Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Antimicrobials
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,156.00 to £71,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64156.00 - £71148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9289-CS-107 |
Summary
This Specialist Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist role offers a fantastic opportunity to lead and innovate within a large, established, and research-active team. You'll be instrumental in advancing safe, effective, and rational antimicrobial prescribing practices across our Trust. Your main responsibilities will include: Leading Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Initiatives: You'll be at the forefront of our AMS programme, developing and implementing strategies to optimise antimicrobial use. This includes leading daily ward rounds across our sites, making independent clinical decisions and interventions, and providing highly specialist advice to medical and nursing teams. Driving Innovation with Technology: Our team is a pioneer user of Computer Decision Support Systems (CDSS) for AMS rounds. You'll actively engage with and help evolve these innovative tools to enhance prescribing decisions and streamline our workflow. OPAT Service Leadership: You'll take the lead on our Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service, ensuring seamless care transitions and expert management for patients receiving intravenous antibiotics at home or in outpatient settings. Policy and Guideline Development: A core part of the role involves developing, reviewing, and implementing local antimicrobial prescribing policies and guidelines, ensuring they align with national best practice and evidence. Audit and Quality Improvement: You'll conduct regular audits of antimicrobial prescribing, analyse data to identify areas for improvement, and drive change initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Mentoring and Supervision: You'll play a crucial role in supervising and mentoring junior pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, guiding their development in antimicrobial stewardship principles and practice. Collaborative Working: This role requires strong collaboration with Consultant Microbiologists, Infection Control, and all levels of medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff across the Trust to achieve our shared goals. Medication Safety: You will actively contribute to reducing antimicrobial medication errors and promoting overall medication safety within the speciality.