About this role
Job summary
As a Senior Clinical Pharmacist in Acute & Emergency Medicine, you'll be at the heart of emergency care--working across the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Frailty in-reach, and Urgent Treatment Centres.
You'll lead, innovate, and shape the future of medicines optimisation in emergency care, delivering expert clinical pharmacy services that directly impact patient outcomes at their most critical moments. This role blends advanced practice, independent prescribing, multidisciplinary teamwork, service development, and leadership--making it ideal for pharmacists ready to elevate their practice.
You'll be supported by fellow senior pharmacists and a Principal Pharmacist ACP, with development opportunities in:
Advanced clinical practice
Leadership
Education
Research & quality improvement
We're committed to improving patient outcomes through innovative pathways, admission avoidance, prescribing optimisation and safe, effective medicines management.
If you're driven, forward-thinking and ready for a role with real influence, we'd love to receive your application.
Main duties of the job
Lead and develop pharmaceutical services across all Emergency Services Group areas.
Provide expert clinical pharmacy input during ward rounds, MDT meetings, and governance forums.
Independently prescribe to optimise care for acutely unwell patients.
Drive quality improvement initiatives and KPI reporting for acute & emergency medicine pharmacy services.
Deliver and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services for Acute & Emergency Medicine
Coordinate day-to-day clinical pharmacy activity across emergency care areas.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.
We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust provides a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
The University of Birmingham School of Pharmacy has a collegial culture, and resides within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences facilitating interdisciplinary working with researchers and practitioners in Medicine, Dentistry, Biomedical Science, Nursing, and Physiotherapy. Our educational environment encourages collaboration with clinical colleagues, enabling inter-professional education and innovative teaching. You will be working with highly experienced academics.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached to the vacancy for a detailed description.
Applicants must be registered with the GPhC, have comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting, and have a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Substantial post-registration experience in an acute hospital setting Experience working in the Acute & Emergency medicine specialty Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team Experience of working at pharmacy directorate level, including responsibility for financial reporting, developing and maintaining operational procedures, and supporting governance processes. Experience of supervising and coordinating a pharmacy team's day-to-day activities to ensure effective delivery of service functions. Experience working as an independent prescriber
Desirable
Evidence of leading quality improvement projects with successful outcome Evidence of publication in peer reviewed journals or at a national/ regional conference Evidence of participation in an outside group within pharmacy e.g. UKCPA
Qualification Essential
Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent qualification Independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
Leadership qualification or equivalent Health assessment or Advanced Clinical Practice qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)