Chief Pharmacist

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a Chief Pharmacist to lead pharmacy services. The role requires strategic vision, clinical leadership, and relevant qualifications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in medicines management and will provide high-quality pharmaceutical services. The salary ranges from £109,179 to £125,637 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in interpretation of national policy and local implications.
• Experience with policy development and implementation.
• Experience in effective leadership and service provision.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for pharmacy services.
• Lead the strategic development of the service.
• Ensure patient-focused, safe, efficient, and effective pharmacy services.

Skills

Excellent communicator

Strong interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Written communication skills

Ability to motivate others

Education

Degree in pharmacy

Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Postgraduate qualification in Management or Leadership

College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) member

Job description

Go back Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Pharmacist

The closing date is 12 October 2025

We are seeking a dedicated, inclusive and innovative Chief Pharmacist who would like to further their career within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

As one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we provide care to more than two million people a year. We employ over 10,000 colleagues, providing intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services, delivered from over 257 locations within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

Main duties of the job

You will be an excellent communicator who is a skilled, visible leader who has the experience to develop the strategic vision for pharmacy services and ensure its implementation across the Trust. You will be responsible for the safe, secure, and effective provision, management and strategic direction of all aspects of pharmacy and medicines management services across the Trust, delivering high quality pharmaceutical service to patients and staff.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

You will provide clinical and professional leadership, quality and risk management and lead the strategic development of the service as well as ensuring maintenance of a research and development framework. You will ensure that the Trust's Pharmacy services are progressive and responsive to internal and external demand, patient focused, safe, efficient, effective and well-led.

You will be the expert voice on pharmacy matters to the Executive Board; responsible for the oversight and governance of medicines, including the development, implementation and maintenance of a medicines optimisation strategy.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria herehttps://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in pharmacy.
• Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate qualification in Management or Leadership to Masters level or equivalent.
• College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) member.

Experience

• Experience of the interpretation of national policy and local implications thereof.
• Experience of policy development and implementation.
• Experience of effective leadership of a service and service provision, including staff management and associated human resources processes.

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation and medicines management including budget setting.
• Knowledge of controlled drugs and medicines legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management/leadership.
• Knowledge of mental health and community health prescribing issues in primary and secondary care.
• Knowledge of pharmacy and EPMA systems.
• Knowledge of antimicrobial stewardship.

Skills

• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, presentation skills and written communication skills
• Ability to gain the confidence and credibility of a range of professionals, service users and carers.
• Ability to motivate self and others to encourage collaborative working to improve performance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£109,179 to £125,637 a yearPer annum (pro rata for part time)