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Specialist Pharmacist - Acute and Respiratory Medicine

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Location
Weston-super-mare, England
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00
Profession
Pharmacist
Deadline
13 Aug 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 6 months (Start date 1st November 2026)
Posted Date
30 Jul 2026
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Job requirements

Essential

18 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Experience

    Evidence of UK clinical hospital pharmacy experience

  • Experience

    Experience of audit, quality improvement and/or project work

  • Experience

    Experience of one-to-one and/or small group teaching

  • Qualifications and Training

    Masters degree in Pharmacy.

  • Qualifications and Training

    Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.

  • Qualifications and Training

    Postgraduate certificate (or equivalent) in Clinical Pharmacy.

  • Qualifications and Training

    Evidence of continuing professional development.

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Ability to operate multiple clinical digital systems

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Excellent oral and written communication skills.

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Problem identification and solving.

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Prioritisation and task management

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Able to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, and to use clinical judgement to challenge and influence prescribing

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Can organise own and others work to meet agreed deadlines and targets

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Ability to make safe and clinically relevant decisions in high pressure environments

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Ability to manage a small team of foundation pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on a daily basis

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Ability to critically analyse different approaches to problem solving to inform project work (including audit and research)

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Knowledge of common conditions encountered in area of practice and of safe and appropriate drug treatment

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Knowledge of the legal framework for the dispensing, prescribing and administering or medicines

Desirable

3 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Qualifications and Training

    Membership of a relevant professional Pharmacy group or body

  • Qualifications and Training

    Postgraduate Diploma, Master's degree or equivalent in Clinical Pharmacy

  • Qualifications and Training

    Independent Prescriber

Job overview

Are you a current post-registration hospital pharmacist or clinical pharmacist working in another area of practice? Are you looking for experience in a specialist clinical area to develop your skills? If so University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Pharmacy Department has a 6 month secondment available working in Acute Medicine and Respiratory as a specialist pharmacist (start date 1st November 2026)

Do you want to join a friendly, thriving and innovative team committed to providing the best possible pharmaceutical care? Our UHBW Bristol site is comprised of 7 hospitals in Bristol city centre, providing local and regional acute services for South Bristol, South West England and parts of South Wales.

We are looking for motivated new team members to join our specialist clinical rotational pharmacists. Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate post-registration experience in clinical practice with development against the RPS Foundation Pharmacy Framework or to certificate level of postgraduate clinical diploma, will be GPhC registered and be able to demonstrate their experience in clinical practice through application and interview showcasing their readiness to move into a more specialist role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide pharmaceutical advice to acute and respiratory medicine areas and will look to develop the clinical service and further their own development in these areas. This role will provide leadership to the pharmacy medicine team at various points in the week co-ordinating the workflow and junior pharmacist assignments to optimise patient experience and hospital workflow. You will contribute to clinical projects, quality improvement programmes and teaching through developing management, leadership and educational skills in conjunction with lead pharmacists in medicine.

As a member of the pharmacy team, you will be required to provide general pharmaceutical duties to the various sections of the pharmacy department providing leadership and supervision for supporting staff. The post holder will be required to participate in the pharmacy department late, weekend, on-call and bank-holiday rotas.

For a more detailed job description, an overview of our offering to you and the main responsibilities; please refer to the job description, supporting document and development pathway attached to this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

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This advert is for Specialist Pharmacist - Acute and Respiratory Medicine with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Weston-super-mare, England. It is listed as a Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49387.00 to £56515.00. The contract type is Fixed term: 6 months (Start date 1st November 2026). The application deadline is 13 Aug 2026.

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