Advanced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Antimicrobial Therapy

Sfh Tr; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Advanced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Antimicrobial Therapy, based at King's Mill Hospital. The role is part-time (22.5 hours per week) and focuses on antimicrobial stewardship across the Trust.

The post holder will lead antimicrobial guidelines, audit practice, and monitor usage and expenditure, while advancing patient safety and care quality within a clinically-led NHS Foundation Trust.

Qualifications

• BSc, BPharm or MPharm in Pharmacy.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy from postgraduate study or equivalent experience.
• Specialist postgraduate qualification in antimicrobial drug therapy.
• Qualified independent prescriber.
• Evidence of commitment to CPD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor antimicrobial prescribing practice across the Trust.
• Lead antimicrobial guidelines development and auditing.
• Monitor antimicrobial usage and expenditure; support stewardship targets.
• Influence clinical practice and lead positive change.

Skills

Antimicrobial stewardship

Clinical pharmacy

Leadership

Communication

Education

BSc/BPharm or MPharm

GPhC registration

Diploma in clinical pharmacy

Specialist postgraduate qualification

Independent prescriber

CPD commitment

Job description

Advanced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Antimicrobial Therapy

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (plus weekend and late night working) Job ref 214-CSTO-8361573

Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton-In-Ashfield Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist with a passion for antimicrobial stewardship and improving patient outcomes? We have an exciting opportunity for a confident, enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our team in a high-profile role supporting the delivery of safe, effective and evidence-based antimicrobial prescribing across the Trust.

Based at King's Mill Hospital, this part-time position offers the chance to play a key role in shaping antimicrobial stewardship practice, helping to ensure the safe, rational and cost-effective use of antimicrobials while supporting the organisation to achieve local, regional and national prescribing targets.

As a senior member of the pharmacy team, you will take responsibility and accountability for the development, implementation and monitoring of antimicrobial prescribing practice across the Trust. This will include developing and maintaining antimicrobial guidelines, auditing clinical practice, monitoring antimicrobial usage and expenditure and more.

We are looking for a pharmacist who can influence clinical practice and lead positive change.

This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your specialist expertise within antimicrobial stewardship while making a significant contribution to patient safety, quality of care and the Trust's strategic objectives.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc, B.Pharm or MPharm in Pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy gained through postgraduate study or equivalent experience
• Specialist post-graduate qualification or evidence of specialist post-graduate studies, particularly in the field of antimicrobial drug therapy.
• Qualified independent prescriber
• Evidence of commitment to CPD

Knowledge

• Pharmacy knowledge associated with a Pharmacy degree course
• Experience gained through pre-registration training
• Experience gained through vocational practice
• Experience of teaching pharmaceutical knowledge to other pharmacy staff.
• Experience of staff supervision/management

Further Training

• Experience of drug usage evaluation, financial reporting and critical appraisal
• Practice research

Experience

• Recent experience of hospital pharmacy with time spent in a specialist pharmacist role
• Pharmacy knowledge (clinical and operational) from aspects of career to date
• Well-developed time management and organisational skills
• Strong written and oral communicator and presenter, with experience of negotiation and persuasion
• Experience of developing and using electronic databases
• Experience of working with a variety of different professional groups e.g. multi-disciplinary team working
• Evidence-based practice
• Experience of providing drug usage reports and feedback of information to clinicians within a specialty
• Experience of delivering education
• Experience of extended roles
• Experience of implementing change

Contractual Requirements

• Flexibility
• Able to work extended hours and On-Call if required

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

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We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. If a high number of applications are received, a longlisting exercise will be conducted prior to shortlisting.

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Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

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Name Mark Clymer Job title Assistant Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01623 622515 Additional information ext. 3178