Job Overview We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking and highly motivated Antimicrobial Specialist Pharmacist to join our friendly and progressive Pharmacy team at Frimley Park Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with a passion for antimicrobial stewardship, education, and optimisation of patient care. In this specialist role, you will combine your clinical expertise with a strong desire to improve antibiotic use across the organisation. You will contribute to safe, effective and timely patient care by providing expert antimicrobial advice and support to medical, nursing and pharmacy colleagues, as well as directly to patients. While you will have an allocated ward for regular clinical cover, your primary focus will be delivering high-quality antimicrobial stewardship across the hospital. You will play a key role in audit, surveillance and the effective use of digital tools to monitor antibiotic prescribing trends and support quality improvement. As an excellent communicator and team player, you will enjoy educating colleagues, influencing best practice, and driving positive change in antimicrobial use. This is a full-time post based primarily at Frimley Park Hospital. Core departmental hours are 09:00 – 17:15, Monday to Friday, with participation in evening and weekend rotas as required. Main duties of the job To assist in further development and implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (alongside senior colleagues) across Frimley Health, enabling the Trust to monitor and modify antimicrobial prescribing and use best practices to facilitate a culture of safe and prudent prescribing. To continue the development, delivery, and update of integrated antimicrobial guidelines and policies across Frimley Health To work closely with the microbiology/ID consultants and antimicrobial pharmacists to develop and improve on existing audit tools to monitor antimicrobial prescribing across Frimley Health and to help exploit the capacity within EPIC to help deliver this To work closely with colleagues to develop training on antimicrobial stewardship prescribing and help deliver this across the Trust. To act as a role model for antimicrobial stewardship and clinical pharmacy practice in order to promote a consistently high standard of antimicrobial stewardship and pharmacy clinical services in line with the Pharmacy and Trust objectives. To act as a reserve resource to the senior antimicrobial pharmacists from both hospitals when that need might arise. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities To assist with the continued development and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship across Frimley Health NHSFT in line with National recommendations in Start Smart – then Focus and NICE guideline NG51 and any future guidance produce To assist senior colleagues with the review of existing clinical policies and guidelines across both former organisations in order to deliver a unified antimicrobial policy and guidelines across Frimley Health NHSFT. To help improve on established audit and QI tools to monitor antimicrobial stewardship across Frimley Health NHSFT and benchmark against other organisations. To help ensure that antimicrobial prescribing is within formulary and Trust specifications and to help optimise cost effectiveness. 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Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Pharmacy degree (Masters level 4 years) Registered with GPhC Postgraduate clinical diploma or appropriate equivalent Independent Prescriber (or intention to become one) Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Desirable criteria MSc or higher degree Formal management qualification RPS membership Experience Essential criteria Significant post-qualification experience working as a pharmacist in a clinical environment Desirable criteria Regular experience of providing antimicrobial clinical pharmacy support Teaching/tutoring experience Skills & Knowledge Essential criteria Excellent written and verbal communication Excellent IT Skills Good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills Applied clinical knowledge Desirable criteria Evidence of interest in research Prior experience with EPR systems and in particular optimising them for AMS uses Evidence of published work in peer reviewed journals. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first. We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services. We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations. Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care. Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together. Apply online now