Lead Pharmacist – VTE & Stroke

Band 8A Lead Pharmacist – VTE & Stroke

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team as Lead Pharmacist – VTE & Stroke. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop specialist pharmacy services for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention, anticoagulation stewardship and stroke medicines optimisation across the Trust. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in improving patient safety, driving evidence-based practice and delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

As an Independent Prescriber, you will provide advanced clinical care for patients with complex needs, contribute to specialist clinics and multidisciplinary meetings, and support the development of integrated stroke and thrombosis pathways. You will also lead quality improvement, clinical audit, guideline development and education, helping to shape and enhance services across the organisation.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist looking to develop their leadership skills while making a tangible impact on patient outcomes and the future of pharmacy services. You will work closely with colleagues across pharmacy, medicine, nursing and the wider healthcare system to deliver innovative, safe and effective medicines optimisation.

Responsibilities include:

providing highly specialist clinical pharmacy leadership for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention, anticoagulation and stroke services; leading the development, implementation and evaluation of anticoagulation stewardship, stroke medicines optimisation and VTE prevention programmes; serving as an independent prescriber; supporting the delivery of high-quality stroke and VTE care pathways; providing strategic leadership for anticoagulation governance, hospital-acquired thrombosis investigations, stroke medicines management, guideline development, audit, quality improvement and education;

supporting the lead in the development, delivery and continuous improvement of pharmacy services across stroke medicine; and acting as a member of the pharmacy clinical leadership group.