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Lead Advanced Pharmacist - Women’s Services RSCH/PRH

Employer: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. Site: RSCH/PRH, Brighton. Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum. Closing date: 29/03/2026 23:59.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Advanced Pharmacist – Women’s Services to join the Pharmacy team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. This is a new role developed to strengthen specialist pharmacy leadership and governance across Women’s Services.

This senior clinical leadership post provides expert pharmacy input across maternity, gynaecology, maternal medicine and neonatal interfaces, working across designated hospital sites within the Trust. The post holder will lead the planning, delivery, development and governance of Women’s Services pharmacy provision, ensuring safe, effective and equitable use of medicines for women, pregnant people and neonates.

Women’s Services use a wide range of specialist medicines during pregnancy, the postnatal period, breastfeeding and neonatal care. This role provides advanced clinical leadership and independent prescribing expertise to support medicines optimisation, patient safety, regulatory compliance and service resilience, in line with national guidance and Trust priorities.

The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, regional and national networks, commissioners and external partners, and will play a key role in medicines governance, quality improvement, workforce development and cross-site standardisation. This is an excellent opportunity to establish, shape and lead a new specialist role within a large, complex and forward-looking Trust.

• Establish and lead a specialist pharmacy role for Womens Services, providing senior clinical leadership and acting as expert for medicines optimisation in maternity, gynaecology, maternal medicine and neonatal interfaces.
• Provide advanced clinical pharmacy input across hospital sites, ensuring consistent pharmacy provision and cross-site working.
• Work as an independent prescriber, initiating, reviewing and optimising medicines within scope of practice, including high risk, unlicensed and specialist therapies in pregnancy, postnatal, breastfeeding and neonatal care.
• Lead medicines governance for Womens Services including prescribing verification, medicines reconciliation, incidents, audit and risk management.
• Develop and implement clinical guidelines, protocols and pathways for medicines use across Womens Services, aligned with national guidance.
• Provide expert advice and leadership to MDTs including obstetric, gynaecology, maternal medicine, anaesthetic, midwifery and neonatal teams.
• Lead service development and quality improvement using prescribing data and incident learning.
• Support and develop pharmacy staff through supervision, education and workforce development.
• Work with internal/external partners including primary care, community pharmacy, LMNS and commissioners.
• Provide medicines optimisation and financial oversight including high cost medicines and budget monitoring.
• Deputise for senior pharmacy colleagues to support service resilience.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria. For example, applicants for the Senior HCA role must be able to evidence a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the same role to qualify for sponsorship.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Please see the Job Description for further details

• Registered as a Pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Further specialist knowledge through post Diploma level training
• NMP
• Acute hospital pharmacy experience
• Experience managing use of medicine in pregnancy and breast feeding inquiries
• Guideline development, formulary submissions, or protocol reviews
• Member of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacist Group (NPPG)/ +/- UKCPA Women’s Health
• Experience of working within women’s services

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

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UHSussex reserves the right to close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications

Further Information

For help with the application process for Nursing vacancies, please email uhsussex.nursingteam@nhs.net.

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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.

Name David Annandale

Job title Lead Pharmacist Women & Childrens

Email address d.annandale@nhs.net

Telephone number 01273 696955

Additional information

01273 696955 ext 63137

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