About this role
Job summary
Are you looking to develop your skills in expert clinical practice with the opportunity to actively contribute to MDT working, whilst working as part of a diverse team?
At UHDB, we provide great opportunities for flexible working, a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing, and good career development.
UHDB provides care to a range of patients from multiple specialities across our intensive care and high dependency units. Pharmacists support daily ICU ward rounds and are seen as the experts in medicines management. The pharmacy team have also built strong links with our critical care outreach and acute pain teams and are seen as a key part of the MDT approach to continuing patient care.
Due to maternity leave an opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join the pharmacy team providing high quality pharmaceutical care to patients in our adult critical care and theatres areas. The post holder would join the existing team acting as the key pharmacy contacts for the business unit, supporting a range of clinical and operational projects, whilst also acting as part of the senior pharmacist team supporting the wider Surgical Division.
This post is based at the Royal Derby site, although there is an expectation that the post holder would work closely with colleagues across UHDB, in developing and delivering pharmacy services.
Main duties of the job
Work closely with Clinicians and Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines within Critical Care and Theatres as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources. Work proactively with members of the wider MDT to coordinate safe and effective care to our Critical Care and Theatres patients. Lead, deliver, and develop pharmacy services to Critical Care and Theatres business units in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.
Support the development of early career and trainee pharmacists.
You will act as a senior member of the surgical pharmacy team assisting with management of day-to-day operational duties as required. You will act as a line manager for designated band 6 or 7 pharmacists. Actively participate within regional and national network forums to facilitate harmonisation of practises and share learning. The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call. The Pharmacy Department and Surgical Division are committed to developing the roles of pharmacist prescribers and the successful applicant would be expected to train as a prescriber and actively contribute towards improving the standards of prescribing through participation in these roles.
Closing date of applications: 11/06/2026
Interview date: 25/06/2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications Essential
Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) plus statutory membership of GPhC PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
Desirable
Membership of other organisations (e.g. Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, RPSGB etc)
Experience Essential
Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist clinical pharmacy practice Willingness to undertake non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
Qualified non-medical prescriber
Leadership and communication Essential
Ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills Demonstrates effective verbal / written communication across a range of professional groups Ability to work on own initiative or within a team
Desirable
Training in leadership skills Experience of leading small teams / projects
Reasoning and influencing skills Essential
Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning / judgement Ability to influence decision making across a range of professional groups including at senior levels
Desirable
Experience of project / change management processes
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.
UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)