B7/8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Respiratory/ILD Development

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Birmingham is seeking a talented Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to join its Respiratory Medicine team. This role offers excellent learning opportunities, including structured development from a Senior Support Pharmacist to a Specialist Clinical position. The candidate will be responsible for patient care, support in clinics, and conducting audits. Candidates should have good communication skills and experience or knowledge in Respiratory medicine. Join a diverse and inclusive team committed to delivering high-quality pharmacy services.

Benefits

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Access to health and wellbeing initiatives

NHS discounts at various retailers

Responsibilities

• Support clinical pharmacists in Respiratory medicine and ILD clinics.
• Conduct audits and Quality Improvement Projects.
• Facilitate patient care and influence best use of medications.

Skills

Good communication skills

Knowledge of Respiratory medicine

Teamwork in a multidisciplinary team

Education

Post-graduate training in pharmacy

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

B7/8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Respiratory/ILD (Development)

The closing date is 13 February 2026

Do you have the vision, drive and enthusiasm to help us deliver an exciting modern pharmacy service?

Would you like the opportunity to develop in a specialist clinical role? We are seeking talented and motivated pharmacist to join the Heartlands site in Respiratory Medicine and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD).

This post will enable the delivery of a clinically focused and innovative pharmacy service working within a strong specialist team. If you are a hospital pharmacist and you want to utilise your clinical skills and work in a forward thinking department, then this is the job for you! UHB Pharmacy is a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow.

Some of the benefits of joining our team

• Excellent learning and development opportunities completing a structured development program to develop from a Senior Support Pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical role (band 8a) embedded within the clinical area.
• Dedicated protected learning during work hours to help facilitate your development
• Post-graduate training in pharmacy and support to undertake non-medical prescribing (NMP) course and other post graduate learning.
• Access to trust health and wellbeing initiatives and a variety of staff networks.
• Access to exclusive benefits for you and your family including NHS discounts at various retailers, restaurants and leisure facilities.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic clinical pharmacists who is capable of working in the Respiratory medicine and ILD team who is motivated with good communication skills and a desire to use their knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines.

Depending on previous experience and qualifications there is an opportunity to develop in this role from a Senior Support Pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist role (band 8a) or start at this level. Through a structured and supported development program a set of criteria is used to ensure you are supported and achieve key skills and knowledge before moving into the specialist role.

You will have a patient facing role supporting the specialty whilst working with the MDT and running ILD clinics. You will be supported to undertake your NMP or if already achieved in another area develop your knowledge into this field.

There is also the opportunity to understand and deliver Cost Improvement Programs (CIP) to support the speciality and department. In addition completion of audits and Quality Improvement Project (QIP) to present to the speciality meetings will be supported.

You will join a large specialist pharmacy team covering multiple areas to support pharmacists working closely at your base site and with the team across all sites. You will be supported by a team of more experienced pharmacists to develop.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

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Experience

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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.

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