Advanced Pharmacist - Urology, Vascular and Orthopaedics

NHS; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 92,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Canterbury is seeking an Advanced Pharmacist specializing in Urology, Vascular, and Orthopaedics. Responsibilities include supervising a team of pharmacists and enhancing clinical pharmacy services. Candidates should have significant surgical experience and ideally possess MRPharmS qualification. The role supports growth and development within a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience management of staff and/or service.
• Teaching a variety of healthcare professionals.
• Educational Supervisor or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Surgery.
• Speciality pharmacist for Urology, Vascular and Trauma & Orthopaedics.
• Oversee performance of the surgical team.

Skills

Significant experience working with surgical specialties

IT

Education

MRPharmS

Diploma or equivalent clinical knowledge

NMP or enrolled on a course

Job description

Overview

Advanced Pharmacist - Urology, Vascular and Orthopaedics at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. This post is based at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury. The closing date is 21 October 2025. This is an opportunity for an experienced Pharmacist to develop the Clinical Pharmacy service, working closely with enthusiastic speciality teams and to put prescribing into practice with pre-admission patients.

Being an NMP would be essential and, if needed, enrolment on the course will be fully supported by the department. On a daily basis you will oversee a team of rotational pharmacists and clinical technicians supporting the Urology, Vascular and Trauma & Orthopaedics services. The role will work closely with the Lead Surgical Services Pharmacist, other surgical leads and the critical care team. We would consider candidates able to work at a band 7 to 8a progression.

This post is suitable for those who may not have leadership / NMP qualifications and would like to be considered under the Annex 21 training structure.

Main duties of the job

• To operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Surgery across the Trust
• To be the speciality pharmacist for Urology, Vascular and Trauma & Orthopaedics, supporting safe and effective use of medicines within these specialties to improve medicines safety
• To operationally oversee on a day-to-day basis the performance of the surgical team working within these specialties
• To effectively manage and supervise pharmacists and provide supervision of other pharmacy staff working on the surgical wards
• To provide cover for critical care at K&C site when specialist pharmacist not available
• To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery at Pharmacy and Care Group level when required

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals called 'We care', empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day.

We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for any declared disability.

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience working with surgical specialties
• Teaching a variety of HCP
• Management of staff and/or service

Qualification

• MRPharmS
• Diploma or equivalent clinical knowledge demonstrated
• NMP or enrolled on a course
• Educational Supervisor or equivalent

Skills

• IT

Other

• Applying Trust values

Knowledge

• Working with a specialty as a dedicated pharmacist
• Medicines use in surgery

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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust