Inpatient Pharmacist: Medicines Optimisation Lead (PT)

HCRG Care Group; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub

Wage access on demand

Wellbeing support

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

HCRG Care Group invites applications for a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) to deliver patient‑centred clinical pharmacy services on an inpatient ward. You will undertake comprehensive medication reviews, provide expert prescribing advice, and lead medicines optimisation to improve outcomes and safety.

The role is based at Savernake Community Hospital, Sunderland? and involves working 18.75 hours per week in a supportive team, with opportunities for education, development and effective discharge

Qualifications

• Deliver clinical medication reviews for inpatients.
• Provide prescribing advice to clinicians and wards.
• Lead medicines optimisation and cost-conscious use of medicines.
• Support medicines safety, governance and formulary compliance.
• Coordinate with the wider care team for safe discharge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive clinical medication reviews for inpatients, optimising treatment and improving patient outcomes.
• Provide expert prescribing, therapeutics, and medicines‑related advice to clinical and non‑clinical colleagues.
• Lead on medicines optimisation, supporting patients to gain the maximum benefit from their medicines.
• Actively promote the safe, effective, and cost‑conscious use of medicines in line with best practice and local formulary guidance.
• Identify and address unmet pharmaceutical needs, ensuring high standards of medicines safety and governance.
• Undertake deprescribing activities, reducing unnecessary medicines and minimising pharmaceutical waste.
• Provide professional leadership on the ward for medicines‑related matters, including risk management, clinical governance, formulary compliance, service development, and expenditure awareness.
• Support safe and timely patient discharge through effective medicines reconciliation and coordination with the wider care team.
• Deliver high‑quality, patient‑facing care, engaging directly with patients and carers to support understanding and adherence.
• Contribute to the development of the workforce by providing education and training on medicines optimisation to ward‑based staff.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy review

Prescribing support

Medicines optimisation

Governance & safety

Medicines reconciliation

Staff education

Job description

HCRG Care Group invites applications for a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) to deliver patient‑centred clinical pharmacy services on an inpatient ward. You will undertake comprehensive medication reviews, provide expert prescribing advice, and lead medicines optimisation to improve outcomes and safety.

The role is based at Savernake Community Hospital, Sunderland? and involves working 18.75 hours per week in a supportive team, with opportunities for education, development and effective discharge