# Lead Pharmacist - Anticoagulant Services, 22.5 hpw > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-anticoagulant-services-225-hpw/8ecad801-2b80-4251-996a-3122a57306c3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-anticoagulant-services-225-hpw/8ecad801-2b80-4251-996a-3122a57306c3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bradford Royal Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (An on call service to the Trust is provided by all pharmacists. Work on rotational weekend, late night, on-call and Bank Holiday rotas as appropriate.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T09:00:40.006Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/BRADFORD/Bradford_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8321611 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8321611?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Closing Date: 18.10.26 Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 19.10.26 Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 30.10.26 If you are an experienced pharmacist with a special interest in anticoagulation and a drive to deliver outstanding clinical services, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Lead Pharmacist to join our team and provide clinical leadership across our anticoagulation services. This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist who is passionate about improving patient outcomes, optimising medicines use and developing high-quality services. You will play a key role in leading and developing the service, ensuring the delivery of safe, evidence-based and person-centred care to patients requiring anticoagulation. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, healthcare professionals and patients to optimise anticoagulant therapy, promote best practice and drive continuous service improvement. ### Main duties of the job Provide clinical and professional leadership for anticoagulation services. Support the safe and effective use of anticoagulants. Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of anticoagulation pathways and service improvements. Provide expert advice and education to healthcare professionals, patients and carers. Promote medicines optimisation, patient safety and adherence to relevant guidelines and policies. Work collaboratively with medical, nursing, pharmacy and wider multidisciplinary teams. Support audit, quality improvement and clinical governance initiatives. Contribute to the education, training and development of pharmacy colleagues and other healthcare professionals. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities CLINICAL Provide, lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with patient and departmental needs, to ensure the delivery of a high quality, patient centred and effective clinical pharmacy service. Contribute effectively to patient care as part of the multidisciplinary team, to make proactive interventions in individual patient’s therapy and to provide information on drug related issues and to act as the lead pharmacy contact for the specialist area. Contribute to the multidisciplinary identification, review and development and ratification of treatment guidelines and policies in the specialist area, in order to promote safe and evidence-based patient care. LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT Lead and manage the work of all the pharmacists, clinical pharmacy technicians and medicines optimisation assistants working in the specialist area, to maintain and further develop a high-quality pharmacy workforce. Participate in and deliver to line managed staff, the departmental individual performance review programme to ensure that staff performance and development is maintained as a high priority in line with the needs of the service. Participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, in order to maintain and further develop a high quality pharmacy workforce. EDUCATION & TRAINING Manage, within the specialised area, the teaching of Trainee Pharmacists and Early Careers Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants to support them in their induction, development and obtaining their accreditations. Ensure pharmacy staff are updated on clinical guidelines used in the specialist area, through the participation in training programmes and through the provision of specialist medication information and standard operating procedures. Provide multidisciplinary education and training on all aspects of medicines management. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Contribute to research within the pharmacy department. This includes identifying areas of research, including identifying gaps in evidence, applying appropriate methods to address identified gaps and generating new evidence. Share good practice by publications and presentations within the Trust, throughout the local health economy and nationally. PROFESSIONAL Create an inclusive environment and demonstrate cultural effectiveness. Recognise and respect the role of others in the wider pharmacy and multi-disciplinary team. Participate in late night, weekend, Bank Holiday and on call rota duties. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Accurate and concise written and oral communication skills. - Able to receive, summarise, communicate and present information to wide range of professionals across the Trust. - Proven persuasion and negotiation skills (to influence prescribing), tact and diplomacy skills. - Effective independent and team working skills. - Ability to analyse and interpret a wide range of clinical information. - Proven problem solving approach on a wide range of clinical issues, and able to think laterally to develop new ideas. - Able to assess staff performance against agreed standards and criteria, and to provide feedback and development. - Able to, with consultation, prioritise, plan and adjust current pharmacy services within the specialised area. - Able to work effectively to short, medium, long term and changing deadlines. - Able to work effectively in front of an audience. - Able to review and provide specialised advice on medicine use in specific clinical areas. - Able to obtain, interpret, analyse and report on drug expenditure within the specialised area. - Able to work independently and under guidance, within departmental, Trust and statutory and professional codes of practice/ethics. - Computer literate. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality. - Broad knowledge of therapeutics. - Specialised knowledge of therapeutics and medicine use within acute medicine. - Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the formulation, preparation, and therapeutic action of medicines. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy - Training and/or significant experience in clinical teaching/tutoring, audit, practice research, risk management. **Desirable** - Experience of working in a similar role ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent. - Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience. **Desirable** - Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. - Independent Prescribing qualification. - Leadership / Management qualification. - Working towards Faculty Accreditation. ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Demonstrates continued professional development or equivalent knowledge through extensive experience. - Flexibility in working hours to suit the needs of the department. **Desirable** - Current driving licence/able to travel between sites. ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657333) - [ps (pdf, 168.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657334) - [useful links (pdf, 110.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2589) - [candidate pack (pdf, 22.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2803) - [people strategy (pdf, 640.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2592) - [standard information (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2904) - [terms and conditions - afc (pdf, 96.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2804) - [voluntary living wage guidance (pdf, 65.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2595) - [guidance for applicants including values (pdf, 246.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2591) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 94.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2593) - [code of practice for disclosure and barring service (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2590) - [policy statement on the secure handling off disclosure information (pdf, 67.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2594) ## 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.