Band 7 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Newport; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks experienced pharmacists to join their clinical pharmaceutical services team. Responsibilities include providing expert advice, supporting prescribing, and contributing to multidisciplinary teams to optimize therapeutic outcomes. Candidates must have significant experience in clinical pharmacy, hold a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, and be registered with the GPhC. Opportunities for professional development and involvement in audits are provided.

Qualifications

• Completed general level framework competency training or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment.
• Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality clinical pharmacy services within the Trust.
• Supervise wider members of the pharmacy team as required.
• Involve in policy writing and undertake audits.

Skills

Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge

Ability to work with high concentration

Experience in hospital pharmacy

Education

Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree

Current listing on the Pharmacist Register with the GPhC

Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent

Job description

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is seeking experienced and motivated pharmacists to join its clinical pharmaceutical services team. Successful candidates will provide expert advice on medicines management, support safe and effective prescribing, and contribute to multidisciplinary teams to optimize therapeutic outcomes. The position offers opportunities for professional development, involvement in clinical audits, and participation in service improvement initiatives to enhance patient safety and experience.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a pharmacist providing a clinical pharmaceutical service involving specialist/complex/high risk secondary care patients.
• Utilise pharmaceutical expertise, working in partnership with patients, carers and healthcare professionals to minimise medicines-related harm and facilitating medicines optimisation.
• Contribute to the wider pharmacy service in both a clinical and day to day leadership role.
• Be prepared to operate across a range of hours including evening and/or 7 day working, as agreed between post-holders and their line manager.
• Operate in accordance with the Trusts values, mission and written control documents.

About us

Bank Partners is independent provider of NHS staff bank management and outsourced staffing solutions in the UK. Our main focus is on supplying temporary and shift-based healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, and non-clinical staff to major NHS and foundation trusts.

We manage in-house bank staff and agency supply, working to fill roster gaps and enhance patient safety through robust workforce planning. By increasing in-house shift fulfillment, we aim to reduce agency spend. We offer dedicated on-site teams that collaborate closely with NHS stakeholders to address and resolve root causes of staffing shortages.

We have operate on three core values,

• Driven by excellence delivering with integrity
• Always by your side providing responsive, reliable support.

Job responsibilities

The purpose of an advanced clinical pharmacist is to provide high quality clinical pharmacy services within the Trust. Post holders are expected to work with their own initiative, within guidelines and directions from the Pharmacy Leadership Team and to supervise wider members of the pharmacy team as required.

Post holders may also have the opportunity to be involved in policy writing, the undertaking and initiation of audits and active involvement in training and development of pharmacy team members and other healthcare professionals.

Person Specification

Experience

• Completed general level framework competency training or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment.
• Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience.
• Significant experience of working in hospital pharmacy.
• Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience in clinical specialty.
• Able to work at a continuous level of high concentration.

Qualifications

• Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree or equivalent.
• Current listing on the Pharmacist Register with the GPhC.
• Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent experience.

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.