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Job overview
Do you want to join a friendly, thriving and innovative team committed to providing the best possible pharmaceutical care?
Specialist Surgical Pharmacists provide therapeutic expertise in a variety of surgical specialties. We are a tertiary centre for thoracic and hepatobiliary surgery, ophthalmology and provide general surgical care in areas such as colorectal and trauma and orthopaedic surgeries. This role will be upskilled to provide clinical expertise to each surgical area, critical care step-downs and pick up more complex project work in areas such as ophthalmology and trauma.
The education commitment will work with our Lead Education and Training pharmacists on the delivery of undergraduate, foundation pharmacist and medicines optimisation technician training. This is an exciting time to be in an educational capacity following the new GPhC standards with the first cohort of post-registration pharmacists joining with a prescribing qualification and the challenges and opportunities that will bring for acute care.
We are looking for motivated new team members to join our Bristol Royal Infirmary pharmacy team. Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate post-registration experience in clinical practice with development against the RPS Foundation Pharmacy Framework, 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
Provide a patient-centred clinical pharmacy service to adult surgical patients, ensuring safe, effective and evidence-based medicines use in line with Trust and national guidance. The postholder will optimise complex therapies, support medicines reconciliation, and prescribe independently within competency.
The role includes active participation in daily multidisciplinary ward rounds, providing expert medicines advice, and supporting safe prescribing. The postholder will contribute to guideline development, governance, audit, quality improvement and optimisation of practice.
The postholder will support education and training of pharmacists and MDT staff, undergraduates and including mentoring those undertaking postgraduate development.
Involvement in service development, research and quality improvement is expected, including medication incident review, KPI development and audit activity, with opportunities to present and publish work.
Leadership responsibilities include supporting or line managing staff, prioritising workload, and deputising for senior pharmacy leadership as required.
The postholder will participate in weekend, bank holiday and late-working rotas, maintain GPhC revalidation, and support dispensary and stock processes in line with Trust policies and procedures.
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.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to operate multiple clinical digital systems
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Problem identification and solving.
- Prioritisation and task management
- Able to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, and to use clinical judgement to challenge and influence prescribing
- Can organise own and others work to meet agreed deadlines and targets
- Ability to make safe and clinically relevant decisions in high pressure environments
- Ability to manage a small team of foundation pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on a daily basis
- Ability to critically analyse different approaches to problem solving to inform project work (including audit and research)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of UK clinical hospital pharmacy experience
- Experience of audit, quality improvement and/or project work
- Knowledge of common conditions encountered in area of practice, and of safe and appropriate drug treatments
- Experience of one-to-one and/or small group teaching
- Knowledge of the legal framework for the dispensing, prescribing and administering or medicines
- Mentoring, support and supervision
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy.
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Postgraduate certificate (or equivalent) in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Membership of a relevant professional Pharmacy group or body
- Postgraduate Diploma, Master's degree or equivalent in Clinical Pharmacy
- Independent Prescriber
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This advert is for Specialist Pharmacist (Surgery and Education) with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata for part time roles. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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