# Clinical Pharmacist - Women's and Neonatal Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-pharmacist-womens-and-neonatal-services/96ab5598-56e2-40a5-8722-2adea31f103b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-pharmacist-womens-and-neonatal-services/96ab5598-56e2-40a5-8722-2adea31f103b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Women's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T10:04:04.143Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8284553 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8284553?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview **Are you ready to make a difference? ** If you want to be a part of a team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, babies and their families then we need you! We are seeking a highly motivated, collaborative and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women’s Hospital pharmacy site. You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties across the maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates to include neonatal intensive care so you really can make a difference to our patients every day you come to work. We are proud to say we have a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team that aspires to provide safe, effective, and efficient care to every individual who comes through our doors. We strive to promote a happy, collaborative, and empowering work environment so each and every member of our team can thrive and make a meaningful impact. ### Main duties of the job To ensure medicines are prescribed safely, economically and are appropriate to the needs of the patient across various specialties. Provide advice on pharmaceutical care to healthcare professionals and patients. To record clinical interventions and medication incidents to highlight areas of concern. To provide medication advice to patients and their families to ensure they are aware of their medicines and potential side effects. To analyse directorate finance reports and identify cost saving opportunities. To partake in clinical audit and service improvement projects. To support antimicrobial stewardship. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification to view the full details for this opportunity at the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and personal specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional details. Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent degree - Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist - Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society - Pharmacist Independent Prescriber ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Able to work independently, prioritise, set goals and meet deadlines. - Able to identify issues and use own initiative to address them. - Able to maintain standards and accuracy whilst working under pressure. - Aware of personal limitations and asks for help as required. ### Knowledge & Nature of Experience **Essential** - Minimum 2 Suitable years post-qualification experience - Able to understand the complex clinical and social needs of patients and families and meet those needs whenever possible. - Able to understand complex clinical situations and to discuss and make recommendations to resolve issues arising from them with medical, nursing/midwifery and other staff. - Previous hospital pharmacy experience. ### Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes **Essential** - Good team player - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Trustworthy and respectful of confidential information about both patients and colleagues - Adaptable to change in working practices and flexible in terms of working hours on an occasional basis - Able to remain professional in challenging circumstances - Negotiating skills and powers of persuasion - Well organised - High standards of work presentation - Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude - Professional appearance and manner ### Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Able to use a variety of computer software to organise and present information - Previous experience and knowledge of audit. - Awareness of requirements towards CQC. - Demonstrates continuing professional development. - An understanding of medication safety. **Desirable** - Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to neonatal patients and staff. - Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to a Women’s directorate. - Familiarity with drugs expenditure and prescribing trends. ## Documents - [advert (pdf, 520.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10601588) - [clinical pharmacist jd & ps (pdf, 816.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10601589) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.