Band 7/8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Liver Immunosuppression

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our team in a band 8a, or 7 to 8a progression role, depending on experience. The focus of the first year of the post is to carry out brand switching of tacrolimus in liver transplant recipients.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham has a large tertiary liver unit, delivering a wide range of highly specialised treatment, including transplantation. Previous experience in liver is not essential.

Main duties of the job

- Proactively carry out brand switching of tacrolimus in liver transplant recipients

- Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge in responding to complex queries

- Work collaboratively as part of a wider team, and also independently

- Support with guidelines/treatment protocol development, including shared care

- Actively participate in audit

- Support and contribute to the development of the service

Training and support will be given to develop into the specialist role.

Job responsibilities

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.