Senior Pharmacist-Immunisation and Antimicrobials

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK seeks a Senior Pharmacist to manage vaccination services and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with medical teams to ensure service safety and effectiveness. Responsibilities include leading vaccination campaigns, supporting staff training, and participating in clinical services, requiring strong leadership and communication skills. This is a fixed-term position for 12 months.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction program

Robust training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in vaccination campaigns and antimicrobial stewardship programmes.
• Qualification and registration as a pharmacist.
• Ability to support training and education of staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination campaigns.
• Support antimicrobial strategy development with integrated care boards.
• Participate in the inpatient ward clinical rota.

Skills

Leadership skills

Strong communication skills

Knowledge of vaccination campaigns

Experience in antimicrobial stewardship

Education

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Job description

Senior Pharmacist-Immunisation and Antimicrobials

The closing date is 19 November 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong leadership skills to join our dynamic pharmacy team in supporting the delivery of a safe and effective vaccination service, in particular COVID‑19 and Influenza. They will be responsible for pharmaceutical, clinical and governance aspects including the safe handling of vaccinations across all services. They will work closely with the nursing, medical and operational managers within NELFT.

The post holder will work with the NELFT infection prevention and control team, integrated care boards and local consultant microbiologists to develop, implement and monitor the antimicrobial stewardship programme across the Trust.

The post holder will also be involved in the delivery of a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient rehabilitation wards across the Trust and contribute to the development of junior and trainee staff.

Due to the wide geographical spread of our services the post holder is expected to travel and work across the Trust and participate in‑call and weekend working duties.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the antimicrobial stewardship agenda in the delivery of antibiotic stewardship strategies to optimise antibiotic use and minimise the development of resistance.
• Lead all aspects of pharmaceutical safety and handling of vaccinations during campaigns and delivery of programmes.
• Participate in the provision of a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient rehabilitation wards and give medicines advice to community‑based services across the Trust.
• Undertake line management duties and clinical supervision of junior and trainee staff within the team.
• Oversee local audits and share findings at respective governance and operational meetings.
• Play an active role in the Trust's quality improvement agenda, with a specific focus on medicines safety.

About us

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes.

The pharmacy team has grown over the last few years and we are proud to be an inclusive and progressive group of individuals, committed to quality improvement and patient centred care. We are continually looking for opportunities where we can support services across the organisation and wider in the delivery of safe and effective use of medicines with a view to improving experience and outcomes for our patients.

We are a respectful and supportive team with a robust training and development programme, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to strengthen and grow your professional and clinical portfolio.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure successful delivery of a COVID‑19 and Influenza vaccination campaign in liaison with the Trust infection prevention and control team including all aspects of vaccine procurement, storage, delivery, safe administration and writing of clinical protocols and guidelines.
• Support the training and education of staff working and handling vaccinations across services.
• Work with local integrated care boards in the development of an antimicrobial strategy, implementation of best practices and monitoring of compliance and adherence to formularies.
• Support the infection prevention and control teams in the delivery of national infection control objectives by providing specialist advice on antimicrobial prescribing and consumption and supporting the wider infection prevention and control agenda.
• Promote the responsible, safe and cost‑effective prescribing of antimicrobials, optimising clinical outcomes and minimising adverse events.
• Participate in the inpatient ward clinical rota and delivery of a safe and effective clinical service including involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings, development of own prescribing practice and provision of clinical supervision to junior and trainee staff.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, act as a mentor and coach to students, junior and senior staff, facilitating their development and confidence in the delivery of high standards of clinical care.
• Investigate medicines related incidents and contribute to shared learning and improvements to processes, ensuring appropriate escalation of risks where deemed appropriate.
• Lead quality improvement projects to change processes and clinical pathways towards better outcomes for patients and enhanced patient safety.
• Act as a clinical role model, demonstrate innovation and extend the boundaries of the profession.

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

• Qualification and registration
• Non‑medical prescribing qualification and experience
• Document writing and audit
• Quality improvement projects
• Knowledge of vaccination campaigns and antimicrobial stewardship programmes
• Service re‑design and change management
• Working with integrated care boards and wider than pharmacy team
• Experience and involvement in vaccination campaigns and antimicrobial stewardship programmes

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.