# Senior Pharmacist - Rheumatology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-pharmacist-rheumatology/70a9aabe-9d16-43b4-b892-702aba8b137c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-pharmacist-rheumatology/70a9aabe-9d16-43b4-b892-702aba8b137c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-17T07:51:03.675Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackburn/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Senior_Pharmacist/Senior_Pharmacist-v8250887 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250887?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic Pharmacy team as a Senior Pharmacist (Band 8a) working within the Rheumatology Directorate. This position offers a wealth of unique clinical and professional development opportunities within the both the Rheumatology and Pharmacy Department. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional pharmaceutical care and services, working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. You will: - Work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to the Rheumatology service. - Be responsible for leading and developing the clinical pharmacy service to the Medicines and Emergency Care (MEC) Division in accordance with the objectives set by the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, with particular emphasis on the Rheumatology Directorate. - Provide highly specialised advice in all pharmaceutical matters. - Work as an independent prescriber managing a defined patient caseload within Rheumatology. - Ensure that medicine use within the Rheumatology speciality is safe, effective and cost effective. - Work with the homecare pharmacy team to ensure appropriate use of homecare medicine supply. - Monitor and provide comment on drug expenditure as required e.g in relation to high cost (biologics and biosimilars) and the introduction of new therapeutic agents. ### Main duties of the job Lead and deliver an advanced specialist pharmaceutical care service to patients within the rheumatology service, in accordance with the priorities set by the post-holder and the Clinical Lead Pharmacist, in order to ensure, safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and taking into account national and corporate priorities. Lead the development of the Rheumatology pharmacy service including; setting up and delivering pharmacist-led rheumatology clinics, providing patient education on systemic treatments for rheumatology and initiate appropriate medication and associated monitoring ensuring accurate transfer of care information and follow up. Maintain clinical competencies and support the Clinical Pharmacy team by working on in-patient wards or the dispensary. In addition, you will be required to: * Assist in the development of relevant policies, guidelines and pathways. * Monitor compliance with NICE guidance and TAs, and other nationally and locally agreed guidelines, pathways and audits. * Work with the homecare pharmacist to incorporate relevant treatments or undertake medicine switches. * Proactively undertake quality improvement and/or research. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See attached documents for full details of the job description and person specification. If you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal visit, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Please contact: Hannah Robinson Hannah.robinson@elht.nhs.uk (Clinical Lead Pharmacist - Medicine) on 01254 732251 or Emma Coupe Emma.coupe@elht.nhs.uk (Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy and Governance) on 01254 732791 or via email. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Judgement **Essential** - Intuition – anticipate difficulties and take appropriate action - Knows when to consult (own limitations) - Reflects on own practice and learns from experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm Degree (4 years) or equivalent - Member GPhC - Postgraduate clinical diploma/qualification (or equivalent NHS hospital experience) - Non-medical Prescriber (to be undertaken on appointment if not already a registered NMP) - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Postgraduate qualification in rheumatology - Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy (prev. Royal Pharmaceutical Society) ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Flexible and adaptive approach ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Self-motivated - Articulate - Willing to adapt to change and learn new systems - Innovative - Organised and methodical approach to work - Have integrity in all aspects of work - Committed to providing a high quality pharmacy service ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Ability to provide a high level of pharmaceutical care within a specialism - Ability to holistically and critically analyse prescriptions and treatment plans - Advanced clinical assessment skills - Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a multi-disciplinary team - Ability to work under pressure - Ability to supervise / mentor staff and support others - Good time management, ability to prioritise and evaluate appropriately - Computer skills - Aware of limitations ### Communication Skills **Essential** - Excellent oral communication skills - Able to provide written information in a concise readable manner for patients and colleagues - Formal presentation skills - Excellent report writing skills - Facilitating and negotiating skills - Able to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Relevant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience - Thorough knowledge of care boundary issues and medication commissioning - Clinical experience in rheumatology and of delivering clinical pharmacy services - Experience of initiating, leading and managing a range of projects - Experience of budgetary management and financial control - Experience of managing and motivating staff, appraising and giving feedback - Experience of audit and quality improvement - Ability to work in a busy environment with daily contact with patients **Desirable** - Experience of teaching or tutoring - Experience of research practice ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761) - [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405) - [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494) - [jd & person specification - rheumatology (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563376) ## 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.