Clinical Pharmacist

National Health Service; Wirral; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 clinical pharmacist to contribute to specialist mental health services across Wirral and surrounding areas. You will be part of a multidisciplinary pharmacy team delivering patient-centred care in hospital settings and supporting education and training.

The role includes medicines reconciliation, clinical governance, and leadership development within a trusted NHS foundation trust.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Evidence of clinical pharmacy training.
• Desirable postgraduate clinical or mental health qualification.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services as part of the team.
• Ensure medicines management standards are upheld.
• Provide education on safe and effective use of medication to staff, patients and carers.
• Supervise pre-registration and student pharmacists.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Education & training

CPD evidence

Team collaboration

Education

Masters in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

Postgraduate mental health qualification

Tools

Windows

Office suite

Job description

Job summary

Weare excited to offernew opportunities within our highly respectedpharmacyteam, working across Chester, Wirral and Macclesfield. Due to new investment in our workforce, we are now recruiting passionate pharmacy professionals to join our friendly, multidisciplinary teams. Our dispensing service is fully outsourced, freeing you from dispensary commitments and allowing you to focus on clinical practice. In addition, on-call responsibilities are managed remotely, offering greater flexibility and work-life balance.

Role highlights

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services


• Undertake medicines reconciliation, reuse checks, and ordering


• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use


• Support specialist areas includingperinatal mental health(Mother& Baby Unit),CAMHsinpatient services,low secure forensic units& MHIST (mental health intensive support team)


• Contribute to service development, audit,teachingand quality improvement


• Opportunities to develop clinicalexpertiseand leadership skills

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the planning and delivery of specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services as part of the CWP pharmacy team. This will include working as a member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that pharmaceutical care needs of patients are met, ensuring that medicines management standards are upheld in all areas of the trust and providing education on safe and effective use of medication to medical and nursing staff, patients and carers. The post holder will provide professional support and supervision to pre-registration and student pharmacists.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Details

Date posted20 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for changeBandBand 7Salary 49,387 to 56,515 a year per annum ContractPermanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number373-CSS1315

Job locations

• Springview/Bowmere HospitalClatterbridge Road/Liverpool RoadWirral/ChesterCH2 1BQUnited Kingdom

Person Specification Qualifications

• Essential Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent


• Registered as practising pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council


• Evidence of continuing professional development


• Evidence of clinical pharmacy training


• Desirable Post graduate clinical or mental health pharmacy qualification


• Knowledge and Expertise Essential Specialised and up to date knowledge relating to medicines management


• Knowledge of NHS policy, process and guidelines relating to medicines management, pharmacy and mental health


• Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management


• Good IT skills - Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, e-mail and web applications.


• Desirable Specialist knowledge of mental health therapeutics


• Experience Essential Post registration experience working in hospital pharmacy


• Experience of implementing new procedures or guidelines


• Desirable Post registration experience working in mental health pharmacy


• Experience in education and training

Trust Values Essential Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

A small annual fee of 16 per year applies.

Employer details

• Employer nameCheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust


• AddressSpringview/Bowmere HospitalClatterbridge Road/Liverpool RoadWirral/ChesterCH2 1BQUnited Kingdom


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