Advanced Pharmacist – Acute Care

NHS; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in King's Lynn is seeking an Advanced Pharmacist to provide specialised pharmaceutical care in the Acute Care wards. The role includes leading clinical services, ensuring safe medication use, and offering mentorship to junior pharmacists. Candidates should possess a Masters in Pharmacy, extensive hospital experience, and strong communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary based on experience, with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience in a hospital setting.
• Experience in providing pharmacy clinical services in Emergency and Acute Care specialties.
• Experience in pharmacy education and training, including mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the clinical pharmacy service in Acute Care areas.
• Consult with patients regarding their medicines and ensure safety of prescriptions.
• Participate in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.

Skills

Effective communication

Expert advice on medicines

Time management

Advanced reasoning and judgement

Training and supervising staff

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy

Independent Prescribing qualification

Registered as a Pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council

MSc in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy

Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Job description

Advanced Pharmacist – Acute Care

Closing date: 10 December 2025

You will be an Advanced Pharmacist for the Acute Care wards and will support development of the clinical pharmacy service to wards within acute care, including the Emergency Department, Medical and Surgical Admissions Units, Short Stay Unit and the Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines and staff resources.

You will provide a highly specialised level of pharmaceutical care to patients and will support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.

You will provide highly specialised advice for pharmacists and healthcare professionals, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.

You will deliver departmental training and will provide clinical supervision and mentoring for junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians.

You will contribute to the quality training experience and support for trainee pharmacists, pharmacy students and trainees in the multi-disciplinary team.

The post-holder will carry out clinical pharmacy audit and practice research supported by the Lead pharmacist – medicine.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and coordinate the clinical pharmacy service in Acute Care areas, by providing a highly specialised level of pharmaceutical care.
• Visit wards, speak to individual patients to discuss all aspects of their medicines, ensure prescriptions are appropriate and safe, arrange supply, and liaise with other healthcare professionals regarding patients’ prescription and pharmaceutical care.
• Practice as a highly specialised clinical pharmacist within local and national policies and standards to deliver medicines optimisation, participate in daily ward rounds to clinically review and determine the most appropriate choice of medication in response to complex data, reduce avoidable adverse events.
• Work with medical, nursing and the site management team to facilitate patient discharges to maximise patient flow.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state‑of‑the‑art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper‑based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined‑up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At the QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community‑based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award‑winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications / training and professional development

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Working towards and will have completed Independent Prescribing qualification by commencement in post.
• Registered as a Pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council.
• MSc in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy.
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Experience

• Extensive post‑registration experience with substantial hospital experience.
• Extensive experience providing a pharmacy clinical service to patients in a range of Emergency and Acute Care Specialties.
• Experience of providing and evaluating pharmacy education & training including mentorship.
• Experience of implementing and/or reviewing policies, guidelines, PGDs or equivalent.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients.
• Able to provide expert advice on the use of medicines to treat patients within a specialist area.
• Able to manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate an advanced level of reasoning and judgement.
• Able to train and supervise staff.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemptions 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.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Pay: Depending on experience – per annum pro rata.