Pharmacist Advanced - Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Pharmacist Advanced – Obstetrics & Gynaecology

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Estimated end date: 19/10/2026) Hours Part time – 32 hours per week Job ref 361-7458286

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £55,690 – £62,682 per annum – pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2025 23:59

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Pharmacist Advanced – Obstetrics & Gynaecology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an advanced clinical pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team at Lister Hospital, East & North Hertfordshire Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with either a keen interest and passion, or experience in obstetrics and gynaecology.

You will be the directorate lead pharmacist for Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the East and North Herts Teaching NHS Trust. You will provide the clinical and pharmacy services to all areas within the Maternity Unit and Gynaecology wards.

As part of your line management role, you will have the opportunity to select, manage, develop and appraise staff working within the department.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be the directorate lead pharmacist for Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the East and North Herts NHS Trust.

You will provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information to general managers and lead consultants.

The post holder will be in a position to provide expert pharmaceutical advice on issues across the organisation, analysing a range of highlycomplex facts.

The successful candidate will also support the education and development of other members of staff.

You will be required to carry out general dispensing and associated clinical and pharmaceutical duties and to assist with the provision of the pharmaceutical service to the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• Masters Degree MPharm or equivalent
• Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or working towards completion
• Leadership course or working towards
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Skills

• Excellent communication skills verbal and written
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to work under pressure

Previous Experience

• Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
• Experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Supervision of staff
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Training Foundation Trainee Pharmacists and Junior Staff
• Proven experience of audit
• Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
• Project management
• Managing Staff
• Clinical tutoring of Foundation Trainee Pharmacists

Knowledge

• Excellent clinical knowledge
• Knowledge of drugs used within specialised area
• Confident user of Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

When you apply…

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.

King\’s Trust Support

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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