Job Summary
Are you looking to take the next step in your pharmacy career and develop your clinical and leadership skills?

Due to maternity leave, the opportunity has arisen to take on the role of Advanced Pharmacist for Cardiology for a 12 month secondment. This is a great position for a pharmacist with experience and an interest in the cardiology speciality to deliver and develop cardiology pharmacy services across UHDB. In the Pharmacy Department at UHDB we offer flexible working and a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing and excellent career development opportunities.

Derby and the surrounding areas provide you with good transport links to all major UK cities by being in the heart of the Midlands. It is a great place to work and/or live with the Peak District and Derbyshire Dales on our doorstep.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, why don't you come and join our friendly, inclusive and well-regarded Pharmacy team at UHDB.

Main duties of the job
This role is a key part of our team of Advanced Pharmacists working within the Specialist Medicine Division at UHDB, and provides leadership and support for the pharmacy service to cardiology at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton.

As the Advanced Pharmacist for Cardiology, you will work closely with our multi-disciplinary cardiology teams as well as colleagues in Pharmacy across UHDB to deliver and promote effective and high quality pharmacy services to patients in our hospitals and in virtual and place-based care settings.

As a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist, you will be supported to develop and implement your own ideas to ensure optimal pharmaceutical care for our patients. You will also have the opportunity to effectively contribute to the leadership, coordination, governance and development of the clinical pharmacy team across UHDB.

This post is based at Royal Derby Hospital. Occasional travel to other UHDB hospitals will be required to fulfil the Trust-wide elements of this role.

About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Details

• Date posted: 16 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year (pa)
• Contract: Secondment
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
• Reference number: 320-CDCS-4239
• Job locations: Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Communication and Relationships
Essential

• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior Division managers to members of the public). Able to articulate information and present clearly to healthcare staff, patients and members of the public.
• Ability to influence senior & junior healthcare staff (pharmacy, medical, nursing staff and managers) e.g. therapeutic decisions.
• Demonstrable leadership skills - role model for clinical pharmacists.
• Effective computer / IT knowledge and skills.

Desirable

• Training in influencing and negotiating skills.
• Training in leadership skills

Knowledge, training and experience
Essential

• Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy plus additional demonstrable pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination.
• PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist clinical pharmacy practice in a relevant area.
• Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification within specialist area of practice relevant to cardiology.
• Statutory regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

• Membership of other organisations (e.g. RPSGB, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, etc)
• Higher degree e.g. Masters, DPharm or management.

Patient care and service development
Essential

• Provides safe, effective and timely services to individual patients
• Regular clinical pharmacy practice within specialist clinical area.
• Ability to identify and manage risk
• Plans and organises performance indicators and audit.
• Ability to effect and manage change

Desirable

• Experience in service planning and project management in short-medium term.
• Prior experience managing change

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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Apply through our website)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Divisional Pharmacist - Specialist Medicine, Hester Smail, hester.smail@nhs.net, 01332785576