Deputy Head of Radiopharmacy/Lead Radiopharmacy Pharmacist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Deputy Head of Radiopharmacy/Lead Radiopharmacy Pharmacist

This exciting opportunity is based at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, located in the heart of London's financial district, just steps away from the iconic St Paul's Cathedral. St Bartholomew's is internationally renowned for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, and research. We have a long-standing reputation for clinical brilliance, innovative teaching, and ground-breaking research.

The Radiopharmacy Department at Barts Health is entering an innovative and expansive phase, offering significant opportunities for leadership and growth. As part of the Imaging department, the Radiopharmacy team thrives in a collaborative, dynamic environment, where staff from a variety of fields including scientists, pharmacy technicians, imaging technologists, physicists, and clinicians, work closely together.

As an MHRA Manufacturer's Specials Licensed Radiopharmacy with an MIA(IMA) License, we supply critical radiopharmaceuticals to Nuclear Medicine & Imaging departments across the Trust and to other hospitals. Our service spans a wide range of activities, including aseptic preparation of radiopharmaceuticals, blood cell radioisotope labelling for diagnostic imaging, batch manufacturing, clinical trials, and comprehensive quality control laboratory services.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly skilled pharmacist with significant experience in radiopharmaceutical or aseptic production to take the next step in their career.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for leading the operational delivery, performance, and governance of the Radiopharmacy Unit (RPU) at St Bartholomew's Hospital. They will provide strong clinical and managerial leadership to both internal and wider teams. The role aims to promote the responsible, safe, and cost-effective provision of radiopharmacy services while ensuring full compliance with key regulatory requirements. The post holder will lead a team of production staff in delivering high-quality production services to both internal and external stakeholders across the Trust and beyond. Additionally, the post holder will collaborate with the clinical nuclear medicine team, support the setup of clinical trials, and liaise closely with the wider Pharmacy Technical Services departments. The post holder will also work closely with the Head of Radiopharmacy on the strategic development of services, ensuring compliance with regulatory priorities set by the MHRA, ONR, Environmental Agency, and other relevant bodies, to uphold best practices.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant post registration hospital pharmacy experience within aseptic production
• Significant experience of successful working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care to specific or multiple services
• Experience of successfully managing large groups of staff
• Demonstrates working with multiple stakeholders
• Experience of MHRA inspection process for licensed aseptic production unit

Skills

• Demonstrates advanced level organisation skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to a deadline

Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP and QA and clinical trial legislation
• Demonstrated knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work. Radiation protection and radiation safety.

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC

Other

• Interested in expanding knowledge and self-development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.