Senior Pharmacist Endocrinology: Sponsorship Available

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Would you like the opportunity to work as an integral member of our Endocrinology multidisciplinary team to provide a high level of clinical pharmacy care and expertise for patients treated for a variety of complex medical endocrine conditions?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative pharmacist to join our clinical pharmacy team to work within the endocrinology multidisciplinary team at Musgrove Park Hospital.

Thinking about moving to Somerset? If you’re currently living outside the county, we can offer relocation assistance to help with the move.

Main duties of the job

As a specialist pharmacist working as an integral member of the endocrinology multidisciplinary team, you’ll implement and deliver high quality clinical pharmacy services for patients in Somerset. You will provide a high level of clinical pharmacy care and expertise for endocrine patients treated for a variety of complex medical conditions.

You’ll develop strong links between the pharmacy service and the endocrinology service, extending the boundaries of professional pharmacy practice, including direct patient monitoring and prescribing of treatments including high-cost agents as agreed.

If you are passionate about improving patient care through expert clinical pharmacy in endocrinology, we’d love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
  • Registered independent prescriber

Desirable

  • Postgraduate training in Endocrinology
  • Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable hospital pharmacy experience delivering clinical pharmacy practice at an advanced level.
  • Demonstrable clinical pharmacy experience of general medicine, general surgery (including non-specialist service provision to acute and emergency patients)
  • Experience in clinical training and/or mentoring of pharmacy staff

Desirable

  • Clinical experience in Endocrinology with knowledge of common conditions encountered and of safe and appropriate drug treatments
  • Experience in medicines management of patients with complex endocrine illness
  • Experience of staff appraisal and objective setting

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 12 September 2026

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