Specialist Pharmacist-Critical Care and Theatres

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

In this role, you will lead and develop a specialist clinical pharmacy service within Critical Care and Anaesthesia, ensuring the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines in line with local and national policies. You will provide expert pharmaceutical care, work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to the delivery of key service objectives and performance targets.

The post holder will support clinical governance, risk management, medicines optimisation, and financial stewardship across the service. You will also lead clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and practice-based research to enhance patient safety and service delivery.

A key aspect of the role is providing leadership, supervision, training, and mentorship to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, and trainee pharmacists, helping to develop the wider pharmacy workforce.

You will act as a professional role model, promoting excellence in clinical practice while developing advanced specialist knowledge in critical care and anaesthesia. The role offers the opportunity to influence service development, support innovation, and provide expert advice to pharmacy colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Bachelor/Master of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
• GPhC Pharmacist Registration
• Post graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Relevant clinical experience

Desirable criteria

• Accredited Diploma Tutor
• Stage II RPS Faculty Member (MIIFRPS) or portfolio in preparation
• Quality Improvement Training
• MSc in relevant subjects (or equivalent)
• Train the trainer qualification
• Independent pharmacist prescriber
• Member of the RPS
• Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist clinical practice
• Experience of collaborative working in multidisciplinary settings as an influential member
• Relevant continued professional development
• Experience of clinically supervising and training staff

Desirable criteria

• Risk Management
• Presentation to trust wide meetings
• Research and audit experience to improve patient care
• Line management experience
• E&T experience to undergraduates and postgraduates of various health professionals
• Policy and service development
• Evidence of managing and delivering a project

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge and understanding of relevant standards and guidelines
• Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies
• Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation
• Understanding the need of confidentiality awareness at all times

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of the current commissioning arrangements in the NHS
• Recognised as a specialist within the defined speciality

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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