As the senior antimicrobial pharmacist, you will: Deputise for the ESPAUR Lead/Lead Pharmacist for the Division in providing Antimicrobial Resistance, Stewardship & Interventions advice. Represent and co-lead for UKHSA in collaborative Antimicrobial Stewardship activities and contribute to developing, planning and delivery of joint AMR strategies and projects with UKHSA partners, notably ESPAUR and the UKHSA AMR Forum, in delivery of the Governments AMR National Action Plan. Including working with internal UKHSA colleagues at operational level (Centre Directors, Field epidemiology, microbiology etc) to:o address antimicrobial resistance across the acute and non-acute sectorso collaborate with other specialist groups to assess appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions in primary and secondary careo identify if there are any gaps in pharmaceutical/medicines management deliverables across UKHSA Lead on UKHSAs deliverables for the antimicrobial stewardship outcome and commitments of the 2024-29 National Action Plan on AMR. Lead the clinical pharmacy input to outbreaks and incidents for which medicines or medicinal products are involved. Provide high level expert medicines management advice as part of the multidisciplinary team within AMR PROGRESS, Primary Care and Interventions Unit (PCIU) and Incidents, Outbreaks and Infection (advice and) Guidance (IOIG) teams to improve and enhance the quality of patient care. Establishing collaborative projects with leading researchers and specialists in academic, health service, public and voluntary sectors, including multi-centre and international projects and projects linking complex datasets across different sectors. For a full list of the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Essential criteria You will be assessed on the below (Eight) essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description Stage 1: Application & Sift Competency-based You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on essential criteria, and this will be in the form of An Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) A (1200 number of words) word Statement of Suitability. This should outline how your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked separately, and you must pass both to move forward to interview Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of: Meets all essential criteria Meets some essential criteria Meets no essential criteria Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council Provision of pharmacist cover in primary or secondary care including Multidisciplinary working and/or ward round experience Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment. Please do not exceed 1200 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.Feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview Competency based You will be invited to a (single) remote interview Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview, and there will be a presentation required. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Eligibility Criteria ExternalOpen to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). LocationHybrid any Core HQThis role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 2 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Security Clearance Level Requirement Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard