Senior Pharmacist - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in York is seeking an experienced clinical pharmacist to enhance patient care for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. This role will involve prescribing, monitoring therapy, and supporting a multi-disciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have a clinical background in pharmacy. Development opportunities within the organization are available. This position includes on-call and weekend responsibilities.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27-33 days holiday

Relocation package up to 30%

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts from various providers

Qualifications

• Essential to have a broad clinical background and experience of prescribing.
• Experience in gastroenterology is desirable but not essential.
• Supervising trainee and foundation level pharmacists.
• Educating the pharmacy and MDT on management of IBD patients.

Responsibilities

• Prescribing and monitoring therapy for IBD patients.
• Participating in MDT meetings.
• Developing treatment pathways and auditing outcomes.
• Liaising with pharmacy and medical teams for care provision.
• Providing in-reach support for inpatients with IBD.
• Leading on efficiency agenda including biosimilars.
• Patient counselling and addressing medication queries.

Skills

Broad clinical background

Prescribing experience

Gastroenterology knowledge

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you ready to use your clinical and leadership skills to improve patient care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? Then this may be the role for you!

This new post will be working within an established multi-disciplinary team, you will optimise medicines and provide expertise through:

Responsibilities

• Prescribing for patients with IBD and monitoring and reviewing therapy
• Participating in the virtual and physical MDT meetings
• Developing treatment pathways and auditing outcomes from these
• Liaising with key stakeholders including pharmacy aseptics/homecare team/medical day units to ensure streamlined processes for provision of biologics and advanced therapies
• Providing in-reach support for inpatients admitted with IBD
• Lead on efficiency agenda including biosimilar opportunities and moving care closer to home
• Provide patient counselling and answer a range of medication queries from patients and the MDT

It is anticipated that this role will be 90% IBD and 10% of core clinical pharmacy work. You will be supported by the Advanced Pharmacist for Gastroenterology/Hepatology who will be your line manager.

Development opportunities are available in the department in terms of clinical practice, research, teaching and leadership. There is an IBD pharmacist network in the region that you will be encouraged to join.

This is a cross-site role with an anticipated 3 days per week at York Hospital and 2 days per week at Scarborough Hospital.

Qualifications and Skills

• A broad clinical background and experience of prescribing is essential
• Experience in gastroenterology is desirable but not essential
• You will supervise trainee and foundation level pharmacists as part of the role
• Educating the pharmacy and wider MDT on important clinical issues regarding the management of patients with IBD

On-call and Working Arrangements

This post participates in the on-call and weekend pharmacist rosters. The post includes weekend work, bank holidays (1 per year) and on-call (from home) rotas. On-call response time to the hospital from home must be within one hour of call if applicable. Please ask for more information.

Notes and How to Find Out More

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation is expected
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on benefits please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks to increase the number of applications from diverse backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible, please contact: [e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try to be supportive where we can. Speak to the recruiting manager named in this advert to discuss any requirements.

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This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025