Specialist Pharmacist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Leicester, LE1 5WW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	18 Sept 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

Emergency and Specialist Medicine (ESM) You will be working within the multidisciplinary team (LRI & LGH) where you will provide a pharmacy services to a variety of clinical areas including Acute Medicine, Neurology, Stroke, Geriatrics, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Dermatology and Medical Day Case. Opportunity to work with many specialties to further develop and lead on local initiatives such as flow and improving discharge processes. The University Hospitals of Leicester has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country. Our acute medicine department also has a large Acute Medical Unit, an Acute Ambulatory Care service, a Short Stay Unit, an Acute Care Medical HDU and 2 Acute Frailty Units; which incorporates specialist frailty services. ESM/Education & Training Team ESM aspect as above. Education and Training responsibilities: To assist in the induction planning and oversight for new trainee and foundation pharmacists. This will include updating induction rotas, completion of induction checklists and the planning of competency assessments. Provide ongoing and diploma support for foundation pharmacists (ward assessments, case based discussions, presentations). To assist in the planning, delivery and quality assurance of University placement programmes and other training sessions deemed appropriate. Both roles will be expected to provide adhoc support within the E&T team and will include line management responsibilities and providing support for the line managers of staff in training posts Womens & Children Opportunity to work in the following expert areas: Neonatology (Based at the LRI and LGH) Obstetric and gynaecology services across the LRI and the LGH General and specialist paediatric services at the LRI including Medicine, Surgery, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, parenteral nutrition and neurology Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Cardiology, intensive care and ECMO MSSUGGs Musculoskeletal/Specialist Surgery/Urology, Gastroenterology and General Surgery/HPB This team is based across the LRI, LGH and the Glenfield Trauma, Orthopaedics and Ortho-geriatrics Specialist Surgery (ENT, Plastic,oral and maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology) Gastro-enterology Colorectal, GI and General Surgery (inc bariatrics) Urology Hepato-Pancreato-Biliar MSSUGGS (0.6 WTE)/Antimicrobials (0.4 WTE). The postholder will provide clinical pharmacy input within MSSUGGS supporting safe, effective and patientcentered use of medicines for patients with a range of acute and chronic conditions. The postholder will also be part of the antimicrobial team focusing on antimicrobial stewardship, contributing to the delivery of highquality antimicrobial pharmacy services, supporting appropriate prescribing, infection management and optimisation of antimicrobial use across the Trust. This post offers a unique opportunity to develop skills across both specialist clinical pharmacy practice and antimicrobial stewardship, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver highquality, evidencebased care. The role is essential to maintaining safe clinical services within both MSSUGGS and antimicrobial services. Antimicrobial Pharmacy Service (2 days per week on Monday and Tuesday) and MSSUGGS (3 days per week on Wednesday to Friday). Post holder will be expected to contribute towards evening, on-call, bank holiday and weekend rotas. Please see the attached Job Description for more information on role requirements. If you are considering applying for one of our roles we would encourage you to talk to us to discuss how we can support your development and how you can support our services. We would love to talk to you!

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