# Lead Advanced Pharmacist- Critical Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-advanced-pharmacist-critical-care/df547614-d07d-4549-9113-627aa0108e51 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-advanced-pharmacist-critical-care/df547614-d07d-4549-9113-627aa0108e51.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Aylesbury - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £53,755 - £60,504 Per annum (pro rata for part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent: EDC and Weekends 1 in 8 weekend with timeback during the week - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9:00 to 17:30, weekends as per rota) - **Closing date:** 2025-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-06-06T08:10:26.785Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v7196396 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7196396?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven pharmacist, to join our friendly patient focused team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. You will need to be motivated, organised, and willing to work as part of a team with a ‘can-do’ positive attitude. Responsible for leading, managing, delivering and developing the clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care. Looking after our patients is never dull, optimising patient medicines and developing services as part of the critical care team is key. If you have a curious nature, like learning and enjoy a fast-paced action orientated environment and want to impact patient care for the better each day, please consider applying for our band 8 pharmacist position. ### Main duties of the job - Be responsible for the planning, development, delivery, and management of clinical pharmacy services across critical care units on all sites. - Provide leadership, supervision, and training to the pharmacy team delivering services to critical care, ensuring the highest standards of practice. - Oversee medicine-related risk management and ensure full compliance with the Trust Medicines Policy and relevant medicines legislation within the critical care units. - Deliver a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical care in alignment with Trust corporate objectives and NHS strategic priorities. - Support the Trust’s financial objectives by offering financial analysis and expert advice on medicines management to both the critical care units and the wider Pharmacy Department. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number. ## Job Details We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven pharmacist, to join our friendly patient focused team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. You will need to be motivated, organised, and willing to work as part of a team with a ‘can-do’ positive attitude. Responsible for leading, managing, delivering and developing the clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care. Looking after our patients is never dull, optimising patient medicines and developing services as part of the critical care team is key. If you have a curious nature, like learning and enjoy a fast-paced action orientated environment and want to impact patient care for the better each day, please consider applying for our band 8 pharmacist position. ## Job Description ·         Be responsible for the planning, development, delivery, and management of clinical pharmacy services across critical care units on all sites. ·         Provide leadership, supervision, and training to the pharmacy team delivering services to critical care, ensuring the highest standards of practice. ·         Oversee medicine-related risk management and ensure full compliance with the Trust Medicines Policy and relevant medicines legislation within the critical care units. ·         Deliver a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical care in alignment with Trust corporate objectives and NHS strategic priorities. ·         Support the Trust’s financial objectives by offering financial analysis and expert advice on medicines management to both the critical care units and the wider Pharmacy Department. ## Responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level - Significant experience of delivery of pharmacy services to a broad range of specialties - Experience of delivery of clinical pharmacy service to a specialist level - Experience of conducting service audits and the use of performance indicators - Experience of teaching and tutoring **Desirable** - Experience of project management, service implementation or redesign - Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development - Experience of project management - Experience in trainee pharmacist training - Experience of training other pharmacy staff - Experience of conducting service audits and the use of performance indicators - Experience of delivery of clinical pharmacy service to a specialist level ### Special Circumstances **Essential** - Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training ### Skills, Abilities & Knowledge **Essential** - Able to prioritise and manage own workload - Work , communicate and provide effective leadership within a team - Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, at meetings, with patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner. - To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate need for change and be able to participate in change management processes. - Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development **Desirable** - Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues. - Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors - To have experience in interviewing and appraising staff ### Education, Qualification & Training **Essential** - Registered Pharmacist on GPhC register. - Master’s degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) **Desirable** - Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (MRPharmS) or equivalent professional body - Post-graduate diploma in clinically-based pharmacy or recognised equivalent - Demonstrate professional networking (e.g. member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society or UKCPA) - Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber ## Documents - [jd critical care (pdf, 216.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9427338) - [ps critical care (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9427339) - [living in buckinghamshire (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1846) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9427337) - [welcome to buckinghamshire nhs trust (pdf, 430.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1845) ## 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.