Overview
This role is a key part of our team of Advanced Pharmacists working within the Specialist Medicine Division at UHDB, and provides leadership and support for the pharmacy service to respiratory at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton.
As the Advanced Pharmacist for Respiratory, you will work closely with our multi-disciplinary respiratory teams as well as colleagues in Pharmacy across UHDB to deliver and promote effective and high quality pharmacy services to patients in our hospitals and in virtual and place-based care settings.
As a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist, you will be supported to develop and implement your own ideas to ensure optimal pharmaceutical care for our patients. You will also have the opportunity to effectively contribute to the leadership, coordination, governance and development of the clinical pharmacy team across UHDB.
This post is based at Royal Derby Hospital. Occasional travel to other UHDB hospitals will be required to fulfil the Trust-wide elements of this role.
Closing date of applications: 24 September 2025
Interview date: 6 October 2025
Band 8a
Values and Equality
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity. The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it is important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme. The Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment. The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
If you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format, please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466.
Role Description
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust. The opportunity has arisen to take on the role of Advanced Pharmacist for Respiratory. This is a great position for a pharmacist with experience and an interest in the respiratory speciality to deliver and develop respiratory pharmacy services across UHDB. In the Pharmacy Department at UHDB we offer flexible working and a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing and excellent career development opportunities. Derby and the surrounding areas provide good transport links to all major UK cities, being in the heart of the Midlands.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in, why not join our friendly, inclusive and well-regarded Pharmacy team at UHDB. This post is also available as a development opportunity for a person who is wanting to progress into a senior pharmacist role. Candidates will be offered a full training and development package to support them in this role.
Working for UHDB
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff
Flexible and Working Arrangements
UHDB offers flexible working to many colleagues. For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/reduced hours/compressed hours/flexible start and finish times/fixed or flexible shifts/annualised hours/term time hours/hybrid working — working partly in the trust and partly at home. Discuss your flexibility at interview and we will explore options.
Other Information
Most posts are subject to a DBS check; having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from employment. Some roles require candidates to cover the cost of the DBS check. All correspondence relating to your application will be sent via our trac.system account. Please regularly check emails (including junk/spam). UK visa requirements: external candidates from outside the UK may need UKVI permission to work.
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