Band 7/8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Gastroenterology and IBD

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Birmingham seeks an experienced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in Gastroenterology to lead pharmaceutical care for complex patients. The role includes managing pharmacy services, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and a commitment to high-quality patient care. Qualifications include a pharmacy degree, clinical experience, and a GPhC membership. An exciting opportunity to influence patient outcomes in gastroenterology.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in gastroenterology and nutrition.
• Demonstrates commitment to own Continuing Professional Development.
• Good oral, written communication & presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads and delivers the clinical pharmacy service to gastroenterology.
• Acts as the lead for pharmacy service to gastroenterology on the Birmingham Heartlands site.
• Work collaboratively with the Nutrition support team.

Skills

Commitment to providing high quality pharmaceutical care

Good interpersonal skills

Ability to manage budgets

Critical appraisal skills

Education

4 year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy

Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification

Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7/8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Gastroenterology and IBD

The closing date is 12 October 2025

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacist to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape pharmaceutical care for patients with complex gastroenterology and nutritional needs, with opportunity to work within the multidisciplinary team (MDT). Please note for anyone interested in the post not meeting the full JS criteria, we would consider this as a progression post. However, the staff member would need to hold an independent prescribing qualification or be at the end of gaining their qualification.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

• Leads and delivers the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to gastroenterology through a team approach across the service
• Support and prescribes within the IBD clinics day-to-day
• Acts as the lead for pharmacy service to gastroenterology and nutrition on the Birmingham Heartlands site
• Work collaboratively with the Nutrition support team with a multidisciplinary approach to patient care
• Interprets the needs of the specialty and negotiates a range of pharmacy services to meet them
• Plans and implements developments to the pharmacy service to the speciality
• Also acts as a senior clinical pharmacist in various specialties
• Represents pharmacy in relevant specialist networks, and in joint work with our locality Primary Care Trusts and other bodies at local or regional level
• Line manages Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants, Trainee Pharmacists and Undergraduate Pharmacists seconded to the specialty for experience
• To take full part in clinical/dispensary rota and bank holidays duties

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

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 4 year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience
• Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS
• Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in gastroenterology and nutrition
• Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
• Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
• Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
• Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in gastroenterology and nutrition
• Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
• Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
• Able to work with drug budget information
• Demonstrates good knowledge gastroenterology and nutrition and current issues
• Previous involvement in clinical trials

Additional Criteria

• Good interpersonal skills
• Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
• Demonstrates problem solving skills
• Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
• Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
• Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
• Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
• Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
• Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
• Professional manner
• Well motivated and reliable
• Able to work with all grades of staff
• Capacity to work calmly under pressure

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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