Senior Clinical Pharmacist- Antimicrobials

Florin Chilian; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist specializing in antimicrobials. You will lead efforts to improve antimicrobial stewardship practices across the Trust, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to reducing antimicrobial resistance. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on healthcare delivery in the community, with opportunities for professional development and networking.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years post-graduate experience.
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy services.

Responsibilities

• Manage antimicrobial stewardship across the Trust.
• Work closely with Infection Prevention and Control team.
• Develop audits and projects related to antimicrobial use.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Master's Degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

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Job Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed

Job Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacist to help improve antimicrobial stewardship practice across the Trust.

Working as part of not only the pharmacy team but with the Trust's Infection Prevention and Control team, you will be integral in helping the Trust reduce the rise in antimicrobial resistance, support the proper and appropriate use of antimicrobials and improving the culture around the treatment and management of infections across the Trust.

This is an exciting role that will also allow the post holder to network and represent the Trust in relation to the management of antimicrobials across the Integrated Care System.

The post holder will require a postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience, and will be a part of a pharmacist On-Call service.

Main duties of the job

• You will be working closely with the Infection Prevention and Control and Physical Health Matron to identify service gaps and areas for improvement in relation to antimicrobial stewardship.
• You will be responsible for the governance and management of the use of antimicrobials across the Trust.
• You will also be involved in working with the other lead pharmacists in undertaking and developing audits and projects related to the use of antimicrobials to evaluate and improve their use alongside pharmacy and Trust priorities and objectives.
  
  

About Us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We arerated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Details

Date posted

02 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0661-A

Job locations

Priority House

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• Takes a lead role in managing antimicrobial stewardship across the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
• Works closely with the Infection Prevention and Control team to promote prudent use of antimicrobial agents in line with Trust Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy.
• Be responsible for policy implementation and staff development including training in relation to Antimicrobial Stewardship and other medicines management topics in the Trust.
• Be an active member of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) Antimicrobial Medicines Optimisation Group Meetings to promote the safe, effective and economic use of medicines throughout the Trust and the wider system.
• Plans and co-ordinates projects and audits to review medicines use (particularly antibiotics) and prescribing polices in the Trust.
  
  

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Job Description

Job responsibilities

• Takes a lead role in managing antimicrobial stewardship across the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
• Works closely with the Infection Prevention and Control team to promote prudent use of antimicrobial agents in line with Trust Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy.
• Be responsible for policy implementation and staff development including training in relation to Antimicrobial Stewardship and other medicines management topics in the Trust.
• Be an active member of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) Antimicrobial Medicines Optimisation Group Meetings to promote the safe, effective and economic use of medicines throughout the Trust and the wider system.
• Plans and co-ordinates projects and audits to review medicines use (particularly antibiotics) and prescribing polices in the Trust.
  
  

Please See The Job Description For More Details

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Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council, with at least 3 year's post graduate experience
• Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience
• Leadership qualification
  
  

Desirable

• Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
• Practice Supervisor Qualification
• Postgraduate qualification in Psychopharmacology
• Non- Medical Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
  
  

Experience

Essential

• 3 years clinical experience within hospital pharmacy services.
• Knowledge of the therapeutics of common disease states and developments in antimicrobial usage.
• Specialist clinical knowledge of anti-infective preparations.
• Through knowledge of national drivers in areas of antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship.
• Knowledge and understanding of implications of Clinical Governance.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary settings
• Record of achieving results against set targets.
  
  

Desirable

• Previous experience of providing antimicrobial related advice .
• Experience in delivering training.
• Experience of budget setting and management of drugs budgets.
  
  

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High level of analytical skills and problem solving ability, to ensure that the post holder is able to provide advice on complex issues relating to medicine management and Trust policies.
• Knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary Care working
• Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
• High level of Interpersonal skills, to ensure that the post holder is able to effectively exchange highly complex and sensitive information with patients and relatives, prescribers and senior managers
• IT skills - word-processing, PowerPoint, Excel, statistical package and internet use, so that the post holder can communicate effectively with other Health care professionals and for training purposes.
• Able to devise, plan and manage a complex work programme
• Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in Mental Health
• Relevant knowledge of pharmaceutical standards of practice
  
  

Desirable

• Good project management skills
  
  

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High level of analytical skills and problem solving ability, to ensure that the post holder is able to provide advice on complex issues relating to medicine management and Trust policies.
• Knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary Care working
• Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
• High level of Interpersonal skills, to ensure that the post holder is able to effectively exchange highly complex and sensitive information with patients and relatives, prescribers and senior managers
• IT skills - word-processing, PowerPoint, Excel, statistical package and internet use, so that the post holder can communicate effectively with other Health care professionals and for training purposes.
• Able to devise, plan and manage a complex work programme
• Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in Mental Health
• Relevant knowledge of pharmaceutical standards of practice
  
  

Desirable

• Good project management skills
  
  

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Priority House

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Priority House

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Retail Health and Personal Care Products

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