Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader (XR09)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds seeks a Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader to manage a team responsible for delivering specialist pharmacy services in unplanned care. The ideal candidate will ensure safe drug therapy and lead a dynamic pharmacy team. This permanent position offers a salary of £64,455 to £74,896 per year, with full-time and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Very significant post registration clinical pharmacy experience.
• Understanding of local and national pharmaceutical strategies.
• Experience in team dynamics and leadership strategies.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team delivering specialist clinical pharmacy services.
• Ensure safe and effective drug therapy delivery.
• Provide professional leadership in defined clinical areas.

Skills

Team player

Adaptability

Problem-solving

Exceptional communication skills

Effective planning

Time management

Education

MRPharmS

Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and proactive leader looking for your next challenge? Do you enjoy working in a dedicated team environment? We are looking for a passionate and motivated Pharmacist to lead and manage a team of pharmacy professionals, alongside the pharmacy services to our unplanned care - adult medicine specialities at LGI including trauma and orthopaedics, neurology and neurosurgery, cardiology, vascular surgery, adult critical care, ENT/head and neck & plastic surgery

Are you interested in being part of an innovative pharmacy department and be instrumental in influencing the direction of pharmacy services within these areas? If you want to work as part of a dynamic and forward thinking team to make a difference to patient care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services to our adult medicine specialities within unplanned care at Leeds General Infirmary. You will lead and line manage a team of clinical pharmacists that are responsible for clinical pharmacy across a range of specialities including trauma and orthopaedics, neurology and neurosurgery, cardiology, vascular surgery, adult critical care, ENT/head and neck & plastic surgery

You will develop strategic plans and staffing requirements for pharmacy services to these areas.

You will develop and manage the delivery of pharmacy services to ensure efficient use of resources and systems including monitoring drug expenditure and delivery of financial savings. You will be responsible for the provision of information to CSU's regarding clinical and financial governance, and issues around service delivery and future developments.

There are fantastic opportunities for getting involved in quality improvement and practice research projects

We want you to inspire our diverse and highly skilled team of clinical pharmacy staff and play a key leadership role in the Trust, and wider care systems, in delivering our vision of medicines optimisation within these unplanned care specialities.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, providing a wide range of specialist and general hospital services for the people of Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond. With a strong focus on innovation, education and research, we are proud to deliver world-class care across our five hospital sites.

At Leeds General Infirmary we deliver world-class specialist services including one of the UKs busiest Trauma and Orthopaedics centres, advanced Neurology and Neurosurgery, and regional hubs for Cardiology and Vascular Surgery. Our Adult Critical Care unit supports patients across trauma, neurosurgery and beyond, while our expert teams in ENT, Head & Neck and Plastic Surgery provide highly specialised care with regional and national referrals. Together these services create a dynamic, varied and stimulating environment.

Details

Date posted: 06 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8b

Salary: £64,455 to £74,896 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9298-MMP-436

Job locations: St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF

Job description

JOB DETAILS

Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader

JOB PURPOSE

To manage a team of pharmacists delivering specialist clinical pharmacy services to specified Clinical Service/Support Units (CSUs) within the Trust. To be the first point of contact, and support for the CSUs, on all matters relating to pharmacy.

JOB DIMENSIONS

Provide expert opinion, both within and outside pharmacy, to ensure the safe and effective delivery of drug therapy to defined clinical areas.

Provide pharmaceutical professional leadership for defined clinical areas by liaison with pharmacy operational services and key members of the CSU. Be responsible for professional leadership for specified area of Trust e.g. locality hospital.

The post holder will also perform the role of a lead clinical pharmacist to a defined clinical area. In this role, the post holder will ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation. The post holder is expected to determine how the outcomes are best achieved in specific circumstances.

Person Specification

Skills and Behaviours

• Team player
• Be highly adaptive to changing circumstances and situations
• Lateral thinker and good problem solver
• Exceptional communication skills written, verbal, and listening
• Be able to plan effectively both own workload and that of specialist team
• Excellent time management skills

Experience

• Very significant post registration clinical pharmacy experience
• Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
• Team dynamics and effective leadership strategies to optimise performance

Qualifications

• MRPharmS
• Post Graduate Diploma or clinical pharmacy equivalent