Job Description

The closing date is 20th Nov 2025

Job summary

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Would you like to be the named Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) lead across Somerset, leading the Trust's AMS team and working closely with local microbiologists, infection prevention & control teams and the Somerset ICB, to co-ordinate and deliver a high quality AMS programme across all NHS health sectors in Somerset?


Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced clinical pharmacist with demonstrable skills in AMS and Infection Management?


If the answers to the questions above are yes then then this could be the job for you!


This is a key role leading the system wide delivery of AMS in Somerset, working with acute, community, primary care stakeholders, the Southwest Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), to locally deliver the NHSE Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy.


We are encouraging applications from both existing consultant accredited pharmacists & aspiring pharmacists looking to be accredited in the next 12-24 months. This post is an established RPS approved Consultant Pharmacist post.


Pharmacists yet to complete their credentialing should be able to evidence their own practice, mostly at mastery level (RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework) and would join as a Lead Pharmacist (band 8b) , moving up to a band 8c and be awarded the Consultant Pharmacist title once credentialed.


We can offer a generous relocation package for this role if you are looking to relocate to Somerset.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

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You'll be the named antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) lead for the Somerset Health system, responsible for the leadership and operational delivery of a high-quality AMS programme in line with the agreed priorities.


This will involve leading an AMS pharmacy team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, providing a highly specialist, evidence-based service to influence infection management strategies and the safe and effective use of antimicrobials within the Trust.


You'll also support ICB colleagues to positively impact antimicrobial prescribing practices in primary care, in line with national and local priorities.

About us

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As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.



You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.



We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.



Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.



There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.



Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

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Please see attached job description and person specification for full details relating to this post.

Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential

Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma and/or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy and/or General Pharmacy Practice

Registered independent prescriber

Further training in infection management or AMS

Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, having completed (or significantly progressed towards) consultant pharmacist credentialing


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Desirable

Postgraduate qualification(s) relating to infection management or AMS

Active Member of the Infection Network within UKCPA or the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group

Experience

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Essential

Evidence of post-registration clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience, sufficient to the levels in the clusters of the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework Expert

Demonstrable hospital pharmacy experience delivering infection management clinical pharmacy practice at mastery level

Experience delivering AMS at mostly mastery level

Clinical pharmacy experience of general medicine, general surgery (including non-specialist service provision to acute and emergency patients)

Significant experience of lecturing and one-to-one teaching, including clinical training and/or mentoring of pharmacy staff

Experience of change management and implementation of improvement initiatives in service delivery within the NHS

Experience of being accountable for the delivery, management, and strategic overview of a specialist service(s)

Experience of undertaking and publishing research and audit at an advanced level


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Desirable

Experience of working across multiple sectors within health systems

Experience of budgetary management

Additional Criteria

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Essential

Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development

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.


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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Antony Zorzi


antony.zorzi@somersetft.nhs.uk


07471336742

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

76965.00 to 88682.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

184-OL-PU-3539

Job locations

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA


Yeovil District Hospital

Higher Kingston

Yeovil

Somerset

BA21 4AT