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Senior Pharmacist - Acute & Emergency Medicine

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

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Location
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Profession
Pharmacist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
17 May 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
30 Apr 2026

Job overview

Ready to take your pharmacy career to the next level? We’re looking for an experienced, motivated pharmacist to join our dynamic Acute & Emergency Medicine team at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

This is your chance to make a real impact at the hospital front door — delivering expert pharmaceutical care to acutely unwell patients across ED, AMU, SDEC and Urgent Treatment Centres. You’ll be a confident communicator, thrive in a fast‑paced MDT environment, and help shape an evolving, high‑profile service.

You’ll be supported by senior pharmacists and a Principal Pharmacist ACP, with development opportunities in:

  • Advanced clinical practice
  • Leadership
  • Education
  • Research & quality improvement

We’re committed to improving patient outcomes through innovative pathways, admission avoidance, prescribing optimisation and safe, effective medicines management.

If you’re driven, forward‑thinking and ready for a role with real influence, we’d love to receive your application.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job:

  • Act as an independent prescriber to optimise patient care
  • Provide expert clinical advice and medicines optimisation to the multidisciplinary team
  • Lead and participate in audit, research, and quality improvement projects
  • Provide training, supervision, and education to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
  • Deliver and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services for Acute & Emergency Medicine
  • Monitor, analyse, and manage medicines expenditure and support cost‑improvement initiatives

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification attached to the vacancy for a detailed description.

Applicants must be registered with the GPhC, have comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting, have comprehensive experience of supervising/ training/ assessing students or staff, and have a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.