Lead Clinical Pharmacist & Education Specialist

National Health Service; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS discounts & wellbeing benefits

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Clinical Practice Educator at Good Hope Hospital. The role splits 60% clinical leadership on wards and 40% education, including leading pharmacy placements with Aston University.

You'll supervise teams, develop services, and contribute to education for undergraduates and early career pharmacists. A postgraduate qualification and active NHS registration are required.

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 Essential

Responsibilities

• Your week splits 60/40: clinical leadership on the wards, and planning and overseeing undergraduate placements and projects on site.
• As lead pharmacist, you'll run day-to-day clinical pharmacy services on your wards - screening prescriptions, reconciling medicines, interpreting therapeutic drug levels and, once qualified, prescribing.
• As Clinical Practice Educator, you'll lead practice-based placements at UHB for Aston University pharmacy students, contribute to placement-linked assessment, help design placement learning with the university and supervise final-year projects.
• You'll also be a line manager and educational supervisor for early careers pharmacists and mentor to rotational pharmacists.
• We're looking for an experienced hospital pharmacist with a postgraduate clinical qualification (or equivalent experience), confidence teaching others and genuine enthusiasm for education.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Education planning

Line management

Teaching

Education

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

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Clinical Practice Educator at Good Hope Hospital. The role splits 60% clinical leadership on wards and 40% education, including leading pharmacy placements with Aston University.

You'll supervise teams, develop services, and contribute to education for undergraduates and early career pharmacists. A postgraduate qualification and active NHS registration are required.