Senior Pre-Op Pharmacist & Practice Education Lead

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Pre-Op Pharmacist and Practice Educator on a fixed-term basis. The role combines specialist clinical pharmacy with undergraduate education in the POAC and Surgery teams, alongside collaborative teaching with the University of Bath.

The successful candidate will lead POAC clinics, provide medicines optimisation on surgical wards, and develop practice-based learning for MPharm students.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with the GPhC; current registration.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy and perioperative medicine.
• Experience delivering undergraduate teaching and practice-based learning.
• Ability to supervise learners and provide constructive feedback.
• Audit, quality improvement or service development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead pharmacist-led POAC clinics and peri-operative medicines management.
• Provide specialist clinical pharmacy services to surgical wards, including medicine reviews and MDT working.
• Undertake independent prescribing to support medicines optimisation.
• Contribute to clinical guidelines, audit, quality improvement and service development.
• Design, deliver and evaluate CLIP sessions and undergraduate teaching.
• Supervise, assess and support undergraduate students; mark and provide feedback.
• Coordinate and evaluate practice-based learning within the MPharm programme.

Skills

Communication

Teaching & mentoring

Clinical pharmacy

Pre-operative knowledge

Education resource development

Education

GPhC registration

Postgraduate qualification

CPD evidence

Teaching/education qualification

Job description

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Pre-Op Pharmacist and Practice Educator on a fixed-term basis. The role combines specialist clinical pharmacy with undergraduate education in the POAC and Surgery teams, alongside collaborative teaching with the University of Bath.

The successful candidate will lead POAC clinics, provide medicines optimisation on surgical wards, and develop practice-based learning for MPharm students.