Specialist Pharmacist - Surgery
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery by providing clinical pharmacy services in the perioperative setting. The post holder advises surgical directorates and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team, including consultants, junior doctors, and other healthcare professionals. The aim is to deliver robust clinical services, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred, and cost-effective pharmaceutical care from pre-assessment through to discharge. The pharmacist will also provide medicines information and counselling, contribute to medication guideline development, and participate in audits, research, and risk management strategies.
Essential criteria
- oMasters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- oRegistered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- oPost-Graduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent) OR working towards
Desirable criteria
- oRegistered Independent Prescriber (or willing to train)
- oMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- oMember of UK clinical pharmacy association (UKCPA)
- oSignificant post registration experience covering a range of specialties
- oExperience as a clinical pharmacist.
- oClinical supervision of junior staff
- oHave evidence demonstrating competencies that meet the RPS Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist Curriculum
- oExperience of providing a clinical pharmacy service in a hospital environment
- oExperience of deputising for a more senior clinical pharmacist
- oRPS Core Advanced Curriculum (or equivalent).
- oClinical Research experience, or willingness to undertake
- oExperience of training staff using coaching or teaching methods
- oKnowledge of risk management principles
- oMasters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- oRegistered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- oPost-Graduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent) OR working towards
- oRegistered Independent Prescriber (or willing to train)
- oMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- oMember of UK clinical pharmacy association (UKCPA)
- oSignificant post registration experience covering a range of specialties
- oExperience as a clinical pharmacist.
- oClinical supervision of junior staff
- oHave evidence demonstrating competencies that meet the RPS Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist Curriculum
- oExperience of providing a clinical pharmacy service in a hospital environment
- oExperience of deputising for a more senior clinical pharmacist
- oRPS Core Advanced Curriculum (or equivalent).
- oClinical Research experience, or willingness to undertake
- oExperience of training staff using coaching or teaching methods
- oKnowledge of risk management principles
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
Posted 9d ago · Closes in 6d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
This post supports the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery in the provision of a clinical pharmacy service in the perioperative setting The post holder provides advice to the surgical directorates and works on behalf of pharmacy to support perioperative management. The pharmacist works alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team, including consultants, junior doctors, advanced surgical practitioners and a range of specialist nurses, specialist pharmacists, junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide a robust clinical service.
Main duties of the job
Providing a core clinical pharmacy service to surgical wards and patients within the perioperative setting in line with the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards.
Ensuring high quality, patient centred, and cost effective pharmaceutical care is provided for the patients from pre-assessment to admission, during the inpatient stay and right through to the successful discharge from hospital. This includes the transfer of key information on to the patient's primary care providers when appropriate.
Actively providing medicines information and medication counselling to health care professionals, patients and/or carers, with an awareness of current trends and up to date research in the specialist area(s)
Working with multiprofessional teams to produce, and review, medication guidelines that promote rational,
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