Specialist Pharmacist - Antimicrobial Services

The post holder is responsible for leading and managing antibiotic services across Medway NHS Foundation Trust, with a primary focus on optimising the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of antibiotics and related medicines. This role requires the development, implementation, and evaluation of antibiotic prescribing policies, ensuring compliance with national and Trust-specific guidelines.
The post holder will lead, deliver, and evaluate antibiotic policies within Medway NHS Foundation Trust. They are responsible for providing expert pharmaceutical advice, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation. The role focuses on optimising the use of antibiotics and related medications while managing and developing junior pharmacists and clinical technicians. The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high standards of care, safety, and cost-effectiveness in pharmaceutical services.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust., The post holder will lead the pharmacy team in delivering high-quality, responsive clinical pharmacy services. They will oversee the antimicrobial service and work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patients receive the best care. This includes providing expert advice on antibiotic therapy, conducting joint microbiologist-pharmacist ward rounds, and participating in advanced prescribing roles within their specialty. They will also support medicines reconciliation and provide input into complex drug treatment decisions, offering guidance to senior clinicians when managing challenging cases.

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 8a
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum/pro rata
Please note this role is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 months covering a career break
We are recruiting for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.