Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Urgent and Emergency Care and SDEC

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join their dynamic team in Urgent and Emergency Care. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your clinical knowledge while working with a multidisciplinary team in one of the largest acute admissions units in the country. You'll be responsible for delivering high-quality medicine optimisation, mentoring junior staff, and participating in quality improvement projects. With a commitment to diversity and personal development, this organization provides a supportive environment to help you turn your job into a fulfilling career.

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC and post-graduate diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy.
• Experience in delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standard of medicine optimisation and support governance.
• Participate in consultant-led ward rounds for effective discharge planning.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Medicines Optimisation

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Teaching Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Post-graduate diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy

B.Pharm/BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm

Registered with GPhC

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Urgent and Emergency Care and SDEC

Band 7

Main area Urgent and Emergency Care and SDEC Pharmacist Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full Time - 37.5 hours per week, shifted) Job ref 164-6996166-A

Site Queen's Medical Centre Town Nottingham Salary £43,742-£50,056 Closing 11/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

We’re delighted to invite applications to join the team ofsenior clinical pharmacists in Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) at the Queens Medical Centre. The post holder will primarily work on the acute medicine unit and be part of the core same day emergency care (SDEC) multidisciplinary team but will also work in other areas within UEC which include ED, level 1 care area and acute medicine receiving area.

The acute admissions unit is one of the largest in the country, so we’ve created a large clinical pharmacy team to deliver an excellent 7 day service.

The post offers an outstanding opportunity to develop your portfolio of clinical knowledge and skills for the management of patients as part of the friendly, progressive and dynamic multidisciplinary team, as well as build on your leadership abilities.

If not already obtained then the post holder may be supported through the independent prescribing course.

Our vision is to be outstanding in health outcomes and patient & staff experience.

Main duties of the job

• You will deliver a high standard of medicine optimisation ideally utilising your prescribing skills.
• You will work closely with the MDT, on & off the ward.
• You will have opportunities to support governance, education and medication safety.
• You will be expected to line manage one of the band 6 pharmacists, providing mentoring, and supporting them with their development and objectives.
• You will be expected to be involved in quality improvement work within acute medicine, and aim to publish your work to share your findings.
• You will be working a shift pattern over 7 days, and time off to compensate is built in to the rota ensuring a good work-life balance.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert.

• Supporting and providing the clinical pharmacy service to the UEC directorate, and the wider Medicine Division where necessary.
• Actively participating in consultant-led ward rounds to promote and support medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and effective discharge planning.
• Involvement in education and training of a variety of healthcare professionals including diploma & pre-registration pharmacists, undergraduates and trainee advanced nurse practitioners.
• Participate in back-up senior on-call rota supporting junior pharmacists

Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) we would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full time hours, please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC
• Post-graduate diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or working towards this or equivalent experience
• B.Pharm/BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
• Qualified as an independent prescriber

Experience

• Broad knowledge base of clinical areas
• Experience of day to day supervision and assisting in training of trainee pharmacists and/or technicians.
• Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting
• Wide previous experience (post registration) of clinical pharmacy
• Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit/research work at local (Trust) level
• Evidence of research or project work

Communication & relationships

• Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
• Good communication skills with MDT members and own profession
• Able to defend opinions in a constructive manner when challenged
• Teaching skills

Analytical and Judgement skill

• Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management
• Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
• Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information
• Experience of analysing expenditure

Planning and organisation skills

• Able to prioritise own work, problem solver
• Management Skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Maya Shah Job title Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Acute Medicine Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Gemma Warren, Directorate Lead Pharmacist Urgent and Emergency Care

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