Specialist Clinical Pharmacist IUC
The closing date is 28 February 2026
Job summary
Are you a Clinical Pharmacist wondering what other roles are out there? Would you like to broaden your knowledge into pre-hospital medicines and find out how you can make a difference to the ambulance service?
Then come and join us! Work with our multi-disciplinary team, responsible for leading and delivering excellent clinical care and advice across the Trust, both in our 999 and 111 services.
As the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Integrated Urgent Care (IUC), you will provide leadership and advice on all matters associated with medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services across the Trust and within our NHS 111 service; driving service improvement using technology to enable the best and most efficient use of resources.
Quality improvement is a key part of this role and you will use incidents, national guidance and best practice to develop education programmes that meet the needs of our staff and our patients.
Main duties of the job
The core responsibilities for this role are:
- To ensure that the Trust is compliant with the legal and statutory requirements in relation to all matters that pertain to medicines governance, management and optimisation.
- To support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist with 111 medicines optimisation, IUC antimicrobial stewardship and IUC non-medical prescribing workstreams such as quarterly prescribing reports, extracting and analysing data from NHSBSA and supervising pharmacy student audit projects and placements.
- To support activities in the Medicines Distribution Centre (MDC) as required for high quality service delivery.
- To deliver teaching sessions to paramedics, medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals as requested.
- Provide expert and specialist knowledge in relation to medicinal products and their use as well as assist in the development of new clinical protocols and treatment options including the development of patient group directions (PGDs).
- Develop guidelines, policies and procedures for medicines use within the Trust as required.
- Represent SECAmb Medicines Optimisation Team at relevant meetings and working groups across the system.
- Act as a supervisor and mentor for projects and audits, including those with relevant pharmacy undergraduate students.
- To plan and review pharmacy undergraduate placements.
About us
- Option to join NHS pension scheme
- A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years' service.
- Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
- Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
- Access to occupational health and counselling services.
- Award winning wellbeing hub
- Back up buddy App
- Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Details
Date posted
13 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
278-SCPIUC-0226-AS
Job locations
Trust Headquarters
Gatwick Road
Crawley
RH10 9BG
Employer details
Employer name
SECamb
Address
Trust Headquarters
Gatwick Road
Crawley
RH10 9BG
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