Job overview

Join a dynamic, innovative team driving excellence in patient care!
Are you a Clinical Pharmacist passionate about antimicrobial stewardship, ready for a role that challenges, inspires, and rewards you? This could be your perfect opportunity!

We’re seeking a talented Lead Pharmacist (Antimicrobials) to join our high-performing pharmacy team at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. In this vibrant, forward-thinking environment, you’ll shape the antimicrobial agenda, improve patient outcomes, and thrive in a collaborative team.

Why join us?

• Supportive leadership: Collaborate with the antimicrobial lead at Bedford and cross-site specialist pharmacist to enhance your service and development.
• Influential role: Drive our Antimicrobial Stewardship agenda, shape policy, and deliver exceptional care.
• Exciting opportunities: Lead antimicrobial ward rounds and provide expert advice to the multidisciplinary team, directly impacting patient care.
• Innovative culture: Be part of a team that values ambition, innovation, and dedication while putting patients first.

What we’re looking for:

• A strong commitment to antimicrobial stewardship.
• Energy, enthusiasm, and the ability to influence across disciplines.
• Previous antimicrobial experience and a non-medical prescribing qualification (preferred).

If you’re ambitious, dedicated, and ready to advance your career, we’d love to hear from you. Join us to lead antimicrobial pharmacy services and make a lasting impact on patient care.

Apply now!

Main duties of the job

·  Lead, manage, and monitor high-quality Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) across the Trust, ensuring compliance with pharmacy service standards and national benchmarks.

·  Collaborate with the multidisciplinary AMS team to implement the AMS strategy, promoting stewardship to reduce antimicrobial resistance and inappropriate use.

·  Support the Consultant Microbiologist and infection control team in fostering a culture of prudent antimicrobial use and reducing hospital-acquired infections.

·  Plan and conduct clinical audits, including national CQUIN projects related to antimicrobial use, or support others in doing so.

·  Provide expert advice on Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) governance, risk management, financial, safety, and operational matters to ensure service obligations are met.

·  Represent the Trust in BLMK STP collaborative AMS initiatives and contribute to planning and delivering joint projects.

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.

Our values

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.