Principal Pharmacist- Emergency and Urgent Care

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the clinical pharmacy team at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust as a Principal Pharmacist for Emergency and Urgent Care. The role involves managing services, ensuring pharmaceutical safety, and collaborating with clinical staff to optimize patient care across all sites, with a focus on continuous improvement and professional development.

Qualifications

• Qualified independent prescriber status preferred, working towards a clinical diploma.
• Understanding of NHS medicines commissioning.
• Experience in advanced clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical pharmacists and oversee pharmacy services delivery.
• Provide pharmaceutical input and advice on medicines management.
• Contribute to evening, weekend, and on-call rotas.

Skills

Advanced clinical knowledge

Pharmaceutical skills

Budgetary management

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Principal Pharmacist- Emergency and Urgent Care

The closing date is 09 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our established clinical pharmacy team supporting the emergency and urgent care services at the Broomfield Hospital site. This includes responsibility for the management of specialist clinical pharmacists, overseeing the delivery of pharmacy services to the wards and clinical pharmacy education and training.

You will be a key member of the pharmacy management team and works closely with other senior staff across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) to ensure the delivery of an integrated pharmacy service to all emergency departments and admissions areas across all sites. You will assist with all aspects of medicines optimisation, medicines safety and supply across MSE pertaining to emergency and urgent care.

Working closely with senior nursing and medical colleagues you will provide pharmaceutical input and advice on medicines management issues.

You will also get the opportunity to deputise for the site Head of Pharmacy and will provide cross-site professional support in relation to emergency and urgent care.

So, if this sounds like the right role for you - please apply today

Main duties of the job

You will be primarily based at the Broomfield Hospital site, will be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, and will work to provide excellent care to patients in acute and emergency medicine.

You will work as a team of 3 clinical lead pharmacists in the planning, delivery, development and monitoring of the clinical pharmacy service delivered to the Broomfield site, as well as the ongoing development of clinical pharmacists. You will have oversight of all areas of medicines optimisation within emergency and urgent care across MSE, plus all Department of Medicine specialties within the Broomfield site.

You will work with the Head of Pharmacy - Clinical Services and other clinical lead pharmacists across MSE to seek to identify and implement changes necessary to maintain a high-quality clinical pharmacy service across the Trust.

You will ideally be (or working towards being) a qualified independent prescriber having achieved a minimum of a clinical diploma in pharmacy practice (or equivalent).

The successful applicant will contribute to the evening, weekend and on-call rotas for Broomfield site.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job responsibilities

Please see attached document , outlining the detailed job description and main responsibilities . For further information , please contact us directly .

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy ( or equivalent )
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent Post Graduate Qualification
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Knowledge and Experience

• Work history and supporting information demonstrate understanding of NHS medicines commissioning
• Work history and supporting information demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical skills
• Budgetary management 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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust