Specialist Paediatric Pharmacist for Metabolic and Medical Specialties

Closing date: 18 August 2026

Job summary
This role is an exciting opportunity to join the paediatric pharmacy team in Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC), to lead our paediatric metabolic pharmacy service. This role will include working closely with the paediatric metabolic multi-disciplinary team, to help care for patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. This role also benefits from working alongside the welcoming and supportive paediatric medical specialties pharmacy team.

The postholder will work together with paediatric pharmacists, clinicians, governance and management teams to ensure the safe and effective delivery of services to paediatric patients.

The role will be based within the City and Weston Hospital Operating Unit.

Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for providing a clinical pharmacy service to the Paediatric metabolic team, working closely with the MDT to advise, prescribe and monitor specialist medications for children with metabolic illnesses. Working within the paediatric medical specialties pharmacy team, the post holder will also support the wider inpatient clinical service and development of junior staff members within this team.

Please see the attached Job Description for more information

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Date posted: 04 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year (per annum, pro rata for part time roles)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 387-D&T6507-LH
Job locations: Pharmacy Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy
• Current Pharmacist Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post Graduate pharmacy clinical diploma or equivalent
• Qualified Independent Pharmacist Prescriber

Desirable

• Member of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG)

Skills & abilities
Essential

• Evidence of commitment to continued improvement of patient experience
• Evidence of an interest in medicine management agenda
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills & negotiation skills
• Excellent prioritisation and time management skills
• Ability to mentor other members of staff
• Ability to use judgement to challenge and influence prescribing
• Ability to use and adapt to the use of IT systems within the healthcare setting particularly electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA).

Knowledge & experience
Essential

• Significant Post registration clinical pharmacy experience
• Working knowledge of hospital pharmacy
• Evidence of sound clinical pharmacy methods
• Experience of teaching/training/presentation
• Evidence of experience of clinically managing paediatric patients
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of audit
• Experience undertaking Quality Improvement (QI) projects
• Experience of working as an independent prescriber

Desirable

• Staff management / supervision
• Experience working with electronic prescribing systems

Aptitudes
Essential

• Respects everyone
• Works well with a wide range of people and in varying circumstances
• Open and flexible to change
• Positive attitude
• Likes to train and support other staff

Additional information
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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