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Senior Pharmacist, Neurology and Stroke Services
| Posting date: | 06 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 October 2025 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV2 2DX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9218-25-1092 |
Summary
To lead, provide and develop comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for patients at UHCW NHS Trust attending multidisciplinary team meetings and speciality forums as required. As a key member of the multidisciplinary team provide strategic guidance on clinical pharmacy issues and provide professional pharmacy leadership. To practice as an expert practitioner, providing advice to patients, healthcare professionals and other agencies relating to the pharmaceutical aspects of stroke, neurology and neurosurgery. Proactively influence safe and cost-effective medicines use with other senior clinical staff within stroke. This will include new drug and device evaluations, financial reporting and development of policies. Identify areas where improvements in both quality and cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical care and prescribing may be encouraged. Work with senior staff in your areas to review and develop policies and procedures to ensure safe and effective handling of medications. Ensure policies and procedures comply with existing legal requirements, best practice, national and local guidelines and Health Care Commission Requirements. Undertake risk management and develop audits/policies relating to supply, storage, prescribing and administration of medicines and other pharmaceuticals. Advise on the appropriate prescribing and monitoring of anticoagulation for stroke patients, including the counselling of these medications to stroke patients. Lead, develop and deliver education and training in the pharmaceutical aspects of stroke and neurosciences to other healthcare professionals. This will include trainee pharmacists and diploma students. To encourage and cultivate an environment of clinical and practice-based research and audit. To contribute to current and future research and audit projects associated with the use of drugs within your specialist area(s). For further details of the role please see the attached job description.