Specialist Radiopharmacy Pharmacist

Job summary

This exciting role is based at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the heart of London's financial district near St Paul's Cathedral. St Bartholomew's is renowned nationally and internationally for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, and research of patients. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high-quality teaching and research.

The Radiopharmacy Department at Barts Health is undergoing an exciting and innovative phase of exponential expansion and development. The Radiopharmacy department forms part of the Imaging department, which relies on close working relationships between a number of different staff groups including scientists, pharmacy technicians, imaging technologists, physicists, and clinicians.

Our service includes a range of activities from the aseptic preparation of radiopharmaceuticals and blood cell radioisotope labelling for the purposes of diagnostic imaging, batch manufacture, clinical trials, and quality control laboratory activities.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated specialist, who is able to work effectively in a team delivering safe and effective service to customers, in line with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and other relevant regulations. If you would like to work as part of this friendly team that is at the forefront of innovative Radiopharmacy delivery, and supports learning, development, and career progression too, then this is the job for you.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to provide patients with outstanding services from the Radiopharmacy Unit (RPU). The post holder will be given in-depth training and will undertake developmental activities to enable them to gain skills and experience in a wide variety of Quality and Aseptic processes, in a specialist technical and radiopharmaceutical service. This will include blood labelling, production of Technetium-99 and Gallium-68 radiopharmaceuticals. The post holder will become competent in core duties in releasing, QC, and production where required. This will include participating in audits ahead of regulatory inspections. Furthermore, supporting the clinical pharmacy approach into nuclear medicine and support in developing a approach to theranostics and radioligand therapy.

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.

Date posted

27 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-7110238SBH

Job locations

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE

Job description

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Scientific degree with relevant experience may be considered.

Desirable

• Specialist postgraduate certificate in Technical Services (e.g. national course Technology and Quality Assurance)
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Registration as a Clinical Technologist in the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• Registered as Clinical Scientist with the Health Professions Council

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
• Previous experience of working within aseptics - Radiopharmacy, chemotherapy, TPN, CIVAS or manufacturing
• Experience in supervising and organising staff and work
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. preregistration / basic grade pharmacists
• Experience working with clinical trials

Desirable

• Radiopharmacy Experience
• Experience with nuclear medicine
• Experience setting up clinical trials
• Releasing officer experience for aseptic products or radiopharmaceuticals

Skills

Essential

• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self
• Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Demonstrates effective customer service skills
• Good team worker
• Evidence of good clinical practice
• Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear and spoken English (Verbal and written)
• Able to communicate effectively with all health care professionals, colleagues, patients and external contractors
• Demonstrated ability to deliver staff training
• Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
• Demonstrates ability to manage deviations and develop and review action plans
• Demonstrates basic project management skills
• Able to work effectively in stressful situations

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk