# Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Neurology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-pharmacist-neurology/959dff41-b8f6-4744-b5d5-692cebc1addd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-pharmacist-neurology/959dff41-b8f6-4744-b5d5-692cebc1addd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Nottingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (part time working would be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T13:52:12.991Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/Nottingham_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Senior_Clinical_Pharmacist_Neurology/Senior_Clinical_Pharmacist_Neurology-v8090333 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8090333?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting new job, created to support a new Neurology Speciality ward at the Queens Medical Centre. We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist with a passion for neurology to work with the doctors, nurses and wider MDT on the neurology ward to deliver excellent care to our patients. The post holder will have a key role in supporting  the change in speciality for the ward area, ensuring safe prescribing,  administration and medicines management on the ward. The post holder will be supported by the Specialist Pharmacist for Neurology and the Specialist Pharmacist for Neurosciences, along with the wider Neurology and Pharmacy teams. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will primarily provide a clinical pharmacy ward service to the Neurology ward at Queens Medical Centre. In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert. To provide a  clinical pharmacy service to the Neurology ward. To work alongside the  multidisciplinary team  delivering excellent patient care through medicines optimisation. If a qualified prescriber, the post holder will also utilise their prescribing skills to do this. To facilitate with  timely discharges by clinically screening discharge prescriptions/TTOs. To assist the Specialist Clinical Pharmacists with specialty level support roles such as governance, teaching and guidelines. To support, mentor & line manage junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians and students. To be actively involved in quality improvement projects. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake . To provide a clinical Pharmacy Service to the Neurology ward at Queens Medical Centre. To ensure safe, rational and effective prescribing by undertaking medication reconciliation, assessing suitability of prescribed medication, enabling use of patient’s own medicines and patient self-administration, counselling (to optimise medicines use), and ensuring continuity of patient care on leaving hospital. To ensure patients receive the best pharmaceutical care throughout their stay. To partake in clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken in the relevant clinical specialties. This includes a prescribing role when qualified. To make recommendations about medicines to improve patient outcomes and to encourage adherence to hospital formulary and national guidelines. To line manage and support more junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the medical team specialties. To facilitate or conduct clinical audits and quality improvement projects. To support the Specialist Pharmacists for Neurology and Neurosciences with ensuring good medicines management and governance within the Neurology speciality. Screening of Neurology Homecare Prescriptions. To take full part in the 7 day shifted rota and bank holidays duties. We operate a 7day working model; the post-holder will contribute to the senior on-call rota providing back-up support to the on-call pharmacist. All of our dispensaries are pharmacist-free and technician led, so there are no  operational commitments. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Self-motivated, conscientious, confident, assertive - Ability to work alone and make decision including when participating in on call rota - Weekend and shift working - Commitment to support the Trust Values ### Qualifications **Essential** - B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm. - GPhC registered - Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification **Desirable** - Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification - Related post graduate qualification - Member of the RPS ### Skills & Experience **Essential** - Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams - Wide previous experience (post registration) in hospital/Clinical pharmacy - Broad knowledge base of clinical areas. - Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting - Experience of day to day supervision and assisting in training of pre registration pharmacists and/or technicians **Desirable** - Experience of working within Neurology specialiaty - Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level. - Evidence of project work completed - Evidence with supporting the introduction of new medicines into a speciality - Experience of using High Cost Drugs and the associated paperwork ### PLanning and organisational **Essential** - Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise - Good Time management skills **Desirable** - Management skills ### Analytical and Judgement skills **Essential** - Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process - Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management - Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information **Desirable** - Experience of analysing expenditure - Medicines Information skills ### Communication and relationship skills **Essential** - Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession. - Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills. - Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers. - Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams - Able to defend opinions when challenged **Desirable** - Teaching skills ## Documents - [mindful employer (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1778) - [equal opportunities (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1780) - [disability confidence scheme (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1781) - [rehabilitation of ex offenders (pdf, 106.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1974) - [equality diversity and inclusion (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1779) - [senior clinical pharmacist neurology job description (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10392078) - [senior clinical pharmacist neurology person specification (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10392079) ## 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.