Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Strong clinical assessment and decision‑making skills
- Skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Skills
Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure
- Skills
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Skills
Ability to work effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary team
- Skills
Knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics
- Experience
Post registration experience working as a clinical pharmacist in the NHS managed sector (e.g. GP surgery, PCN, secondary care)
- Experience
Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience
Demonstrable experience in medicines optimisation and patient-facing clinical roles
- Qualifications
BSc (Pharmacy) / BPharm / MPharm
- Qualifications
CPD portfolio that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to personal development
- Qualifications
Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Leadership and organisational skills Teaching and training skills
- Skills
Previous experience in mentoring and training pharmacy staff
- Skills
Audit and quality improvement skills
- Skills
Problem‑solving and service development skills
- Experience
Experience within the relevant specialty )
- Experience
Experience in service development, audit, or quality improvement
- Experience
Experience supervising or training junior staff / students
- Qualifications
Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or pharmacy practice / other equivalent
- Qualifications
Independent Prescriber qualification
- Qualifications
Training pharmaco-economics / resource or change management
Job overview
We are seeking a patient focused pharmacists aiming to build on established clinical skills and work closely with clinicians in providing a high-quality service to patients within ESHT. We also require someone who can demonstrate a commitment to personal and staff development. This specialist pharmacist post is based within the Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division and is responsible for supporting the Lead Divisional Pharmacist in providing clinical pharmacy and business level support within East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced hospital pharmacist to work with us in a portfolio style role within Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division. Under the supervision of a designated Lead Pharmacist, you will work closely with consultants, other medical staff, nurses, pharmacy staff and other allied healthcare professionals in ensuring that medicine use is safe, effective and evidence based across ESHT. The post holder will be involved in providing clinical pharmacy services to Intensive Care and Surgical Assessment Unit wards and occasional support to the dispensary. This post also holds an education and training commitment, which in the past has proved successful in developing staff. The successful candidate will also be responsible for helping to train and mentor pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and rotational clinical pharmacists. The applicant will be required to join the department weekend and on-call service on a rota basis following a period of orientation and induction.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
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.
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This advert is for Specialist Pharmacist Intensive Care and Surgery with East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in Eastbourne, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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