Clinical Pharmacist - Women's and Neonatal Services
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2TGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
- *Are you ready to make a difference? ** If youwant to be a part of a team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, bab...
To ensure medicines are prescribed safely, economically and are appropriate to the needs of the patient across various specialties.
Provide advice on pharmaceutical care to healthcare professionals and patients.
To record clinical interventions and medication incidents to highlight areas of concern.
To provide medication advice to patients and their families to ensure they are aware of their medicines and potential side effects.
To analyse directorate finance reports and identify cost saving opportunities.
To partake in clinical audit and service improvement projects.
To support antimicrobial stewardship.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent degree
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
Desirable: - Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society; - Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 Suitable years post-qualification experience
- Able to understand the complex clinical and social needs of patients and families and meet those needs whenever possible.
- Able to understand complex clinical situations and to discuss and make recommendations to resolve issues arising from them with medical, nursing/midwifery and other staff.
- Previous hospital pharmacy experience.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to work independently, prioritise, set goals and meet deadlines.
- Able to identify issues and use own initiative to address them.
- Able to maintain standards and accuracy whilst working under pressure.
- Aware of personal limitations and asks for help as required.
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Able to use a variety of computer software to organise and present information
- Previous experience and knowledge of audit.
- Awareness of requirements towards CQC.
- Demonstrates continuing professional development.
- An understanding of medication safety.
Desirable
- Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to neonatal patients and staff.
- Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to a Women's directorate.
- Familiarity with drugs expenditure and prescribing trends.
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Good team player
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Trustworthy and respectful of confidential information about both patients and colleagues
- Adaptable to change in working practices and flexible in terms of working hours on an occasional basis
- Able to remain professional in challenging circumstances
- Negotiating skills and powers of persuasion
- Well organised
- High standards of work presentation
- Self-motivated with a 'can do' attitude
- Professional appearance and manner
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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