Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Renal Immunosuppression

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 24 November 2026

Do you get a little thrill from a perfectly timed tacrolimus level? Does "therapeutic range" make your heart skip a beat (but stay within range)? Then we need to talk. University Hospitals Birmingham is home to one of the UK's busiest renal transplant services, and we're about to make a big switch. Literally. For 12 months, you'll lead pharmacist-led clinics delivering the tacrolimus best value switch across Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Real patients, real impact, real savings for the NHS, and a project you'll be proudly talking about at interviews for years to come.

You’ll be the go-to pharmacist for Renal Immunosuppression: running patient-facing clinics, untangling complex regimens, interpreting drug levels and giving expert advice to doctors, nurses, patients and carers. You'll bridge hospital and community care so no patient leaves without their meds sorted, represent pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, help shape guidelines and protocols, and support a team of pharmacists, technicians and trainees.

You'll also step up as a senior clinical pharmacist across other specialties, so no two days will ever look quite the same, which keeps things interesting. Independent prescriber? Even better. In return: brilliant colleagues, strong senior support, great training and development opportunities and one of the most rewarding years of your career. Kidneys not included.

What you'll be doing

Leading pharmacist-led, patient-facing clinics to deliver the tacrolimus best value switch, from counselling and prescribing to follow-up

Running the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to Renal Immunosuppression at QEH and Heartlands, screening prescriptions and optimising complex regimens

Interpreting drug levels through our TDM service and advising prescribers on dose changes

Linking with GPs and community pharmacies so every discharge is seamless

Developing guidelines, protocols and audits that keep medicines use safe, effective and good value

Teaching nurses, doctors, patients and our rotational pharmacists, and supervising pharmacists, technicians and trainees

Representing pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, and joining our clinical and bank holiday rotas

• * GPhC registration, a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification (or equivalent experience) and a non-medical prescribing qualification
• * Significant hospital pharmacy experience in renal, with solid knowledge of immunosuppression
• * Confident communication with everyone from consultants to anxious patients and carers
• * A problem-solving mindset, the ability to work calmly under pressure and to use your initiative
• * A passion for teaching, mentoring and motivating others
• * Commitment to your own development, including working towards RPS Faculty membership

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.

* Please Note :
For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

• * 4 year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• * Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience
• Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS
• * Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• * Non-medical prescriber

• * Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in Renal
• * Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
• * Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
• * Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
• * Commitment to own Continuing Professional…