Specialist Pharmacist Respiratory COPD

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

The closing date is 26 February 2026

Reports to:

Senior Pharmacist Team Lead for Medicine and OPM

Leads the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services to the respiratory directorate in accordance with the pharmacy care group:

• Provides pharmaceutical advice and develops Clinical Pharmacy Services to Respiratory in order to optimise patient benefit from treatment with medicines and ensure the safe, efficacious and cost-effective use of medicines.
• Undertakes risk management and ensures compliance with medicines legislation.
• Be the named pharmacist for the COPD service
• To be responsible for financial savings within respiratory medicine
• To deliver an education and training programme relevant to role

• Capital and Revenue Budgets Contributory impact on the medicines budgets for Respiratory
• Staff Numbers Supervises and manages rotational pharmacists and tutor trainee pharmacists

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Providing clinical pharmacy expertise in use of medicines for patients within the Respiratory Directorate during an inpatient hospital stay or on an outpatient, Homecare or day case basis.

Participating in multidisciplinary meetings as required for the service.

Providing support to the regional TB service

To undertake the role of pharmacy Independent prescriber, with the appropriate qualifications where appropriate and according to the needs of the service.

Identifying potential and clinical development to the Respiratory directorate and planning the implementation to ensure that services continue to meet customers requirements and income is sufficient to fund development.

Interpreting budgetary information for Respiratory directorate staff at agreed intervals to ensure that significant variances are highlighted together with proposals for appropriate action.

Assisting the Pharmacist Team Leader for Medicine in evaluating the costs and benefits of new drug developments and presenting evaluated information to division and directorate lead clinicians and managers to aid them in deciding if new products or approaches to treatment should be used in the division.

Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of business case applications to the Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts.

Contributing to the production of prescribing guidelines and PGDs/PSDs to ensure that antimicrobials and respiratory medicines are used safely and in such a way as to maximize benefits to patients within available resources.

Participating in monthly respiratory governance meetings as the lead for clinical governance of medicines management issues, ensuring issues are communicated with the respiratory service.

Tutor a trainee pharmacist or postgraduate pharmacist student.

Providing training, teaching and support to underpin CPD and postgraduate qualifications in the Pharmacy department and deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare professionals.

• Completed or studying for Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services
• Participation in weekly dispensary cover, Bank Holiday and weekend working (to demonstrate maintenance of basic pharmacy services and…