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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and adaptable registered Pharmacist to join our inpatient Pharmacy team and NHS@Home team, based at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Hospitals.
With growing evidence that supports the benefits of a ‘home first’ approach for our patients, there has never been a better time to be part of the expanding NHS@Home service.
We are looking for a motivated individual who wants to work within the NHS@Home team. This is a 1-year fixed term band 8a, full-time (1 wte) post to cover maternity leave and an ideal opportunity to gain experience within this specialist field.
We are looking for someone with the clinical and organisational skills to manage all pharmacy aspects of patient care, with specialities including OPAT, heart failure, infections and general medical surgical pathways.
The individual will need to have excellent communication skills to work with the wider NHS@Home team, specialist consultants and microbiologists as well as with patients both in and out of the hospitals.
You will have recent hospital experience, have excellent communication, influencing and problem solving skills, good mentoring and assessment skills to enable you to take on this influential role within our Trust.
This is a great opportunity to further develop your broader clinical and managerial skill set.
For further information, please contact:
Carys Jones: [email protected] or
Sue Wade: [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job are to:
- Work as a highly specialised practitioner to deliver the clinical pharmacy aspects of the NHS@Home service, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, national legislation and standards.
- Demonstrate a whole-system patient-focused approach, working across boundaries to contribute to the development of virtual ward services within the BNSSG locality.
- Provide individualised care to patients in their own homes, working across the interface between primary and secondary care.
- Representing pharmacy and the Trust at external meetings and on external groups and ensure services meet national quality standards.
- You will also support the wider pharmacy team to deliver a comprehensive, safe and cost effective clinical pharmacy for the hospital as a whole.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Aptitudes
Essential
- Confident and articulate
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Professional approach
- Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Can use initiative appropriately
- Innovative & creative problem identification and solving
- Self-organisational and time management
- Quality improvement techniques including clinical audit
- Good general awareness of finance such as drug expenditure trends, horizon scanning, and cost improvement targets
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own and others’ work to meet agreed deadlines
- Influencing skills
- Ability to use judgement to challenge inappropriate prescribing and influence prescribing decisions to enable optimal therapy
- Ability to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, clinical risk, cost-effectiveness, adherence to local & national guidance and legality
Desirable
- Research skills
- Health economics / pharmacoeconomics skills
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Varied experience of working in NHS hospital pharmacy
- Experience of working in a variety of different sized teams
- Experience of communicating with and advising all healthcare professionals on drug therapy
- Experience of writing a wide range of documents including drug usage and audit reports, SOPs, protocols and guidelines and other information to healthcare professionals
- Experience of audit and project work.
- Drug expenditure analysis and reporting
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Computer literacy, including Pharmacy applications
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Independent Prescriber
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This advert is for Highly Specialist NHS@Home Pharmacist with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum, pro rata for part time roles. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover). The application deadline is 21 Jul 2026.
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