Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist

Job summary

We have an exciting and rare opportunity opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic clinical pharmacist to explore and gain experience in Antimicrobial Stewardship whilst covering maternity leave. This 12 month secondment would support further development of leadership skills and may provide an opportunity to specialise in this diverse field. We would consider supporting an experienced Band 7 pharmacist to progress to a Band 8a within this role. You will be joining our friendly and supportive Pharmacy, Infection Control and Microbiology & infectious Diseases teams in the provision of Antimicrobial Stewardship. The Trust has electronic prescribing and medical records, and hopes to implement the Pharmacy Antimicrobial ICNET module in 2025.

You will need:

• Clinical knowledge & understanding of antimicrobial stewardship
• Excellent communication, negotiation and leadership skills, to be used in support of multi-disciplinary teams

What we Offer:

• Support for training and development of skills across the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, education and research
• Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications for flexible working patterns: to be discussed at interview

Main duties of the job

• Lead Pharmacist in antimicrobial stewardship (responsible for OPAT, multi-disciplinary training, guideline updates and antimicrobial ward rounds)
• Day to day clinical management of patients
• To lead, develop, deliver and evaluate the clinical pharmacy service for antimicrobial stewardship.
• To provide regular drug usage/expenditure reports, including opportunities for cost and quality improvement
• To ensure the effective management and development of staff, including line management, mentoring and supervision.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.