Senior Pharmacist- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Teacher Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Senior Pharmacist to join our Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) team , working in a joint role that also includes being a Academic Practitioner with the University of Birmingham.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care in fast-paced acute setting, while also shaping the next generation of pharmacists through teaching, supervision and academic leadership.

As a key member of the AMS team, you will provide advanced clinical pharmacy services . You will work as an independent prescriber, contribute to multidisciplinary ward rounds, and lead on antibiotic optimisation for complex and acutely unwell patients.

Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will hold a practitioner role within the School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences. You will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, support clinical placements, supervise students, and participate in scholarly activity that enhances the academic profile of the School.

This dual role offers an excellent balance of frontline clinical practice, education, research and service development.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist support and advice to all grades of healthcare professionals, patients and/or their carers on prudent antimicrobial use, including the clinical- and cost-effective choice of antimicrobial agent, prescribing, and administration and monitoring requirements.

Support the Principal Pharmacist for AMS to deliver highly specialist training regarding AMS and AMR to pharmacy colleagues, nursing staff, medical staff and students within the Trust.

Support the Principal Pharmacist for AMS to ensure all trust guidelines, policies and procedures and the antimicrobial formulary are regularly reviewed and updated in line with the latest clinical evidence and national guidance

Provide clinical pharmacy services to wards, departments and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) clinics

Attend regular AMS and antifungal stewardship (AFS) ward rounds

To work as non-medical Independent Prescriber (NMP) (if qualified) within scope of clinical knowledge and competence to support safe prescribing and administration of medicines.

At the University of Birmingham, you will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities

At the University of Birmingham, you will contribute to Departmental /School administration

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience working recently in an Acute Trust setting.
  • Experience in supervising, training and assessing staff
  • Ability to analyse and resolve highly complex situations, and able to provide expert advice when required.
  • Ability to achieve targets and tight deadlines

Desirable

  • Experience of working as part of the pharmacy team within the AMS Speciality
  • Previous experience of supervising, training and assessing staff, or leading an aspect of an education programme
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Networking skills, disseminating good practice both regionally and nationally.
  • Ability to enthuse and engage multidisciplinary teams to include consultant clinicians, accountants, and finance managers as well as pharmacy staff

Qualification

Essential

  • Registered Pharmacist with the GPhC
  • Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent qualification/accreditation (e.g. RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway)

Desirable

  • Independent prescribing qualification

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: 16 August 2026

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