Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Renal Immunosuppression

What you'll be doing

Leading pharmacist-led, patient-facing clinics to deliver the tacrolimus best value switch, from counselling and prescribing to follow-up

Running the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to Renal Immunosuppression at QEH and Heartlands, screening prescriptions and optimising complex regimens

Interpreting drug levels through our TDM service and advising prescribers on dose changes

Linking with GPs and community pharmacies so every discharge is seamless

Developing guidelines, protocols and audits that keep medicines use safe, effective and good value

Teaching nurses, doctors, patients and our rotational pharmacists, and supervising pharmacists, technicians and trainees

Representing pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, and joining our clinical and bank holiday rotas

GPhC registration, a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification (or equivalent experience) and a non-medical prescribing qualification

Significant hospital pharmacy experience in renal, with solid knowledge of immunosuppression

Confident communication with everyone from consultants to anxious patients and carers

A problem-solving mindset, the ability to work calmly under pressure and to use your initiative

A passion for teaching, mentoring and motivating others

Commitment to your own development, including working towards RPS Faculty membership

Do you get a little thrill from a perfectly timed tacrolimus level? Does "therapeutic range" make your heart skip a beat (but stay within range)? Then we need to talk. University Hospitals Birmingham is home to one of the UK's busiest renal transplant services, and we're about to make a big switch. Literally. For 12 months, you'll lead pharmacist-led clinics delivering the tacrolimus best value switch across Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Real patients, real impact, real savings for the NHS, and a project you'll be proudly talking about at interviews for years to come.

You'll be the go-to pharmacist for Renal Immunosuppression: running patient-facing clinics, untangling complex regimens, interpreting drug levels and giving expert advice to doctors, nurses, patients and carers. You'll bridge hospital and community care so no patient leaves without their meds sorted, represent pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, help shape guidelines and protocols, and support a team of pharmacists, technicians and trainees. You'll also step up as a senior clinical pharmacist across other specialties, so no two days will ever look quite the same, which keeps things interesting. Independent prescriber? Even better. In return: brilliant colleagues, strong senior support, great training and development opportunities and one of the most rewarding years of your career. Kidneys not included., University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.