Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Antimicrobial

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 May 2025

Job summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Antimicrobials to join our dynamic team at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This pivotal role involves leading and optimising antimicrobial stewardship programmes to promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials, reduce resistance, and improve patient outcomes. You will work closely with our Microbiologist team and wider Antimicrobial Stewardship group, ensuring the safe and effective use of anti-infectives across the Trust and beyond.

As a Senior Pharmacist, you will provide advanced clinical practice, leadership, and expert guidance in the management of infectious diseases. Your responsibilities will include developing and implementing strategic plans for antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, providing education and training to healthcare professionals, and ensuring cost-effective anti-infective usage.

This role requires a high degree of professional autonomy and clinical judgement, making it an excellent opportunity for a dedicated professional to make a significant impact on patient care and public health.

Main duties of the job

To provide expert level leadership to deliver, develop, manage and evaluate anti-infective treatments and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives alongside the members of the Antimicrobial Stewardship team in accordance with appropriate Trust and Hospital objectives.
To support the provision of a safe, efficient and cost-effective use of anti-infective treatments service to our patients whether being treated as an inpatient, outpatient or via our IV at Home service.
To provide expert level professional leadership for, and management of the pharmacy staff working within anti-infective roles.
To be responsible for the education and training of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals on anti-infective treatments and antimicrobial stewardship.
To develop and maintain expert pharmaceutical advice and clinical knowledge on anti-infective treatments and antimicrobial stewardship.
To lead and be a role model, both within the Trust, nationally and internationally in the field of antimicrobial stewardship.
To lead on the strategic development of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.
To report on anti-infective prescribing and ensure cost-effective anti-infective usage across the Trust.
Act as an independent prescriber to ensure safe prescribing of anti-infective treatments.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Date posted

24 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

412-DCSS-7125223

Job locations

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW14QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy and Registration with GPhC
Post graduate dipolma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience

Desirable

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Values

Essential

A commitment to quality and safety

Creating the best outcomes together

Essential

Evidence of effective team work and collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy and Registration with GPhC
Post graduate dipolma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience

Desirable

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Values

Essential

A commitment to quality and safety

Creating the best outcomes together

Essential

Evidence of effective team work and collaboration

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).