Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Rheumatology | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 01 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7232738/361-7232738 |
Summary
We are recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Rheumatology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to work with the Rheumatology consultants, specialist nurses, Homecare teams and clinical pharmacy team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused service to rheumatology patients
This is an excellent opportunity to work with Lead Clinicians and nurses in a truly MDT setting
The ideal candidate will use their non-medical prescribing qualification to optimise individual patient's drug therapies as appropriate, having the opportunity to develop a clinic.
You will also be supported to develop their leadership and management skills.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
The successful candidate will provide a high-profile lead role in the provision and development of pharmaceutical services to the rheumatology department, including biologics, biosimilars and other medications
You will also develop and maintain a role as a non-medical prescriber (NMP) to support the management of rheumatology patients receiving biologics and other therapies.
They will be expected to manage and develop services which allow the delivery of medicines via homecare to patients under the care of the rheumatology department.
The post holder will also “horizon-scan” for the planned licensing of biosimilars and to lead on their controlled introduction and use, according to policy.
Additionally, you will work closely within the Multi-Disciplinary Team delivering services in rheumatology in order to deliver clinical and cost benefits of medicines optimisation.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Friday 15 Aug 2025