Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Children's Hospice South West; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is expanding its neonatal pharmacy team across Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital. We welcome applicants for full-time and part-time roles to support neonatal units, MDT collaboration, and parenteral nutrition prescribing, with cross-cover to obstetrics wards and involvement in aseptics and paediatric warfarin clinics.

The post emphasizes clinical governance, leadership responsibilities, and participation in liaison with the wider

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience within neonates or paediatrics.
• Team player with ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Join neonatal units at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital as a key clinical pharmacist.
• Provide cross-cover to obstetrics wards and support the wider paediatric pharmacy team.
• Lead on safe medication practices, contribute to governance, education and training, and drive quality improvement.

Skills

Neonatal experience

Team player

Leadership skills

Pharmacy strategies

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join the neonatal pharmacy team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We have the opportunity to increase our workforce in line with a planned expansion of our two neonatal units. We have funding available for both a full-time and part-time member of staff. So, for the right candidate(s), we will consider all requests for part-time working. Our goal is to align ourselves with national priorities regarding medication safety initiatives in neonates by working towards NPPG standards for pharmacy staffing and playing our part in vital quality improvement work.The successful candidate(s) will spend the majority of their clinical time covering our neonatal units at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital. You will be joining a well embedded team who join daily ward rounds for ICU and HDU level patients, prescribe parenteral nutrition and have a close working relationship with the MDT. There will also be some expectation to provide cross cover to our obstetrics wards as well as offering support to the wider paediatric pharmacy team and regularly contributing to our service rota, including working in our aseptics unit and paediatric warfarin clinic.Clinical governance and leadership responsibilities to neonates will be divided between the team members at the conclusion of the recruitment process.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate(s) who can bring a passion for caring for neonatal patients.A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of:Extensive clinical experience within neonates or paediatricsTeam playerUnderstanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategiesA demonstration of strong leadership skills

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name - Luke Price Position - Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader Email - [e-mail] Phone number - 01133926133 Shortlisting Date: 9/11/26 Interview Date: TBC

Job Summary

This is an exciting time to join the neonatal pharmacy team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We have the opportunity to increase our workforce in line with a planned expansion of our two neonatal units. We have funding available for both a full-time and part-time member of staff. So, for the right candidate(s), we will consider all requests for part-time working. Our goal is to align ourselves with national priorities regarding medication safety initiatives in neonates by working towards NPPG standards for pharmacy staffing and playing our part in vital quality improvement work.

The successful candidate(s) will spend the majority of their clinical time covering our neonatal units at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital. You will be joining a well embedded team who join daily ward rounds for ICU and HDU level patients, prescribe parenteral nutrition and have a close working relationship with the MDT. There will also be some expectation to provide cross cover to our obstetrics wards as well as offering support to the wider paediatric pharmacy team and regularly contributing to our service rota, including working in our aseptics unit and paediatric warfarin clinic.

Clinical governance and leadership responsibilities to neonates will be divided between the team members at the conclusion of the recruitment process. These responsibilities will include but are not limited to, leading on safe medication usage within your clinical area, research and audit, overseeing safe storage of medicine, education and training, guideline and monograph development and driving quality improvement work.

Why you should join our Team

Based within the Leeds General Infirmary, the Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK and treats patients from across Yorkshire and the North of England as a secondary and tertiary referral centre. Leeds is the level 1 surgical centre for the Yorkshire & Humber Congenital Heart Disease Network and a quaternary paediatric liver unit including liver transplant. Other specialist services delivered include renal transplant, cancer services and trauma.

The pharmacy department at Leeds is nationally recognised as an exemplar service. The paediatric pharmacy team is a highly skilled and dedicated group of professionals committed to delivering exceptional pharmaceutical care to paediatric patients with acute and chronic conditions. Working within one of the largest and most advanced paediatric hospitals in the UK, the team fosters a collaborative and supportive atmosphere, where pharmacists, technicians and pharmacy support workers work closely with the MDT to optimise medication usage and improve clinical outcomes. Our vision is making it easy for people to get the most from their medicines and our work ethic is one of excellence, innovation and compassion in delivering the highest quality of care to children. Leeds Teaching Hospitals offers fantastic opportunities for professional development, research involvement and career progression, with a culture that encourages continuous learning and innovation. Being part of this team means joining a forward thinking, dynamic and highly respected paediatric pharmacy service.

What you will bring to the role

We are looking for a candidate(s) who can bring a passion for caring for neonatal patients.

A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of:

• Extensive clinical experience within neonates or paediatrics
• Team player
• Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
• A demonstration of strong leadership skills

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are....

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)