Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5pm Monday-Friday plus late night, weekend and bank holiday working commitment.) Job ref 205-8038966
Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site UHNM Town Stoke on Trent Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/06/2026 23:59
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Band 8a
Job overview
We’re looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our Gastroenterology and Hepatology team at the Royal Stoke site. You’ll help deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to high-acuity and complex patients across our Gastroenterology and Hepatology inpatient ward and JAG accredited endoscopy units at Royal Stoke, County Hospital and the Community Diagnostic Centre. You will also provide expert advice to the inflammatory bowel disease and hepatitis MDT to support our outpatient cohort.
You’ll work closely with pharmacy colleagues and multidisciplinary team members, with opportunities for education, development, research and networking. You will also train and support the development of trainee and junior pharmacists within the gastroenterology rotation.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience of delivering evidence-based, cost effective care
- Is able to support team development
- Has a passion for gastroenterology and hepatology medicine, and thrives in a fast-paced clinical environment
Main duties of the job
- Deliver a high quality, patient focused clinical pharmacy service to Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Prioritise and review high-risk patients (e.g. those with epilepsy, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease), ensuring their medicines are prescribed and administered within a timely manner
- Utilise your independent prescribing skills daily, working within your scope of practice
- Provide prescribing support for complex medicines e.g. aminophylline, vancomycin
- Support patient flow with mechanisms for obtaining discharge medicines both in and out of hours
- Review adverse incidents and take appropriate action to reduce future risk
- Review and develop guidelines and PGDs.
- Line manage and train and develop junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists
- Work with the Advanced Clinical Lead Pharmacist for Gastroenterology, Respiratory and Endoscopy on the strategic development of the clinical pharmacy service to the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy departments.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards completion of the Diploma
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
- Member of UKCPA and / or specialist groups
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Extensive hospital pharmacy experience
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- Clinical pharmacy experience within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and or audit
- Experience line managing and or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- Presentation of an abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional / national conference or publication in a peer reviewed journal
Important information about your application
- All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
- References – please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
- We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
- Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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Visa eligibility notice:
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- Skilled Worker visas cannot currently be issued to Afghan nationals.
- Study visas cannot currently be issued to nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar or Sudan. As a result, we are unable to progress applications requiring sponsorship under these routes.
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Contact details: Name Vikki Lloyd Job title Advanced Lead Pharmacist Resp, Gastro & Endoscopy Email address Vikki.lloyd@uhnm.nhs.uk Telephone number 01782 679093
