Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Gastroenterology
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Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and patient-focused pharmacist to join our team as an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Gastroenterology.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering and developing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service within Gastroenterology, supporting patients receiving complex and high-cost therapies, including biologics. You will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to outpatient clinics, virtual care pathways, and medicines optimisation, while promoting safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines.
We are seeking an individual with strong clinical expertise, excellent communication and leadership skills, and a passion for improving patient outcomes. You will be confident working autonomously as a non-medical prescriber and leading on service development, governance, and quality improvement initiatives. The role also requires the ability to influence practice, support education and training, and contribute to financial stewardship through effective management of high-cost medicines and CIP programmes.
Main duties of the job
- Provide advice to medical and nursing staff on the safe, efficient use of medicines and their prescribing and administration.
- Oversee supervision and training of Pharmacy colleagues as required.
- Be involved in clinical supervision of junior pharmacists and develop an appropriate training programme to enable a range of pharmacists to contribute to pharmaceutical care in surgical settings.
- Collaborate with system partners to improve service provision and share good practice, whilst also being an independent prescriber, or be working towards the role within an agreed time frame.
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This Role Involves Input Into
- Clinical Services
- Clinical Directorate
- Dispensary
- Education and Training
- Service Management
Working for our organisation
At the RUH, we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing, and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working in the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
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Person specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- UK Registered
- Substantial UK experience at band 7
- Evidence of team management / leadership skills
- Non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of divisional financial input
Service improvement
Essential criteria
- Understanding of QIPP and broad understanding of the current Pharmacy landscape
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leading / involvement in quality improvement projects / audit
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa, e.g., those with graduate visas) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
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Further details / informal visits contact
- Name: Uzoma Ibechukwu
- Job title: Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation
- Email address: uibechukwu@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01225 824631
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