Specialist Clinical Pharmacist- Specialist Medicine

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist for its dynamic respiratory team. This role includes close collaboration with other health professionals to ensure the safe use of drugs and support the development of junior pharmacists. Extensive professional development opportunities await the successful applicant.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC as a pharmacist.
• Demonstrable experience in hospital clinical pharmacy.
• Experience of mentoring and tutoring others.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe use of medicines.
• Assist with the medicines information service for answering queries.
• Deliver educational sessions to junior pharmacists and other health professionals.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Planning and Organisation

Education

GPhC Registered Pharmacist

Post graduate clinical Diploma

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Specialist Medicine

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Are you looking to take the next step in your career, develop your skills into expert clinical practice? Have you always had an interest in medicine and wish to pursue a career in this ever-growing area, whilst working in a pharmacy department that supports personal and professional development alongside flexible working options?

Derbyshire provides the Peak District at your doorstep, good transport links to all major UK cities by being in the heart of the Midlands and is the home of major sporting clubs, world class venues, and historical sites. UHDB is the place to take the next step in your career path by providing great opportunities for flexible working and good career development. If this sounds exciting, why don't you come and join our well-established, friendly and dynamic respiratory team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB).

Work closely with clinicians and nursing colleagues to promote safe and effective use of medicines on the wards, whilst ensuring cost-effective use of resources.

In addition to inpatient clinical practice within specialist medicine you will form a part of the medicines information service based at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Closing date of applications: 06 July 2025

Interview date: 18 July 2025

Main duties of the job

Be a part of a collaborative MDT with the full range of health professions, providing appropriate prescribing and monitoring advice.

Help to provide the medicines information service for the trust, answering a range of queries from health professionals, patients and carers, enabling other clinical pharmacists with your input, maintaining a range of information resources, undertaking complex problem-solving and critical appraisal and deputising for the Lead Medicines Information Pharmacist.

Active involvement in development and review of policies and procedures in specialty. Assist Advanced Pharmacist to manage introduction of new drugs and treatment guidelines.

Assist with management of errors, complaints and incidents as per Trust Risk Management and Complaints Policies.

Assist Advanced Pharmacist in preparing financial reports and ensuring drug usage and expenditure are monitored and reported to Divisional management team.

Deliver educational sessions to junior and trainee pharmacists and other professions.Help to support and develop rotational and trainee pharmacists.

You will be given the opportunity to undertake the UKMI National Medicines Information Training Course, which runs annually and will help to equip you as a medicines information specialist, and to undertake independent prescribing. This is fully funded by the Trust, and you will be supported to attend study days and complete prescribing practice hours.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• GPhC Registered Pharmacist
• Post graduate clinical Diploma
• Demonstrable experience in hospital clinical pharmacy

Human Resources

• Experience of mentoring, tutoring, managing etc. other staff

Communication

• Evidence of communication with a broad spectrum of people
• Evidence of influencing skills
• Evidence of leadership skills

Planning and Organisation

• Evidence of ability to work on own and within a team
• Evidence of ability to prioritise own workload and that of others

Experience

• Evidence of involvement in developing policies, procedures or patient information
• Evidence of audit related work and presentation
• Previous experience working within medicine specialties

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust