Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Specialist Surgical Pharmacist

Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Specialist Surgical Pharmacist

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced clinical pharmacist to join the esteemed surgical team s is a new and exciting position for a committed and self‑motivated pharmacist to lead our Pharmacy services to specialist surgical patients on the Ipswich Hospital site.

This post is a Band 8a role; however we will consider Band 7 pharmacists in a Band 7 developmental programme opportunity.

You will be pivotal in developing our clinical service within the surgical speciality which includes dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT and rheumatology. You will be a fully established member of the multi‑disciplinary team within surgery, with an opportunity to play a key role to the pharmacy service within the homecare team to specialist surgical patients and rheumatology. You will have responsibility to support the provision of the pharmacy parenteral nutrition services, including the opportunity to be a part of the multidisciplinary nutrition team.

Our friendly pharmacy team is dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We provide pharmacy forums and tutorials, support personal development plans, set SMART objectives and offer opportunities for study.

ESNEFT has recently implemented the Epic electronic patient record across the trust, incorporating electronic prescribing, administration, and pharmacy stock control.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and a brand new aseptic facility.

• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to embed medicines optimisation strategies in surgical practice, minimising drug wastage and managing high‑cost medicines.
• Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to specialist surgical patients in line with pharmacy KPIs and agreed clinical standards.
• Offer ongoing clinical support and guidance to pharmacy colleagues, contributing to the clinical pharmacy service within surgery.
• Develop clinical pharmacy input into Surgical Services and provide departmental leadership in this speciality.
• Act as a specialist clinical pharmacist for parenteral nutrition services, following local and national standards and strategy.
• Work closely with the principal and divisional pharmacist for high‑cost drugs, taking a prominent role in homecare services at the Ipswich site for rheumatology and specialist surgical patients.

For further details or informal visits contact:
Name:
Sayful Choudhury,

Job title:

Principal Divisional Pharmacist, Email:
Sa, Telephone:

Emma Travers – Associate Pharmacist (Ipswich site), Email: , Phone: .

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care