Lead Clinical Pharmacist

NSFT; Norwich; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

NHS staff discounts

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior pharmacist (Band 8a) for a fixed-term 12-month contract based at Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich. The post leads clinical pharmacy services, provides expert input to multidisciplinary teams and offers line management support for pharmacy staff.

You must be registered with the GPhC and hold an MPharm with relevant clinical and leadership experience, including mental health pharmacy, to drive medicines optimisation across designated wards.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent recognised by GPhC.
• Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or postgraduate experience.
• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Pharmacy or equivalent training.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical pharmacy care to service users with mental illness or learning disabilities in inpatient and community settings.
• Lead and manage designated pharmacy services for the Head of Clinical Services' area.
• Support medicines optimisation and service improvement initiatives.
• Mentor pharmacists and contribute to professional development.
• Divide time between operational duties and leadership of specialist pharmacy services.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Prioritisation

Organisation

Education

MPharm

GPhC registration

Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy

Royal College of Pharmacy membership

Mental Health Pharmacy qualification

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday) Job ref 246-COR8315457

Site Hellesdon Hospital Town Norwich Salary £57,528 - £64,750 gross per annum/ pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge in a senior leadership role?

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic registered pharmacist to join our friendly pharmacy team. This full-time post (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday) is based at Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich.

You will lead and develop clinical pharmacy services across designated inpatient wards, providing expert clinical input within multidisciplinary teams, line management and professional support to pharmacy staff, and operational leadership for designated pharmacy services on behalf of the Head of Clinical Services. You will also contribute to service improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives.

You must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, prioritisation and organisational skills are essential.

Please note this is a fixed-term position for one year.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will;

• Provide advanced clinical pharmacy and medicines related care to service users with mental illness or learning disabilities in inpatient and community settings.
• Be responsible for the operational delivery and development of pharmacy services to a clinical team within a specified geographical area.
• Be responsible for providing pharmacy and medicines related care to allocated teams to ensure medicines prescribed are safe, effective, optimised and appropriate.
• Lead and manage designated pharmacy services on behalf of the Head of Clinical Services, ensuring delivery of service objectives, performance standards, quality improvement and ongoing development.
• Provide professional pharmacist support to the site you are based and mentor other pharmacists in the trust (including trainees) as required.
• Undertake line management responsibility for pharmacy staff.
• Have a responsibility to educate and develop the pharmacy and wider healthcare workforce as part of a teaching organisation.
• Divide your time between operational and service management responsibilities, hands‑on clinical pharmacy provision to allocated wards/units, and leadership of designated specialist pharmacy services, including Medicines Information and other services as required.

Working for our organisation

Benefits of working for NSFT includes:-

• Comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of clinical pharmacy
• Detailed knowledge of mental health therapeutics

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent qualification recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Current registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate Diploma, MSc, or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy
• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Pharmacy or equivalent specialist training

Experience

• Clinical pharmacy experience at band 7
• Clinical pharmacy experience in mental health or similar specialty
• Education and training of others
• Good understanding of interface issues
• Experience of line management and HR processes

Skills

• Able to communicate effectively with individuals from all agencies and at all levels including service users, carers, and the public
• Critical appraisal and audit skills
• Experienced in writing guidelines and reports

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail].

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.