Job summary
Closing Date: 08/10/2025
Shortlisting to take place in the week following closing date: commencing13/10/2025
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 20/10/2025
The Clinical Pharmacist role will provide a fantastic opportunity for a driven and passionate individual to drive innovation and support the ongoing excellent care of patients in the Bradford area. The Role is supported by a consultant led MDT. Experience with working with Frail older adults is an advantage. Patients are in their own homes, discharged early from hospital, or their admission to hospital has been avoided and they require support worth ongoing medical, and therapy needs
Main duties of the job
The post is an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, responsible for supporting patients in their own home in medication management and level 3 medication reviews. The post holder will direct the MDT in medication review/decision making will provide technical support to patients in their own home and work in liaising between the acute base interfaces with primary care. The post holder will work in a blurred boundary was, delivering some set skills core to nursing and therapy.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To advise the Lead Pharmacist or Assistant Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services as necessary on any local or national issues or legislation relevant to medical services, to ensure that any implications can be recognised and actioned at an appropriate senior level in the Trust.
- To lead, facilitate and participate in the development, implementation, monitoring, review and analysis of departmental audit/research projects to ensure that cost improvement and quality targets are met.
- To liaise with and provide leadership to the MDT team
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To advise the Lead Pharmacist or Assistant Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services as necessary on any local or national issues or legislation relevant to medical services, to ensure that any implications can be recognised and actioned at an appropriate senior level in the Trust.
- To lead, facilitate and participate in the development, implementation, monitoring, review and analysis of departmental audit/research projects to ensure that cost improvement and quality targets are met.
- To liaise with and provide leadership to the MDT team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy
- Training and/or significant experience in clinical teaching/tutoring, audit, practice research, risk management.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role in community
Skills
Essential
- Accurate and concise written and oral communication skills
- Able to receive, summarise, communicate and present information to wide range of professionals across the Trust.
- Proven persuasion and negotiation skills (to influence prescribing), tact and diplomacy skills
- Effective independent and team working skills
- Ability to analyse and interpret a wide range of clinical information
- Proven problem solving approach on a wide range of clinical issues, and able to think laterally to develop new ideas.
- Able to assess staff performance against agreed standards and criteria, and to provide feedback and development
- Able to, with consultation, prioritise, plan and adjust current pharmacy services within the specialised area
- Able to work effectively to short, medium, long term and changing deadlines
- Able to work effectively in front of an audience
- Able to review and provide specialised advice on medicine use in specific clinical areas
- Able to obtain, interpret, analyse and report on drug expenditure within the specialised area
- Able to work independently and under guidance, within departmental, Trust and statutory and professional codes of practice/ethics
- Computer literate
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Broad knowledge of therapeutics
- Specialised knowledge of therapeutics and medicine use within Acute Medicine Services
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the formulation, preparation, and therapeutic action of medicines.
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy
- Training and/or significant experience in clinical teaching/tutoring, audit, practice research, risk management.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role in community
Skills
Essential
- Accurate and concise written and oral communication skills
- Able to receive, summarise, communicate and present information to wide range of professionals across the Trust.
- Proven persuasion and negotiation skills (to influence prescribing), tact and diplomacy skills
- Effective independent and team working skills
- Ability to analyse and interpret a wide range of clinical information
- Proven problem solving approach on a wide range of clinical issues, and able to think laterally to develop new ideas.
- Able to assess staff performance against agreed standards and criteria, and to provide feedback and development
- Able to, with consultation, prioritise, plan and adjust current pharmacy services within the specialised area
- Able to work effectively to short, medium, long term and changing deadlines
- Able to work effectively in front of an audience
- Able to review and provide specialised advice on medicine use in specific clinical areas
- Able to obtain, interpret, analyse and report on drug expenditure within the specialised area
- Able to work independently and under guidance, within departmental, Trust and statutory and professional codes of practice/ethics
- Computer literate
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Broad knowledge of therapeutics
- Specialised knowledge of therapeutics and medicine use within Acute Medicine Services
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the formulation, preparation, and therapeutic action of medicines.
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
