# Senior Clinical Pharmacist Antimicrobials > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-pharmacist-antimicrobials/8494c312-9286-40d8-9dd6-da80ccfc4cc8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-pharmacist-antimicrobials/8494c312-9286-40d8-9dd6-da80ccfc4cc8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Brighton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, no weekends or bank holidays, up to 37.5 hours per week.) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T10:51:43.630Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Crawley/Sussex_Community_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Clinical_Pharmacist/Senior_Clinical_Pharmacist-v8058461 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8058461?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an ambitious pharmacist seeking a rewarding role leading improvement in antimicrobial stewardship? We are looking for a dynamic clinical pharmacist to join our Medicines Management team, taking a Trust-wide lead in antimicrobial stewardship while delivering a specialist service to Intermediate Care Units. You will work in a forward-thinking environment using Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems (training provided), collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, Trust forums and the Infection Prevention & Control team to influence practice and improve patient outcomes. We welcome pharmacists from all healthcare settings with experience leading quality improvements, including clinical audit, patient group directions and clinical governance. The Trust supports ongoing professional development and offers flexible, agile working, with up to full-time hours and a requirement to travel across Sussex from a base at Brighton, Crawley or Horsham. ### Main duties of the job The role is the lead within the Medicines Management Team, across the whole of Trust, for the areas of Antimicrobial Stewardship, injectables, patient group directions, occupational health and wound-care.  You will proactively identify opportunities for service improvement and contribute to policy and governance developments that enhance patient outcomes, working collaboratively across services and multidisciplinary teams across the Trust to achieve outcomes. You will deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service to adult inpatient bedded units, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use and support safe, effective care. Alongside this, you will support and develop pharmacy colleagues, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, and provide senior support within the pharmacy dispensary when required. The role also includes active involvement in education, training and wider service development, contributing to the ongoing growth and success of the Medicines Management team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The role is the lead within the Medicines Management Team, across the whole of Trust, for the areas of Antimicrobial Stewardship, injectables, patient group directions, occupational health and wound-care.  You will proactively identify opportunities for service improvement and contribute to policy and governance developments that enhance patient outcomes, working collaboratively across services and multidisciplinary teams across the Trust to achieve outcomes. You will deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service to adult inpatient bedded units, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use and support safe, effective care. Alongside this, you will support and develop pharmacy colleagues, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, and provide senior support within the pharmacy dispensary when required. The role also includes active involvement in education, training and wider service development, contributing to the ongoing growth and success of the Medicines Management team. ## Job Details Are you an ambitious pharmacist seeking a rewarding role leading improvement in antimicrobial stewardship? We are looking for a dynamic clinical pharmacist to join our Medicines Management team, taking a Trust-wide lead in antimicrobial stewardship while delivering a specialist service to Intermediate Care Units. You will work in a forward-thinking environment using Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems (training provided), collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, Trust forums and the Infection Prevention & Control team to influence practice and improve patient outcomes. We welcome pharmacists from all healthcare settings with experience leading quality improvements, including clinical audit, patient group directions and clinical governance. The Trust supports ongoing professional development and offers flexible, agile working, with up to full-time hours and a requirement to travel across Sussex from a base at Brighton, Crawley or Horsham. ## Job Description The role is the lead within the Medicines Management Team, across the whole of Trust, for the areas of Antimicrobial Stewardship, injectables, patient group directions, occupational health and wound-care. You will proactively identify opportunities for service improvement and contribute to policy and governance developments that enhance patient outcomes, working collaboratively across services and multidisciplinary teams across the Trust to achieve outcomes. You will deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service to adult inpatient bedded units, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use and support safe, effective care. Alongside this, you will support and develop pharmacy colleagues, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, and provide senior support within the pharmacy dispensary when required. The role also includes active involvement in education, training and wider service development, contributing to the ongoing growth and success of the Medicines Management team. ## Responsibilities The role is the lead within the Medicines Management Team, across the whole of Trust, for the areas of Antimicrobial Stewardship, injectables, patient group directions, occupational health and wound-care. You will proactively identify opportunities for service improvement and contribute to policy and governance developments that enhance patient outcomes, working collaboratively across services and multidisciplinary teams across the Trust to achieve outcomes. You will deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service to adult inpatient bedded units, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use and support safe, effective care. Alongside this, you will support and develop pharmacy colleagues, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, and provide senior support within the pharmacy dispensary when required. The role also includes active involvement in education, training and wider service development, contributing to the ongoing growth and success of the Medicines Management team. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - At least 5 years relevant post-registration experience - Providing clinical pharmacy services within an acute setting or similar setting with direct patient contact. - Clinical audits. Full audit cycle. Plan, organise the collection of data, analyse data, findings, recommendations and audit report writing. Follow-ups - Experience of writing policies, procedures and protocols - Broad specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge - Experience implementing national guidance and strategy relating to medicines - Ability to demonstrate evidence of working in multi-disciplinary teams. - Experience of implementing clinical governance and continuous improvement. - Developing and delivering medicines management training to other healthcare professionals. - Involved in identifying and assessing risk to improve patient safety - Familiarity with the concepts of evidence based medicines. - Expertise of addressing and resolving legal issues related to medicines. - Addressing, implementing and monitoring compliance with NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alerts related to medicines **Desirable** - Experience of working with older people with complex health needs as a clinical pharmacist. - Working with a community health services setting - Experience of provision of medicines information and associated systems. - Developing and undertaking clinical and non-clinical audits. - Antimicrobial Stewardship knowledge and experience on relevant areas of community health services - Developing and writing patient group directions (PGDs) - Managing or advising on drug budgets and drugs costs and how to monitor these ### Qualifications **Essential** - Masters degree MPharm - Registered pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined) professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) UK. - Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent **Desirable** - MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent - Non-Medical Prescriber ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Requirement to travel cost effectively across the area covered by Sussex Community NHS Trust - Able to cope with interruptions when busy **Desirable** - Able to concentrate for extended periods ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent organisational skills - Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret complex data to assess risks and improve patient safety - Critical appraisal skills - Ability to communicate effectively and develop effective working relationships at all levels - Ability to work independently and within a team - Ability to challenge - Ability to work under pressure and be able to make important decisions in pressured situations. - Ability to prioritise and manage own work and deliver within identified timelines. - Good written and verbal communication skills - Ability to apply sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues - Effective influencing and negotiation skills and ability to persuade others - The ability to research and analyse complex information, judging the input required to arrive at robust and accurate conclusions and using these conclusions to inform decision-making - Computer skills including spreadsheets, presentations, or ECDL - Self-motivated and able to initiate change. - Methodological approach and attention to detail in terms of medicines. - Ability to write reports, SOP and other documents **Desirable** - Ability to generate prescribing data using epact.net ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 416.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10348538) - [staff benefits brochure (pdf, 484.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2262) - [easy read application form (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2435) - [about sussex community nhs foundation trust (pdf, 632.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2743) - [applicants guide to the use of generative ai in applications (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2971) ## 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.