Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – High Cost and Homecare
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 November 2026
9 days leftJob description
Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge as a Medicines Value and Homecare Pharmacist? This is a fantastic opportunity to combine existing cli...
- Main duties of the role:
- Supporting the delivery of medicines value and cost improvement agendas within the organisation.
- Governance and assurances relating to high-cost medicines within UHNM.
- Developing key relationships with relevant commissioners, including NHS E and ICB representatives.
- High quality and safe medicines homecare services - ensuring adequate processes, capacity planning and governance.
- Supporting the governance processes relating to the provision of immunoglobulin, including attendance at the North Midlands Sub-Regional Immunoglobulin Panel
There will be ward-based commitments associated with this role. These will be agreed upon appointment upon consideration of the applicant's experience, prescribing qualifications and alignment with the requirement of the post.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy (4 years)
- 1 year pre-registration training
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Qualified Independent Prescriber
- Management Qualification
- Post Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or appropriate specialist MSc Membership of appropriate professional representative organisations
Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience of UK hospital pharmacy practice
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Experience of delivering projects, improving services and changing practice
- Experience undertaking audit, service evaluation and gap analysis
- Knowledge of medicines governance agenda, including: investigating errors, identifying risk trends and undertaking corrective actions
- Able to appraise evidence and financial data to product written reports, evidence summaries and/or guidelines
- Able to present and contribute to meetings and working groups
- Good understanding of the current NHS and Pharmacy service within England and the future direction of travel.
Desirable
- Evidence line managing and undertaking appraisal and formal HR processes
- Understanding of medicines commissioning pathways and external bodies
- Appreciation of medicines homecare service infrastructures and processes
- Experience of implementing new medicines within the organisation, including an understanding of supply routes
- Good knowledge of value-based medicine processes, including formulary and drug use evaluation
- Evidence of contribution to the research agenda, including presentation of an abstract locally/externally or publication in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience working with clinical trials and knowledge of the regulations relating to them
- Experience as a non-medical prescriber working in an outpatient setting
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Willingness to undertake flexible work patterns according to service demands. This includes unsocial hours, weekend and bank holiday working
- Professional behaviour and credibility
- Must have ability to travel between sites
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
22 October 2026
Last checked
26 October 2026
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