Specialist Pharmacist, Emergency and Acute Medicine
| Posting date: | 23 March 2026 |
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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: | 07 April 2026 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV2 2DX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9218-26-0360 |
Summary
Work alongside lead/senior pharmacists and ED/ admissions ward-based pharmacy technicians to provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service across the Emergency Department and Admissions Services (e.g., ED majors/minors, resus, SDEC/MAU, Acute Medicine), including attendance at ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings as required. Act as the specialist pharmacy contact for emergency care, providing expert advice to nursing and medical staff on medicines-related decision making and supporting safe, effective prescribing and administration within ED following departmental and Trust policies and procedures. Provide expert advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals on medicines use in emergency care, including high risk medicines, complex co-morbidities and time-critical medicines. To work with the lead/ senior pharmacist(s) for the clinical areas to ensure effective medicine optimisation and management. This may include being responsible for audit work, guidelines/ policies development, attendance of meetings and education and training of pharmacy and ward staff. It will also involve ensuring the effective leadership and management of floor-based teams, including supervision of ward-based pharmacy technicians and deputising for the senior pharmacist as needed. Support risk management activities within ED/ Acute footprint, including incident learning, engaging in multidisciplinary work and the delivery of quality improvement programmes related to prescribing, supply, storage and administration of medicines. Provide supervision and management support to junior and rotational staff within the area, including mentoring, competency development, and contribution to appraisals as required. Provide cross cover for other specialist pharmacists within specialist rotations as well as the Acute and Emergency care footprint to ensure continuity of service and appropriate escalation. Support the training, development and supervision of pharmacy staff and learners within the service, acting as practice/ designated supervisors/mentor/assessor/Designated Prescribing Practitioner where appropriate and contributing to competency-based development. To undertake prescribing responsibilities as an independent prescriber in line with the Trusts Universal Scope of Practice for Pharmacist Independent Prescribing, Standard Operating Procedures, and Clinical Guidelines, or within a defined specialist prescribing scope formally approved through the Medicines Policy and Practice Committee, ensuring safe and effective prescribing practice at all times For further details of the role please see the attached job description.