Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 423-7490285
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist, Medicine and Anticoagulation (Band 8a)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
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Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic, highly skilled Specialist Pharmacist for Medicine and Anticoagulation to join our progressive pharmacy team.
This is a unique opportunity for an exceptional and highly motivated pharmacist to work with the clinical pharmacy team to shape and develop clinical pharmacy services
As the Specialist Pharmacist for Medicine and Anticoagulation, you will lead, manage, and develop the clinical and patient focused Pharmacy Services to cardiorespiratory, elderly care, stroke and rehab, neurology, and anticoagulant services, ensuring patients receive safe, high quality, and clinically effective pharmaceutical care.
You will be instrumental in advancing clinical pharmacy services and improving quality of patient care, promoting evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing, and ensuring the patient’s experience remains at the heart of our services.
The pharmacy service has a high profile within the Trust and is well integrated into multi-disciplinary teams, providing a much valued contribution to patient care, with a track record of achieving quality, operational and financial targets. The Trust offers well established development programmes for its clinical leaders and this rewarding role is an ideal career opportunity to develop both clinical and managerial skills in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Join us at Airedale General Hospital and be part of a team that is passionate about delivering the best possible care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to designated medical wards, clinics and specialist areas in conjunction with other clinical pharmacists
2. To lead the safe, rational and cost-effective prescribing of medication in medicine
3. To support clinicians with the management of patients in a specialist area, including assessing of patient therapeutic response, blood result interpretation, and adjusting medication and doses in accordance with local procedures and in liaison with clinical leads.
4. To be responsible for the Anticoagulation Service
5. To work collaboratively with pharmacy and clinical teams both within the hospital and across community settings.
6. To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Services, training and education, rotas and day to day management of pharmacy Clinical Services.
The post holder will be required to participate in the department’s on-call and weekend rota.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered as a Pharmacist with GPhC
- Pharmacy Degree
- Post-graduate Diploma from an approved clinical pharmacy scheme, or equivalent experience
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Membership of UKCPA
- Membership of the Royal pharmaceutical Society
- Postgraduate Masters
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a practicing clinical pharmacist within an acute hospital trust
- Analysis and management of drug expenditure
- Experience in delivering risk reduction initiatives
- Experience of anticoagulation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joshua Harris
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 293502
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