Job Description

Expected Shortlisting Date
18/11/2025
Planned Interview Date
26/11/2025
Are you an exceptional clinical pharmacist ready for a new challenge? Our pharmacy team needs capable and enthusiastic individuals with the right values to be a key part of our dynamic teams in the following areas: Hepatology (including liver transplant); Renal Medicine/Transplantation; Surgical specialties including Acute Surgery, Upper GI/Pancreas; Surgical Oncology, and Urology. The posts comprise a continuous, one year clinical rotational programme, designed to steer you through the Advanced Level Framework.
You will have clinical pharmacy experience and a diploma. If you are not already a prescriber, we would support you to gain this qualification.
Post holders will provide medicines optimisation services to patients whilst integrating into the multidisciplinary team day-to-day. As part of our support to Abdominal Medicine & Surgery CSU we also provide clinical pharmacy services to Gastroenterology and Colorectal Surgery. We also offer experience in anticoagulation clinics, including warfarin bridging, and Aseptic dispensing in our busy Aseptic & Production Unit.
The way in which our team works supports close working with specialty teams and ward round attendance to make a difference to patient care through MDT working.
Main duties of the job
Pharmacy Services at LTHT is nationally recognised as an exemplar service. The CSU responsibilities span the provision and use of medicines across all patient pathways.
You will receive support to develop from our advanced clinical pharmacists, and appropriate training. You will offer ideas and collaborate to improve patient care and experience, and will be a key part of the implementation of service developments.
Your role will include supervising rotational junior pharmacists and supporting pharmacy technicians in their emerging clinical roles.
We are a modern and diverse service, well embedded in multi-disciplinary teams. Our focus is holistic, ensuring that our patients receive the right treatment, at the right time and place. We enable recovery from illness, and help give patients the confidence to get home safely, and sooner, and retain their independence.
Our vision is Making it easy for people to get the most from their medicines and we are continually innovating to improve our services for patients and staff.
If you're keen to know more, we'd encourage you to come and meet us and see for yourself how we could support you into the next step in your career.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. Employing 20, 000 staff we offer a range of both general and specialist hospital services with excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We have an international reputation for excellence in specialist care, research and academic training. Our Clinical Pharmacy Teams cover a wide variety of medical & surgical specialities from Paediatrics to Elderly Medicine.
Our vision as a Trust is to be the best for specialist and integrated care. This is underpinned by our values - The Leeds Way. The Leeds Way defines who we are, what we believe and how we work together to deliver the best outcomes for our patients.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Details
Date posted
24 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
47,810 to 54,710 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9298-MMP-446
Job locations
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within each rotation, as part of a team of pharmacists working in that speciality being professionally accountable for their actions.
Provide drug-related advice and information to patients, consultants and other health-care professionals within a Clinical Management Team.
Monitor the clinical use of drugs in patients.
Advising medical and nursing staff how to optimize drug therapy.
Reporting prescribing and administration near misses, and risk management issues
Provide education to healthcare professionals within the speciality
Participate in the training of junior pharmacy staff within the speciality
Support the Lead Pharmacist for the area with the production and implementation of drug related policies and procedures, with the production of financial reports and with horizon scanning activities.
Participate in operational service commitments to dispensaries, Medicines Information and aseptic services
The post holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis and participate in the on-call from home pharmacists rota.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within each rotation, as part of a team of pharmacists working in that speciality being professionally accountable for their actions.
Provide drug-related advice and information to patients, consultants and other health-care professionals within a Clinical Management Team.
Monitor the clinical use of drugs in patients.
Advising medical and nursing staff how to optimize drug therapy.
Reporting prescribing and administration near misses, and risk management issues
Provide education to healthcare professionals within the speciality
Participate in the training of junior pharmacy staff within the speciality
Support the Lead Pharmacist for the area with the production and implementation of drug related policies and procedures, with the production of financial reports and with horizon scanning activities.
Participate in operational service commitments to dispensaries, Medicines Information and aseptic services
The post holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis and participate in the on-call from home pharmacists rota.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential

• Ability to walk moderate distances to wards

Skills & behaviours
Essential

• Awareness of own limitations and when to refer to others for advice
• Dispensing and checking skills ability to follow procedures and accurately supply medication.
• Team player with ability to work flexibly
• Motivated worker - able to work alone and under pressure
• Lateral thinker

Qualifications
Essential

• Masters qualification in Pharmacy, or equivalent qualification, plus completion of pre-registration training.
• Pharmacist Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience or qualification
• Member of a relevant Professional Development Body e.g. RPSGB, BOPA, NPPG

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescriber

Experience
Essential

• Moderate or significant post registration experience as a practising pharmacist.
• The ability to interpret information and provide advice.
• Knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice
• Legal requirements of handling medicines
• Broad clinical pharmacy knowledge

Desirable

• Experience of Aseptic dispensing

Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential

• Ability to walk moderate distances to wards

Skills & behaviours
Essential

• Awareness of own limitations and when to refer to others for advice
• Dispensing and checking skills ability to follow procedures and accurately supply medication.
• Team player with ability to work flexibly
• Motivated worker - able to work alone and under pressure
• Lateral thinker

Qualifications
Essential

• Masters qualification in Pharmacy, or equivalent qualification, plus completion of pre-registration training.
• Pharmacist Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience or qualification
• Member of a relevant Professional Development Body e.g. RPSGB, BOPA, NPPG

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescriber

Experience
Essential

• Moderate or significant post registration experience as a practising pharmacist.
• The ability to interpret information and provide advice.
• Knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice
• Legal requirements of handling medicines
• Broad clinical pharmacy knowledge

Desirable

• Experience of Aseptic dispensing

Skills Required