Highly Specialist - Antimicrobial and Infection Control Pharmacist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health Pharmacy Department are looking for a motivated individual who is ambitious and forward-thinking with clinical experience in antimicrobials to join our Pharmacy team at Newham University Hospital. This post is a fixed term post to cover a 12 month maternity leave period. The Trust is one of the largest and busiest in the UK and at the leading edge of medicine. It provides a full range of local and tertiary hospital services across its different sites.

The post holder will be supporting the Clinical Services Manager in leading a team of staff in promoting high quality, cost-effective and safe prescribing. They will lead on the provision of Antimicrobial services to the Newham University Hospital site.

The post holder will participate in the education and training for staff in the pharmacy team at Barts Health and will assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy within the service.

You will be supported to further develop your abilities as a senior leader via a combination of internal and external training programmes, alongside developing your clinical acumen.

We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communications skills who demonstrate a patient-centred focus and compassionate and collaborative leadership. You will require excellent prioritisation skills and have a passion for service review and quality improvement.

Roles and responsibilities include (but not limited to)

• Lead for antimicrobial stewardship and Infection control at Newham University Hospital, co-ordinating rounds and attendance at MDT meeting to optimise antimicrobial usage and support pathway for OPAT.
• Optimisation of medicine use in individual patients
• Close working with the multidisciplinary antimicrobial and Infection control teamand wider pharmacy team to optimise patient flow
• Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to patients receiving or being considered for OPAT. (This includes evaluating medication of individual patients for interactions, duplication etc, using medicines information and research findings to manage therapeutic problems, reduce risks and advise other healthcare professionals).
• Provide specialist advice to patients, medical and multidisciplinary care teams on antimicrobial treatment by attending ward rounds or the OPAT MDT meeting as deemed appropriate.
• To develop and implement formulary guidance, based on the available evidence
• To proactively support the team in identifying and delivering medication-related cost- improvement plans
• To ensure the safe transfer of prescribing and monitoring as patients are transferred between care settings.
• To support the Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager in achieving Pharmacy Quality Performance Targets

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Friday 12 Jun 2026