Lead Advanced Pharmacist Surgery and Nutrition | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Aylesbury is seeking an Advanced Lead Pharmacist in Surgery and Nutrition. This pivotal role involves managing clinical pharmacy services, ensuring high standards of care across surgical specialties, and leading a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will have a recognized pharmacist qualification and experience in clinical pharmacy. Join a supportive environment focused on innovation and collaborative patient care with attractive NHS benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Must possess a pharmacist qualification recognized by the relevant authority.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy services is essential.
• Strong understanding of parenteral nutrition management is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical pharmacy services across multiple surgical sites.
• Provide leadership and training to pharmacy team.
• Ensure compliance with Trust Medicines policy.
• Support financial objectives related to medicines management.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Medicines management

Collaboration

Education

Pharmacist qualification

Job description

Are you a forward-thinking pharmacist with a passion for innovation and patient safety? Do you thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Lead Pharmacist in Surgery and Nutrition to join the Surgery and Critical Care pharmacy team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT).

As Lead Pharmacist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing new medicines and guidelines across multiple specialties, alongside providing clinical expertise to patients requiring parenteral nutrition. Working closely with consultants, specialist nurses, dietitians, and frontline healthcare professionals, you will drive excellence in medicines management, safety, and governance.

This is a demanding yet highly rewarding position, offering the opportunity to make a real impact on patient care. You’ll be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team, driving change and enhancing clinical pharmacy services across the trust.

If you’re ready for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give us a call. Our contact details for the relevant team members are below.

• Responsible for managing, delivering, planning, and developing the clinical pharmacy services to the Surgical directorate across multiple sites and patients who require parenteral nutrition (PN) trust-wide. The Surgical directorate includes Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU), Trauma and Orthopaedics, General and Elective Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, and Plastics.
• To provide leadership and training to the team delivering this service to ensure high standards of care.
• To manage medicine-related risks and ensure compliance with Trust Medicines policy and medicines legislation within the surgical directorate and for patients with PN needs.
• To provide a consistently high pharmacy service to patients in line with the Trust’s corporate objectives and the NHS plan.
• To support the Trust’s financial objectives by providing financial analysis and advice related to medicines management to the Surgical Directorate, PN service, and Pharmacy department.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• Learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside NHS benefits such as generous annual leave, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
• Health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds.
• We aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues are treated with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves outcomes for the communities we serve.
• We are supporters of the Armed Forces Community, valuing service leavers, veterans, and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision: to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
• Our mission: to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our values: collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.

For detailed responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the advert.

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This advert closes on Thursday, 7 August 2025.