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Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Critical Care and Theatres

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Profession
Pharmacist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
04 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent: Part of 7 day service including late duties, weekends and on-call duties on request
Posted Date
20 Jun 2025

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a driven clinical pharmacist to provide clinical pharmacy services to the 14 bed critical care unit and operating theatres at our Luton & Dunstable site, which treats a diverse range of patients requiring multiorgan support. You will also be one of our specialist pharmacists contributing to the running of our clinical pharmacy service and will have management and training responsibilities.

We are looking for dynamic, organised and motivated pharmacist who has experience of working with the wider multi-disciplinary team in a variety of clinical specialties, and will be supported to further develop their skills further in this role.

You must possess the vision, energy, enthusiasm and influencing skills to deliver the safest possible care to our patients. The ability to engage, motivate and work in close collaboration with medical, nursing and pharmacy colleagues will be essential.

In addition, at the Luton & Dunstable site,  a new state of the art 22 bed ITU and theatres complex is being built, which is due to come online in autumn 2025. Part of your role will involve supporting the development pharmacy services to the new ITU and theatres. This will include supporting ITU and theatres with the ongoing digital innovations being explored at the Trust.

We are committed to personal development and you will also have the opportunity to undertake further training and will be supported to obtain additional qualifications relevant to this role.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide specialist pharmacist input to daily consultant-led ward rounds and weekly MDTs, working as an IP pharmacist actively prescribing medication for inpatients.
  • To be a source of expert specialist advice for matters relating to critical care and anaesthetics for other pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
  • To deliver specialist pharmaceutical care including non-medical prescribing as appropriate to a defined caseload of patients, in line with the agreed scope of practice.
  • To support the Clinical Service Line and Pharmacy Department in meeting its risk and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines through effective guideline, policy and SOP development and review.
  • To undertake clinical supervision of Foundation Pharmacists, Senior Rotational Pharmacists and Trainee Pharmacists to support their development both professionally and clinically.
  • To act as a professional role model to all registered clinical pharmacy staff, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership in all aspects of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to main job description for full summary of roles and responsibilities.  If you have  any questions about the role, please contact the recruitment officer.