Job summary
Are you ready to make a difference?

If you want to be a part of a team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, babies and their families then we need you!

We are seeking a highly motivated, collaborative and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women's Hospital pharmacy site. You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties across the maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates to include neonatal intensive care so you really can make a difference to our patients every day you come to work.

We are proud to say we have a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team that aspires to provide safe, effective, and efficient care to every individual who comes through our doors. We strive to promote a happy, collaborative, and empowering work environment so each and every member of our team can thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure medicines are prescribed safely, economically and are appropriate to the needs of the patient across various specialties.
• Provide advice on pharmaceutical care to healthcare professionals and patients.
• To record clinical interventions and medication incidents to highlight areas of concern.
• To provide medication advice to patients and their families to ensure they are aware of their medicines and potential side effects.
• To analyse directorate finance reports and identify cost saving opportunities.
• To partake in clinical audit and service improvement projects.
• To support antimicrobial stewardship.

About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Closing date: 28 October 2026

Person Specification
Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent degree (Essential)
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist (Essential)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience (Essential)
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Desirable)
• Pharmacist Independent Prescriber (Desirable)

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience (Essential)
• Able to understand the complex clinical and social needs of patients and families and meet those needs whenever possible (Essential)
• Able to understand complex clinical situations and to discuss and make recommendations to resolve issues arising from them with medical, nursing/midwifery and other staff (Essential)
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience (Essential)

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Able to work independently, prioritise, set goals and meet deadlines (Essential)
• Able to identify issues and use own initiative to address them (Essential)
• Able to maintain standards and accuracy whilst working under pressure (Essential)
• Aware of personal limitations and asks for help as required (Essential)

Professional, Managerial and Specialist Knowledge

• Able to use a variety of computer software to organise and present information (Essential)
• Previous experience and knowledge of audit (Essential)
• Awareness of requirements towards CQC (Essential)
• Demonstrates continuing professional development (Essential)
• An understanding of medication safety (Essential)
• Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to neonatal patients and staff (Desirable)
• Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to a Women's directorate (Desirable)
• Familiarity with drugs expenditure and prescribing trends (Desirable)

Personal Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Good team player (Essential)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (Essential)
• Trustworthy and respectful of confidential information about both patients and colleagues (Essential)
• Adaptable to change in working practices and flexible in terms of working hours on an occasional basis (Essential)
• Able to remain professional in challenging circumstances (Essential)
• Negotiating skills and powers of persuasion (Essential)
• Well organised (Essential)
• High standards of work presentation (Essential)
• Self-motivated with a 'can do' attitude (Essential)
• Professional appearance and manner (Essential)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Birmingham Women's Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2TG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://bwc.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Principal Pharmacist for Women's and Neonatal Services, Louise Whitticase, louise.whitticase@nhs.net, 01213331377

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice is available on the Trust website.