benefits for your work and home life.

We offer a variety of benefits that take into consideration how you commute to work, your health and well-being and recognising your service and any staff referrals you make to the Hospital.

Take a look at the full range of benefits on offer when working here:

  • Annual leave entitlement of 25 days + bank holidays increasing with length of service
  • In-house training for all staff
  • Company pension scheme
  • Interest free travel loan
  • Private healthcare (Eligible after 12m)
  • Bicycle Loan Scheme
  • Retailer discounts
  • Employee Assistance Programme

Part of a Globally Trusted Healthcare Group

When you join King Edward VII, you also become part of Bupa - a global healthcare leader with the scale, stability and expertise of a major international brand. Being backed by Bupa means access to an extensive network of clinical and operational specialists, shared best practice from across the organisation, and the support of well‑established systems that help you grow, develop and deliver exceptional care. Our size gives us strength, while our purpose keeps us personal.

We champion diversity and want our people to reflect the communities we serve. Everyone is encouraged to ”Be you at Bupa”, and we actively welcome colleagues from all backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We're committed to ensuring you're treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

If you would like more information on the role, please contact serina.kapoor@bupa.com

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Outpatient pharmacist (Maternity Cover)

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Outpatient pharmacist (Maternity Cover)

Location
King Edwards VII Hospital
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Full Time
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