Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute Medicine and Admissions
Isle of Wight NHS TrustNewport, Isle of Wight, South East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Isle of Wight NHS Trust based in Newport, Isle of Wight. The advertised salary is £57,528 to £64,750. Applications close on 30 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
NHS Band 8a Salary:£57,528 - £64,750 per annum Hours per Week: full time 37.5 Contract Type: Permanent We are recruiting for a Advanced Clinical Pharm...
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to provide leadership within the pharmacy team and across the Trust in clinical areas as required. Working with internal and external stakeholders whilst accountable to the Trust Chief Pharmacist.Key responsibilities will be:Leading, co-ordinating, delivering and developing clinical services within admissions across the emergency floor.
Development of policies, procedures, guidelines, risk assessments and audits.
Promoting a culture of medicines safety to minimise harm, optimising learning from incidents and responding to safety alerts.
Supervising, training, and supporting the development of pharmacy staff and other health care professionals
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Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Essential: - MasterofPharmacy (MPharm) degree or equivalent; - Current listing on the Pharmacist Register with the GPhC.; - Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent experience.; - Completed general level framework competency training or equivalent experience.; - Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment.; - Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience. Significant experience of working in hospital pharmacy.; - Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice.; - Specialist knowledge and experience in clinical speciality.
Essential: - Able to work at a continuous level of high concentration.; - Excellent time management.
Essential: - Articulate and numerate.; - Accurate and precise.; - Honest, trustworthy, reliable and discrete.; - Clean and presentable in appearance.; - Enthusiastic and willing to learn.; - Adaptable and innovative in approach to work and projects.; - Uses initiative and open to change/use of technology and extended roles.; - Willing to participate in personal development and prepared to work outside "normal" working hours.
Essential: - Able to record information accurately.; - Able to work as part of a team or as an individual with a flexible approach to duties. Customer care.; - Able to share learning with others.; - Able to interpret complex clinical data.; - Ability to relate well at all levels within the NHS.; - Able to negotiate with other healthcare professionals in relation to pharmaceutical care of patients; - Ability to work effectively with senior clinical personnel.
Essential: - Fluent in oral and written English; - Approachable and diplomatic.; - Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
How this role compares
We hold 1,159 NHS vacancies in South East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role pays more than about 75% of them.
There are 11,917 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,827 of them in South East.
You have 19 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 30 days, so this is about the usual amount of time.
Isle of Wight NHS Trust has 23 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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