Specialist Clinical Pharmacist General Medicine

• Lead and develop a highquality, safe, effective and patientcentred clinical pharmacy service to General Medicine.
• Act as the named senior pharmacist for the speciality.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and line management for a small clinical pharmacy team, ensuring delivery against service priorities despite fluctuating workload and operational pressures.
• Work closely with the Pharmacist Team Lead and Clinical Services Lead to implement strategic objectives, workforce plans, service redesign and quality improvement.

• Day-to-day operational and clinical leadership of the General Medicine pharmacy team (rotational pharmacists and trainees)
• Delivery, quality, performance and ongoing development of the General Medicine clinical pharmacy service

• Safe, timely and effective medicines optimisation for complex acute medical patients.
• Resilient and well-led clinical pharmacy team capable of working under pressure while maintaining quality and staff wellbeing.
• Continuous service development aligned to Trust priorities, CQC standards and national guidance.
• Measurable improvement in medicines safety, clinical outcomes and financial stewardship.

Essential

• Experience of leading or supervising pharmacists in a clinical environment.
• Experience of daytoday operational management, including workload prioritisation, rota planning or service coordination.
• Evidence of managing performance, supporting staff development and addressing challenges constructively.
• Ability to lead effectively in a highpressure, highworkload environment.

Desirable

• Formal linemanagement responsibility for clinical staff.
• Experience contributing to workforce planning, recruitment or service resilience planning.

Essential

• Advanced knowledge of acute medical therapeutics.
• Excellent clinical reasoning and decisionmaking skills.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including influencing senior clinicians.
• Ability to analyse risk, make judgements under pressure and escalate appropriately.
• High level of professional credibility and autonomy in practice.

Desirable

• Experience using clinical information systems and data to inform service improvement.
• Experience supporting research or evaluation activity.

Essential

• Evidence of leading or contributing to service development or quality improvement projects.
• Experience of audit, service evaluation or QI with demonstrable impact on patient care or safety.
• Experience developing or reviewing clinical guidelines, SOPs or pathways.
• Strong understanding of medicines governance, risk management and patient safety frameworks.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to influence service decisions.

Desirable

• Experience contributing to business cases or Trustwide strategic initiatives.
• Experience delivering medicines optimisation or costeffectiveness initiatives.

Essential

• Experience supporting the training and development of junior pharmacists.
• Ability to provide effective clinical supervision, feedback and coaching.
• Willingness to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes.

Desirable

• Experience as an educational supervisor, practice supervisor or assessor.
• Experience delivering education to multidisciplinary teams.

Essential

• MPharm, BPharm or equivalent accredited pharmacy degree.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience at advanced practice level.
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber.
• RPS Faculty membership or portfolio submission in progress.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification in leadership, education or service improvement.

Essential

• Significant postregistration experience delivering clinical pharmacy services in an acute hospital setting.
• Substantial experience within General Medicine or acute medical specialties.
• Experience managing complex patients with polypharmacy, highrisk medicines and comorbidities.
• Demonstrated ability to practise at an advanced clinical decisionmaking level with minimal supervision.

Desirable

• Experience across multiple medical subspecialties.
• Experience contributing to medicines optimisation across care transitions (admission, transfer, discharge).