Job overview

We’re looking for an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Women and Children to join our dynamic and supportive pharmacy team at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead and shape a high-quality, patient-focused pharmacy service within the Women’s and Children’s Clinical Service Line, which includes paediatrics, neonatology, maternity, and gynaecology. You’ll play a key role in promoting the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines, working in close collaboration with consultants, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams at Bedford Hospital.

As a senior member of our pharmacy leadership team, your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering expert clinical input, including independent prescribing within your scope of practice

• Supervising, mentoring, and supporting junior pharmacists, trainees, and pharmacy technicians

• Leading audits, service improvement initiatives, and practice-based research to enhance patient care

• Developing and implementing policies and guidelines to optimise medicines use and drive best practice

• Supporting education and training across pharmacy, medical, and nursing teams

We’re seeking someone with advanced clinical expertise in women’s and children’s health, excellent communication and leadership skills, and the confidence to influence practice across multidisciplinary teams.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the Job

• Lead, plan, and deliver a high-quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacy service across Women’s and Children’s services, including paediatrics, neonatology, maternity, and gynaecology.

• Provide expert clinical advice and support to multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines.

• Act as an independent prescriber within your defined scope of practice, supporting medicines optimisation and improved patient outcomes.

• Supervise, mentor, and support junior pharmacists, pre-registration trainees, and pharmacy technicians, fostering professional growth and clinical excellence.

• Contribute to clinical governance, audits, and research initiatives aimed at enhancing patient safety and service quality.

• Develop, implement, and monitor medicines management policies, guidelines, and Key Performance Indicators specific to the specialty.

• Deliver and support education and training for pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff to promote best practice and continuous learning.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.