Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - SurgeryNHS

Job summary

This opportunity to join our surgical pharmacy team on a part time (26.5 hours/week) basis will suit an enthusiastic pharmacist with an interest in medicines optimisation for surgical in-patients. You will work across a variety of surgical specialties such as General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns.

You will join our friendly team to complete medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge, prescription review including using your prescribing qualification, patient counselling and contributing to training of pharmacy staff.

Main duties of the job

Provide a clinical pharmacy service to surgical in-patients across the Trust

Support service development and audit work within the specialties

Supervise a trainee pharmacist during their training year

Contribute to the pharmacist weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas

Please see attached Job description for full detail

Job description

Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training and examination.

A broad experience of clinical working in a number of specialty areas at a developed level

Please see attached Person specification for full detail

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.