Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to demonstrate Trust Values
- Personal Qualities
Patient focused with a strong commitment to providing high-quality care and a positive experience
- Personal Qualities
Must have ability to travel between sites and to relevant meetings outside of the Trust
- Personal Qualities
Ability to adhere to policies, procedures and standards
- Essential Qualifications
Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Essential Qualifications
Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Essential Qualifications
Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification - 8A
- Essential Qualifications
Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards completion of the Diploma - B7
- Essential Qualifications
Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties - B7
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post Diploma - B8A
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Able to appraise information / data and use in solving problems
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Good knowledge of the medicines safety, risk management and governance agenda and its application to the clinical role
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Good knowledge of evidence-based medicine, formulary application / management processes and drug use evaluation
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Experience providing education and training, supervision and feedback of staff
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Essential Qualifications
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Essential Qualifications
Formal management and / or leadership qualification
- Essential Qualifications
Member of UKCPA and / or specialist groups
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Clinical pharmacy experience within the specialty
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Presentation of an abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional / national conference or publication in a peer reviewed journal
Job overview
Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge within Acute and Emergency Medicine?
We’re looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our Acute &Emergency Medicine team at the Royal Stoke site. You’ll help deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to high-acuity and complex patients across our Acute Medical Unit, AMRA, AEC, SSU and to the Emergency Department.
You’ll work closely with pharmacy colleagues and multidisciplinary team members, with opportunities for education, development, research and networking. You will also train and support the development of junior pharmacists within the Acute Medicine rotation.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience of delivering evidence-based, cost effective care
- Is able to support team development
- Has a passion for acute and emergency medicine, and thrives in a fast-paced clinical environment
Main duties of the job
- Deliver a high quality, patient focused clinical pharmacy service to Acute/Emergency Medicine
- Prioritise and review high-risk patients (e.g. those with epilepsy, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease), ensuring their medicines are prescribed and administered within a timely manner
- Utilise your independent prescribing skills daily, working within your scope of practice
- Provide prescribing support for complex medicines e.g. aminophylline, vancomycin
- Support patient flow with mechanisms for obtaining discharge medicines both in and out of hours
- Review adverse incidents and take appropriate action to reduce future risk
- Review and develop guidelines and PGDs.
- Line manage and train and develop junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists
- Work with the Advanced Lead Pharmacist for Acute and Emergency Medicine on the strategic development of the clinical pharmacy service to the Emergency Department and Acute Medicine.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please contact Bethan as detailed below or refer to the attached job description or person specification
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Advanced Specialist Pharmacist, Acute and Emergency Medicine with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term contract). The application deadline is 15 Oct 2026.
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