Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Children’s Nutrition, Pain and Surgery
Band 8a
Job REF 164-7910597 | Main area Pharmacy Grade | Contract 9 months (fixed term / maternity cover) | Hours Part‑time – 30 hours per week.
Site – Queen’s Medical Centre, Town, Nottingham | Salary £57,528 – £64,750 per annum (pro rata for part‑time) | Closing date 08/06/2026 23:59.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic neonatal or paediatric pharmacist looking to take the next step in your career? Or a pharmacist currently working in a different speciality who wants to gain experience in a new area? Do you enjoy working closely with the wider multi‑disciplinary team to develop services and improve patient care? If so, this role may be a perfect fit.
Main duties of the job
* Lead the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to the Paediatric Nutrition Service at NUH.
* Provide specialised clinical pharmacy duties, including multi‑disciplinary working.
* Provide leadership, management, and speciality/service support roles.
* Line‑manage and support more junior pharmacists within the Family Health and wider Pharmacy team.
Where we work
Neonatal services operate across two sites – QMC and City Hospital – with neonatal ICU, HDU, and special care cots at both campuses. QMC is a specialist centre for neonatal surgery and will expand its facilities in December 2024.
In this role you will work alongside a large group of pharmacists and technicians in the Family Health Division, delivering patient‑centred care.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm – GPhC registered.
* Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or an equivalent postgraduate qualification.
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS).
* Active participation in a relevant national network or specialist pharmacist group.
* Leadership and management qualifications or experience.
Experience
* Broad experience (post registration) of clinical pharmacy, especially in acute settings.
* Knowledge base across a range of clinical areas.
* Experience providing specialist clinical pharmacy review and advice on safe medication use.
* Experience developing and implementing medicine‑ and service‑related policies for a specialty.
* Line‑management experience, including performance management, recruitment, and staff allocation.
* Leadership and management skills.
* Training and education of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
* Multidisciplinary and team working experience at pharmacy, trust and regional levels.
* Understanding of NHS issues.
* Publication of audit/research/clinical work at the national level.
* Active work on national groups.
* Project management experience with evidence of completed outcomes.
* Experience supervising and reporting audit/research work at the local level.
* Effective liaison with relevant trust‑level committees or equivalents.
* Experience working in urgent or emergency settings.
* Experience with electronic prescribing and administration systems.
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, and ability to communicate highly complex drug information to prescribers, clinicians, patients, relatives, and stakeholders.
* Good communication within the multidisciplinary team and own profession.
* Ability to defend opinions confidently and constructively when challenged.
* Proven ability to influence and negotiate with senior clinicians, managers and stakeholders.
* Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers.
* Teaching skills.
* Experience writing compelling business cases or cases of need for service development.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing medicines information, product issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information.
* Experience assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and medication processes.
* Critical analysis of information and evidence with clear communication of findings.
* Ability to work independently and make decisions within agreed parameters, while escalating as necessary.
* Experience making judgments involving highly complex facts, requiring analysis, interpretation and options appraisal.
* Ability to maintain and monitor databases of medicines and activity information, including medication usage and rotas.
* Creative thinking to support departmental strategy and trust objectives, incorporating evidence of best practice.
* Experience analysing expenditure.
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a specialty, including creation and adjustment of plans.
* Flexibility and change management in a complex healthcare environment.
* Self‑motivation and excellent organisational skills; can motivate others, manage time, and meet deadlines under pressure.
* Positive thinker and problem solver with lateral thinking to devise new ideas.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
All applicants who meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted.
Applicants will be expected to comply with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken.
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