Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Acute Admissions team on our Luton site for BHFT. You will join our cohesive team of Band 7 pharmacists responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services to the admission wards. We are looking for a dynamic, organised and motivated pharmacist with excellent communication skills and a commitment to patient care. The successful candidate will be part of the team that is responsible for delivering a 9.5 hour per day, 7 days per week clinical pharmacy service to the admission wards. As part of that you will work 4 x 9.5 hour shifts per week, with 3 days off, creating excellent flexible working opportunities.
Your focus will be to deliver a patient-centred ward pharmacy service and to lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation within the Acute team, playing a crucial role in ensuring a smooth and efficient patient flow from admission through to discharge.
You will be expected to act as a role model for the Foundation pharmacists within the Acute rotation.
This opportunity presents the successful candidates with an excellent chance to build on their clinical knowledge across a broad range of specialties encountered in Acute Medicine. This role will be ideal to develop the successful candidate's managerial and leadership skills.
We are fully committed to your training and development to enable you to maximise your potential and would actively support the non-medical prescribing qualification.
Main duties of the job

• To provide a highly developed generalist pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to the Acute medical wards, ensuring that medication is optimised for the individual patient by delivering a patient-centred pharmacy service.
• To deliver and develop clinical services to patients through involvement in multidisciplinary teams, development of protocols and discharge planning ensuring the patient is at the centre of your practice.
• To actively contribute to the 7 day roster to the acute medical wards. This will involve working 9.5 hour shifts and include regular weekend working.
• To undertake clinical supervision and line management, as required, of Foundation Pharmacists, medicines management pharmacy technicians and pre-registration pharmacists
• To act as a professional role model for all registered clinical pharmacy staff, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership in all aspects of the role
• To deliver specialist pharmaceutical care including Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (if accredited) to a defined caseload of patients, in line with the agreed scope of practice, undertaking risk management and ensuring compliance with local and national clinical guidance.
• To ensure the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines and staff resources across the Division. To be responsible for delivering the defined service Key Performance Indicators.

About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Details
Date posted
07 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
47,810 to 54,710 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Compressed hours
Reference number
418-DTO7272-KA
Job locations
Luton
Lewsey Road
Luton
LU4 0DZ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full and Person Specification attached. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on the advert. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full and Person Specification attached. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on the advert.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Demonstration of up to date clinical awareness in medicine
• Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation
• Awareness of current developments in Pharmacy practice
• Understanding the need of confidentiality awareness at all times

Desirable

• Computer literacy
• Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of audit
• Relevant CPD
• Experience of supervision
• Validated experience in delivering clinical pharmacy services to medical patients in a hospital setting

Desirable

• Experience of collaborative working in multidisciplinary setting
• Risk Management
• Research/Project experience
• Experience of training staff
• Policy and service development

Qualifications
Essential

• Pharmacy degree (Masters level).
• GPhC registration
• Post graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Willing to undertake Diploma if not yet completed
• Willing to undertake Independent Prescribing course

Desirable

• Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Accredited Diploma Tutor
• Train the Trainer qualification
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• RPS Faculty Member portfolio in preparation
• Independent Prescriber qualification

Skills
Essential

• Organised and able to plan and manage work programmes
• Critical review/analysis and interpretation of clinical literature and medicines legislation
• Appropriate IT skills are required to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases and other software to improve patient care.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence other professionals
• Presentation skills
• Supervisory skills
• Medication counselling skills

Desirable

• Active involvement in supporting implementation of service developments
• Ability to apply logical and analytical skills to manage clinical risk during the use of medicines
• Report writing
• Negotiation skills

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Demonstration of up to date clinical awareness in medicine
• Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation
• Awareness of current developments in Pharmacy practice
• Understanding the need of confidentiality awareness at all times

Desirable

• Computer literacy
• Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of audit
• Relevant CPD
• Experience of supervision
• Validated experience in delivering clinical pharmacy services to medical patients in a hospital setting

Desirable

• Experience of collaborative working in multidisciplinary setting
• Risk Management
• Research/Project experience
• Experience of training staff
• Policy and service development

Qualifications
Essential

• Pharmacy degree (Masters level).
• GPhC registration
• Post graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Willing to undertake Diploma if not yet completed
• Willing to undertake Independent Prescribing course

Desirable

• Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Accredited Diploma Tutor
• Train the Trainer qualification
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• RPS Faculty Member portfolio in preparation
• Independent Prescriber qualification

Skills
Essential

• Organised and able to plan and manage work programmes
• Critical review/analysis and interpretation of clinical literature and medicines legislation
• Appropriate IT skills are required to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases and other software to improve patient care.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence other professionals
• Presentation skills
• Supervisory skills
• Medication counselling skills

Desirable

• Active involvement in supporting implementation of service developments
• Ability to apply logical and analytical skills to manage clinical risk during the use of medicines
• Report writing
• Negotiation skills

Skills Required