Advanced Pharmacist - Surgery

Integrated Care System; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Pharmacist specializing in surgery to support clinical and operational projects. The role involves collaborating with healthcare teams, leading pharmacy services, and training junior pharmacists. Ideal candidates hold a Master's in Pharmacy and have extensive clinical experience. This position offers development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration hospital practice experience.
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development.
• Experience in managing medicines budgets.

Responsibilities

• Support safe and effective use of medicines in a surgical specialty.
• Lead and develop pharmacy services in the surgical division.
• Train early career and trainee pharmacists.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Medication management

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy

PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Pharmacist - Surgery

The closing date is 17 August 2025

Are you looking to develop your skills in expert clinical practice with the opportunity to actively contribute to MDT working, whilst working as part of a diverse team?

At UHDB, we provide great opportunities for flexible working, a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing, and good career development.

UHDB provides care to a range of specialities including colorectal, upper GI, vascular, urology, and head and neck across our surgical wards. We have developed a range of Advanced pharmacist roles across the surgical division, and are highly regarded as the experts in medicines management. Pharmacists are actively encouraged to participate in MDT working via attendance on ward rounds, and the development of policies and guidelines.

Due to maternity leave, an opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Pharmacy team, supporting our General Surgery business unit, with the opportunity to specialise in vascular surgery. The post holder would act as a key pharmacy contact for the business unit, supporting a range of clinical and operational projects, whilst also acting as part of the senior pharmacist team supporting the wider Surgical Division.

This post is based at the Royal Derby site, although there is an expectation that the post holder would work closely with colleagues across UHDB, in developing and delivering pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with Clinicians and Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines within an identified surgical speciality as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources.
• Lead, deliver, and develop pharmacy services to surgical division in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.
• Support the development of early career and trainee pharmacists.
• You will act as a senior member of the surgical pharmacy team assisting with management of day-to-day operational duties as required.
• You will act as a line manager for designated band 6 or 7 pharmacists.
• Actively participate within regional and national network forums to facilitate harmonisation of practises and share learning.
• The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call.

The Pharmacy Department and Surgical Division are committed to developing the roles of pharmacist prescribers and the successful applicant would be expected to train as a prescriber and actively contribute towards improving the standards of prescribing through participation in these roles.

Closing date of applications: 17 August 2025

Interview date: 10 September 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) plus additional pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination
• PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist clinical pharmacy practice
• Membership of other organisations (e.g. Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, RPSGB etc)
• Higher degree e.g. Masters, DPharm or management

Experience

• Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care
• Evidence of on-going Continuing Professional Development and learning
• Substantial experience in a clinical speciality as expert in clinical pharmacy practice
• CPD Portfolio, workforce training and development experience
• Experience in managing medicines budgets through regular reporting, analysis and horizon scanning

Skills

• Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and is able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems e.g. evaluates medication of individual patients for interactions, duplication, etc
• Analyses complex data/information to identify improvements to clinical pharmacy services
• Uses medicines information and research findings to manage therapeutic problems and reduce risks (often in areas where information is limited)
• Communicates best practice outside the organisation
• Advanced skills in evaluating medicines information / trial results

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

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