Specialist Pharmacist - Admissions

NHS; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Specialist Pharmacist for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. In this role, you will deliver high-level clinical services in the Emergency department, lead junior pharmacists, and ensure optimal pharmaceutical care for patients. Candidates should have a master's in pharmacy, relevant registration, and strong leadership skills. The position offers a salary ranging from £55,690 to £62,682 per annum.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent required.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is mandatory.
• Experience with clinical pharmacy and complex patient groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services to patients in the Emergency department.
• Lead a team of pharmacists and technicians.
• Contribute to patient safety improvement.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical knowledge

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Masters degree in Pharmacy

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic Prescribing

Job description

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Specialist Pharmacist - Admissions

The closing date is 29 September 2025

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well-motivated Clinical Prescribing Pharmacists (or working towards prescribing qualification) with current significant experience in delivering hospital pharmacy services, to join our Royal Lancaster infirmary team as a Specialist Admissions Clinical Pharmacist. This position will involve providing high level clinical services to patients within the Emergency department and Admission wards.

You will have sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to support the lead pharmacist for ED and Admissions in the development of pharmacy services within the specialities including review and development of policies and guidelines and clinical audit. You will lead a team of junior pharmacists and medicines management technicians on the wards to ensure medicines reconciliation at the point of admission is to the highest standard and pharmaceutical care throughout the patient stay is optimised, supporting timely discharge.

You must be highly motivated and able to demonstrate leadership skills and manage conflicting demands on your time. You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will contribute to patient safety improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives including ensuring the implementation of best value medicines in your area.

Main duties of the job

Core hours of work will be Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:30 with rotational Weekend and Bank Holiday work.

On-call weekday nights are currently approximately once per month. You may be asked to join either the weekend on-call or weekend working rota depending on need.

This post will be based at the Royal Lancaster infirmary Hospital site, however, there may be Cross Bay working when required.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life-threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent knowledge and experience

Experience

• Experience of liaising with other healthcare professionals e.g. consultants, GPs
• Hospital experience post registration
• Experience working with complex patient groups
• Experience conducting medication reviews/medicines reconciliation
• Experience of working on projects
• Experience of attending Multidisciplinary groups
• Experience with developing policies and procedures

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good verbal communication and counselling skills with ill patients and relatives
• Clinical knowledge of current therapeutics and practice
• Organisation and prioritisation of clinical work
• Accuracy
• Analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Experience of using Microsoft Office
• Problem solving and risk assessment
• Interpersonal skills for dealing with challenging situations involving patients, e.g. resistance to medication change
• Experience of using Electronic Prescribing

Personal Qualities

• Team player and ability to work on own initiative
• Good interpersonal skills
• Self-motivation for career and professional development
• Commitment to Personal Development planning
• Flexible, adaptable approach
• Reliable
• Ability to comply with Trust Policies
• Ability to meet the physical and mental requirements of the post

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 Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 per annum