Are you looking to develop your skills in expert clinical practice as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team?
An opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Pharmacy team, supporting our Specialist Surgical Care Collaborative, with the opportunity to specialise in Trauma and Orthopaedics. The post holder would act as a key pharmacy contact for the directorate, supporting a range of clinical and operational projects, whilst also acting as part of the senior pharmacist team supporting the wider Surgical Collaboratives.
Job Title Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Specialist Surgical Care
Job Type Full-time, Part-time
Salary £55,690 to £62,682 a year Per annum, pro rata
Location Carlisle, England
Deadline 23 September 2025
Roles & Responsibilities
Main duties of the job
- Work closely with Clinicians and Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines within the relevant surgical directorates as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources.
- Lead, deliver, and develop pharmacy services to relevant surgical directorates in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.
- Work as a pharmacist prescriber developing the role for designated areas of clinical practice
- Support the development of early career and trainee pharmacists.
- Act as a senior member of the surgical pharmacy team assisting with management of day-to-day operational duties as required.
- Act as a line manager for designated band 6 or 7 pharmacists.
- Actively participate within regional and national network forums to develop and improve clinical practice and share learning.
- The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call.
Eligibility Requirements
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree (Masters or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Higher pharmacy professional/post graduate qualification
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- On the practicing register of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPS)
- Pharmacist prescribing qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive specialist therapeutic and clinical knowledge relevant to the post and collaborative
- Expert knowledge and understanding of relevant pharmacy/medicines standards, legal requirements and guidelines
- Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies/policy
- Knowledge of current and planned developments in the pharmacy profession
- Understanding of NHS managerial and financial frameworks
Desirable
- Evidence of successful change management
- Understanding of ePACT and other prescribing data
- Knowledge of primary care prescribing and medicines management arrangements
- Extensive experience in a secondary care role
- Experience of reviewing patient group directions
Other requirements
Essential
- Promote equality and value diversity
- Ability to drive or have access to transport to travel within region
- Commitment to develop a culture to promote trust values
- Excellent attendance record
- Ability to participate in on-call rota and 7 day working
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to motivate teams to deliver objectives
- Ability to prioritise competing demands; work under pressure and deliver against a background of change and uncertainty
- Ability to make judgements in highly complex situations
- Ability to critically review, analyse and interpret clinical literature, and medicines legislation
- Appropriate IT skills to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases and other software to improve patient care
- Computer literate and ability to use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint competently
- Enthusiastic, self motivating, good organisational skills
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and within a team
- Accuracy and attention to detailCo-operative and flexible working style with Trust wide teams
- Friendly, approachable, able to convey messages with empathy and diplomacy
- Competent and confident to deliver complex presentations and training sessions
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of putting evidence into practice
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
Benefits
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
- A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
- 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
- Flexible working Scheme
- Excellent opportunities for development
- Competitive NHS Pension scheme
- Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
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