Clinical Pharmacist - Community Division

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join the Community Division, delivering specialist pharmaceutical care to patients in their homes or care homes across Calderdale and Huddersfield, supporting Hospital at Home and Urgent Community Response workflows.

You will collaborate with primary and secondary care teams, review medications, reconcile therapy on transfers, and provide patient counselling to optimise concordance and safety.

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent degree approved by RPSGB.
• Registered Pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Evidence of practical medication review in hospital or community.
• Knowledge of Medicines Management and Pharmacy Practice.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative.
• Commitment to CPD.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Review medication and work closely with Community Teams.
• Ensure patients derive maximum benefit from prescribed medication.
• Participate in MDT meetings.
• Liaise with GPs and community pharmacists to reconcile medicines after transfer to primary care.
• Communicate recommendations on medication changes to GPs and hospital consultants.
• Provide pharmaceutical counselling to patients in domiciliary care to improve concordance.
• Work independently to support patients with complex medication issues.
• Develop partnership with patient, carers and relatives to reflect patient choice.
• Develop and maintain relationships with healthcare professionals and other agencies.
• Visit patients as a lone worker in their homes or care homes.
• Participate in weekend/holiday/out-of-hours provision of pharmacy services.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Medication Review

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Education

MPharm degree

Registered Pharmacist (RPSGB)

Tools

EMIS Web

SystmOne

Cerner

Pharmoutcomes

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Pharmacist - Community Division

The closing date is 22 November 2026

The post holder is responsible for providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients in their own homes or care homes in the Calderdale and Huddersfield area this may be as part of the Hospital at Home (H@H), Urgent Community response Team (UCR) or the wider Community Division.

The post holder will be an integral part of the Community Division Pharmacy team and work seamlessly between primary and secondary care and link with a range of healthcare professionals to optimise concordance and compliance with prescribed medication.

For the purpose of this post all patients who are accepted to the Community caseload and are registered with a GP in Calderdale or Huddersfield may be reviewed, they may also be referred directly from CHFT staff or Gateway to Care when concerns about medication that might increase chances of admission or readmission are identified. Patients may be on high-risk medication or complex regimes.

Main duties of the job

• Review medication and work closely with Community Teams
• Ensure patients are able to derive the maximum benefit from prescribed medication.
• Participates in MDT meetings.
• Liaise with GPs and community pharmacists to ensure that medicines are reconciled following transfer to primary care. Identify and follow up any discrepancies.
• To communicate with GPs, community pharmacies and hospital consultants any recommendations in respect to individual patient medication changes,
• To provide pharmaceutical counselling to patients in the domiciliary care setting in order to improve concordance and compliance with medicines and to reduce risks from medication related events.
• To work in an independent manner to explore all ways of supporting patients with complex medication issues.
• To work in partnership with the patient, carers and relatives to reflect patient choice, to support self-care.
• Work closely with Hospital at Home and UCR teams within CHFT and key personnel in the community in Calderdale and Huddersfield.
• To develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the appropriate healthcare professionals and other agencies in primary and secondary care.
• Work with the Community team to develop the service and provide training to staff
• Visits patients as a lone worker in their own homes or care homes.
• Participates in weekend, public holiday, out of hours and extended hours provision of pharmacy services

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent Degree in Pharmacy approved by RPSGB.
• Registered Pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Knowledge

• Evidence of practical experience of medication review in a hospital or community setting.
• Recent relevant pre-registration training and experience in hospital.
• Good knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicines Management and Pharmacy Practice acquired through training and experience.
• Evidence of Pharmacy Practice Research and Clinical Audit
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate commitment to CPD
• Able to fulfil all physical requirements of the post with Occupational Health clearance
• Knowledge of drug budgets

Communication and relationships

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Self-motivating and the ability to influence others
• Must be eligible to work in the UK.
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust
• Ability to use dispensing systems such as EMIS Web or similar
• Has recent experience using: Systmone, EMIS, Cerner and Pharmoutcomes
• Experience of managing staff

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearpro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours