Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Immunology and Allergy

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Sheffield is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to deliver advanced pharmacy care for Immunology and Allergy patients. The ideal candidate will have extensive post-registration experience in the NHS and a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy. This role offers competitive compensation and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Excellent benefits for staff

Qualifications

• You must be a Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent is required.
• Experience in teaching and/or tutoring students is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to Immunology and Allergy.
• Deliver education, training, mentorship and clinical supervision.
• Contribute to the pharmacy departmental services including evenings and weekends.

Skills

Extensive post-registration hospital experience

Excellent clinical leadership

Interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to manage difficult problems

Ability to develop working relationships

Education

Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Registered Independent Prescriber

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Immunology and Allergy

The closing date is 29 September 2025

We are looking for a dynamic clinical pharmacist with extensive NHS post-registration experience (0.8-1 WTE), to help us deliver fantastic advanced-level pharmacy care to our Immunology and allergy patients.

Our well-established immunology and allergy service offers services to patients from across the region for patients with immunodeficiency diseases, all types of allergic disorders and Hereditary Angioedema, and is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians (QPIDS and IQAS).

Great emphasis is placed on multidisciplinary care, with specialist nurses and the pharmacy team working alongside the consultants. You will be responsible for the clinical pharmacy service to the immunology and allergy patients both on the unit and via homecare.

As well as significant post-registration experience, you'll also need a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy alongside excellent clinical leadership, interpersonal and communications skills and preferably be an Independent Prescriber.

Main duties of the job

To lead, deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to Immunology and Allergy in accordance with the objectives set by the Principal Pharmacist and the Clinical Directorate management representative.

Contribute to the multidisciplinary Immunology and Allergyteam as a clinical practitioner, championing medicines optimisation

To deliver relevant education, training, mentorship and clinical supervision.

To be the pharmacist on the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Sub-Regional Immunoglobulin Assessment Panel (SRIAP)overseeing immunoglobulin use across South Yorkshire.

To contribute to the pharmacy departmental services including evenings and weekends.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
• Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification).
• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Registered Independent Prescriber

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to sustain prolonged concentration despite unpredictable workload.
• Manages difficult and ambiguous problems
• To adopt a flexible working attitude to meet the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department, identifying a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
• Ability to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries, e.g., primary/secondary/tertiary care.

Experience

• Extensive post-registration hospital experience
• Experience of teaching and/or tutoring students.
• Audit and /or service improvement
• Research, audit, and publication experience
• Appropriate Short Management Course e.g., appraisal training, leadership skills.

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff