Divisional Pharmacy Professional Lead

NHS; Hove; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking a Divisional Pharmacy Professional Lead to lead clinical and operational pharmacy services. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in clinical pharmacy, knowledge of medicines optimisation, and demonstrated leadership skills. This role is pivotal in driving quality improvement and supporting a multi-disciplinary team to enhance patient safety and care quality. The organization fosters a positive work-life balance with various employee benefits, including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Access to psychological support

Flexible working opportunities

Discount schemes for gyms and restaurants

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience and strong leadership in clinical pharmacy.
• Expert knowledge of governance and CQC standards.
• Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership for clinical pharmacy services.
• Drive quality improvement and lead innovation across services.
• Support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist in Education and Training agenda.

Skills

Leadership in clinical pharmacy services

Medicines optimisation

Collaboration across multidisciplinary teams

Education

Master's level degree in a health-related field

Job description

Are you an experienced pharmacy leader ready to make a Trust-wide impact? We're looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking Divisional Pharmacy Professional Lead (DPPL) to join our senior pharmacy leadership team. Based within the Brighton & Hove (B&H) Division, you'll provide professional leadership for clinical and operational pharmacy services for B&H Division and Specialist Division. The post will support and deliver excellence in medicines optimisation and patient safety.

Main duties of the job

As DPPL, you'll work closely with divisional leadership teams to ensure high standards of medicines use and governance, drive quality improvement and lead innovation across services. You'll champion professional development and workforce wellbeing, helping our teams deliver outstanding, person-centred care that reflects our Trust values.

As DPPL for B&H you will also support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist in delivering the Education and Training agenda for our pharmacy professional workforce and our wider multi-disciplinary team.

Our pharmacy service was named APTUK Pharmacy Technician Team of the Year 2025, recognised nationally for innovation, collaboration and advancing pharmacy technician practice in mental health.

This is a high-impact leadership role, ideal for a senior pharmacist with extensive experience in clinical pharmacy, service transformation, and medicines governance - someone passionate about empowering teams and improving outcomes for patients.

About us

As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. You can expect:

• access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
• flexible working opportunities
• access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
• a position within a trust rated as outstanding for caring and good overall by the CQC
• generous holiday entitlement

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Job responsibilities

You will bring:

• Significant post-registration experience and a strong record of leadership in clinical pharmacy services
• Expert knowledge of medicines optimisation, governance , and CQC standards
• A collaborative approach to working across multidisciplinary teams and Divisions

Join us in shaping the future of pharmacy services across Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - ensuring every patient receives safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Apply now to lead, inspire, and innovate in pharmacy practice.

* For a more detailed account of the main responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to master's level or equivalent in a health-related field
• Evidence of significant relevant professional development
• Registered pharmacist (General Pharmaceutical Council)
• Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level

Experience

• Significant experience at a senior pharmacist level leading mental health and learning disability practice
• Professional regulatory experience - GPhC
• Pharmacy workforce, inc. recruitment and retention
• Medicines optimisation, governance and assurance processes
• Analysing highly complex information and developing practical and workable solutions to address them at pace.
• Experience of thinking and planning long term strategy
• Being able to prioritise programmes of work in the face of competing demands.
• Experience of managing and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
• Experience of achievement in negotiating and influencing others.
• Writing papers for sub committees
• Strong record of multi-professional collaborator internally and externally

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.