Specialist Pharmacist – Orthopaedic Surgery
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 November 2025 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9234-25-0669 |
Summary
To advise and independently prescribe patients' medication, in preparation for admission, in the pre-operation assessment clinic. To update the medicines where necessary on admission to the ward and in conjunction with the SDAU pharmacy team, ensure the timely provision of discharge medication. To participate in and assist in the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the orthopaedic wards in liaison with the Clinical Pharmacy Team Leaders To act as a specialist pharmacist providing an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to a specified clinical speciality which involves a more complex/high risk patient population to optimise patient care with respect to medicines for patients in liaison with health care professionals, including medical and nursing staff; To initiate and actively implement service developments in orthopaedics, including pharmacy-led service developments, i.e. one one-stop dispensing, patient self-administration schemes and use of patients own drugs To develop a highly specialist knowledge of the clinical speciality and treatment of co-morbidities to promote and support evidence-based medicine within the clinical speciality and across the Trust in order to fulfil the role as a pharmaceutical lead in the specified clinical area Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post. Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 2251 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer). The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the minimum salary requirements.