Healthcare Science and Pharmacy

The Pharmacy Department is committed to providing a high-quality clinical service and improving patient safety through standard and innovative practices that support our working patterns and our Trust’s objectives. Continuing Professional Development and closer integration with clinical teams is actively supported through specialist pharmacists and our ward-based pharmacy teams. 
 
We provide a variety of services, delivered by a range of staff, to ensure medicines are purchased, dispensed and supplied to patients safely and effectively. 
 
Roles within our Pharmacy teams include: 

• Specialist Pharmacists.  
• Rotational Pharmacists. 
• Pharmacy Technicians. 
• Dispensary Assistants. 
• Pharmacy Porters. 
• Pharmacy procurement staff including clerical and stores work.

We can provide a fully supportive pathway for pharmacy staff looking to work in a hospital setting. 

The laboratory within our Severn Pathology building accommodates all pathology disciplines including the Blood Sciences, Bristol Genetics Laboratory, a single Bristol Cellular Pathology Service and a combined Microbiology and Health Protection Agency service within one facility. We process samples sent from local GP Practices and hospitals, including Southmead Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. 

Our Pathology team work with colleagues to test more than 1 million samples per year in the labs at Southmead Hospital and it is estimated that pathology investigations are involved in 70-80% of all healthcare decisions about diagnosis and treatment. 

Our Healthcare Scientists are innovative in their approach and provide specialist support across our five clinical divisions, including:

• Core Clinical Services.
• Neuroscience.
• Musculoskeletal.
• Bristol Centre for Enablement.
• Anaesthesia, Surgery, Critical Care and Renal.
• GI and Urology Physiology.
• Medicine (Cardiac and Respiratory Physiology).

The primary emphasis of this role is to independently perform a variety of Cardiac Investigations both non-invasive and invasive with a focus on echocardiography. Our department performs a range of invasive and non-invasive tests.

For newly qualified Cardiac Physiologists, we can offer a tailored personal development programme. 

Our Cardiac Physiologists provide highly specialist advice and training to both physiologists and other health care professionals within the multi-disciplinary team. 

Additional roles within our Healthcare Science Teams include:

• Anatomical Pathology Technologists.
• Medical Examiners.
• Mortuary Assistants.
• Clinical Scientists.