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Respiratory Highly Specialist Pharmacist | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 16 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 November 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7544216/339-CCS4216-KLE |
Summary
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated prescribing pharmacist to join our respiratory pharmacy team for 12 months to cover maternity leave.
You will work with a team of pharmacists and technicians to provide specialist pharmaceutical care to respiratory pharmacists at North Bristol NHS Trust.
You will review patients and prescribe in outpatient clinics for interstitial lung disease and/or severe asthma, as well as inpatient review of complex patients.
The post holder will work across boundaries to contribute to the development of respiratory services within the BNSSG locality demonstrating a whole-system patient-focused approach.
Work closely with the Respiratory team to develop and deliver tertiary services in accordance with trust policies and procedures, national legislation and standards.
Work as a highly specialist practitioner to deliver the clinical pharmacy aspects of respiratory medicine.
Work across boundaries to contribute to the development of respiratory services within the BNSSG locality. Demonstrate a whole-system patient-focused approach.
To attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and provide expert advice in pharmaceutical aspects of patient care.
Practice as an Independent Prescriber
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
• Work across boundaries to contribute to the development of respiratory services within the BNSSG locality. Demonstrate a whole-system patient-focused approach.
• Represent specialist pharmaceutical interests in multidisciplinary meetings within the Trust and in the wider local health economy, sharing knowledge and experience with other respiratory pharmacists at a local and national level.
• Responsible for line managing members of the respiratory pharmacy team.
• Responsible in conjunction with respiratory pharmacy team for the provision of a highly specialist pharmaceutical service to the respiratory service.
• Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds and team meetings for the respiratory service.
• Provide pharmaceutical expertise to any multidisciplinary working groups considering protocols, policies and guidelines relating to respiratory.
• Contribute to and participate in the clinical pharmacy service – respiratory ward cover, screening and weekend working.
• Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources and product rationalisation and provide reports on the use and cost of respiratory medicines to the medicine divisions as required.
• Support the NICE/Pharmacoeconomics pharmacy team with horizon scanning and other requirements associated with high cost drugs and specialist commissioning.
• Work with the Lead Respiratory Pharmacist to support introduction of novel treatments in respiratory.
• Contribute to the training of pharmacy undergraduates, medical students, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, medical, nursing and other staff groups as appropriate.
• This role may entail cross sector working within BNSSG, developing and implementing respiratory projects in conjunction with the lead principal medicines optimisation pharmacist, respiratory pharmacist and respiratory clinicians.
• Provide cross cover for non-prescribing elements of interstitial lung disease or severe asthma service as required and able.
• Participate in the pharmacy weekend, bank holiday and late duty service.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Nov 2025