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Medical Science Liaison Healthcare Compliance

Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist- Neurology

Job in Birmingham, West Midlands, B1, England, UK
Listing for: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-05
Job specializations:
  • Healthcare
    Medical Science Liaison, Healthcare Compliance
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 80000 GBP Yearly GBP 60000.00 80000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
- Neurology

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 15 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and dynamic individual with an appropriate level of knowledge and skills to join the Pharmacy team, leading on Neurology  post holder will also work closely with the other Lead Pharmacists and the pharmacy operational team on site to ensure day to day provision of the clinical pharmacy service to general wards.

The post holder will lead and coordinate the development, delivery & evaluation of neurology and will further develop, deliver and evaluate the service to support the medicines optimisation agenda.

As part of the leadership team you may be requested to work cross-site with the other lead pharmacists in the team.

The Trust has close links with local universities and you will be involved with supporting the undergraduate pharmacy teaching. You will also contribute to the delivery of formal and informal education and development programmes, including the Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, and our rotational programme for band 6 and 7 clinical pharmacists.

As part of this job, you will be expected to work as part of a wider team, but also independently and must possess effective influencing and negotiating skills.

Main duties of the job
  • Provide clinical specialist input (at specialist level) to the neurology service
  • Act as a role model to Pharmacists working in this speciality.
  • Demonstrate expert knowledge in the clinical speciality, delivering a service in accordance with the priorities set by the Chief Pharmacist and the Trust agreed standards.
  • Appropriately manage difficult and ambiguous problems.
  • Make decisions with limited information.
  • Demonstrate an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
  • Demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations.
  • Ensure the clinical services provided are of a high standard and that all prescribed medication is clinically screened in a timely manner. Provide daily clinical pharmacy services to the neurology wards.
  • Develop the clinical pharmacy service and lead other Pharmacists and Technicians to deliver a high standard of pharmaceutical care.
  • Monitor and evaluate the clinical pharmacy service provided and provide feedback to team members.
  • Ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
  • Identify the potential impact of future developments on clinical services and adopt a proactive approach to forward planning.
  • Deliver the clinical governance agenda working with senior medical and nursing colleagues.
  • Lead and assist others with clinical audit work on prescribing standards, activity and practice.
  • Provide highly specialist advice to and counsel patients and/or their relatives (who may sometimes be distressed and have language difficulties or other disabilities) on their prescribed medication to promote compliance.
  • Research, summarise and provide appropriate specialist medicines information and guidance to nursing staff and medical staff in relation to pharmaceutical matters.
    • About us

    University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

    As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

    Qualifications
    • MPharm degree or equivalent
    • Clinical diploma (or equivalent) or higher Pharmacy degree
    • Qualified as an independent non‑medical prescribed or a willingness to undertake the programme
    • GPhC registration
    • Membership of the RPS
    Experience
    • Substantial experience as a band 7 pharmacist…
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