Lead Clinical Pharmacist | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join their Children and Young People's Mental Health Service in Canterbury. This role involves providing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service, engaging with patients, fostering professional growth, and supporting a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have a postgraduate pharmacy qualification, experience in mental health, and an independent prescribing qualification. This position promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace and offers excellent opportunities for development.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Support for postgraduate mental health pharmacy qualifications

NHS leadership programmes

Qualifications

• Hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification in pharmacy required.
• Experience in mental health is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality clinical pharmacy service within CYPMHS.
• Engage with children, young people, and their families in care decisions.
• Participate in the clinical pharmacist on-call rota.

Skills

Independent prescribing qualification

Experience in mental health

Excellent communication skills

Education

Postgraduate qualification in pharmacy

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed Clinical Pharmacist to join the Kent and Medway Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS).

This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist looking for an innovative clinical role at the forefront of patient‑centred care within the community, offering excellent opportunities for professional development and a good work–life balance.

In this role, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, supporting children and young people within community settings and, occasionally, in inpatient units across the Trust. This position offers significant scope for professional growth and advanced clinical practice.

Key responsibilities

• Providing a high‑quality clinical pharmacy service within CYPMHS, optimising patient outcomes, enhancing patient experience, and supporting care pathways across Kent and Medway in partnership with wider healthcare providers.
• Contributing to improved health outcomes by taking a holistic approach to care and ensuring the safe, effective use of medicines within CYPMHS.
• Engaging directly with children, young people, and their families, ensuring that their views inform decisions about their care.
• Promoting improvements in the quality, safety, and cost‑effectiveness of medicines use, and supporting holistic management of clinical conditions across CYPMHS.
• Line‑managing Pharmacy Technicians within CYPMHS.
• Participating in the clinical pharmacist on‑call rota.

Qualifications

The successful candidate should hold (or be working towards) an independent prescribing qualification, have a postgraduate qualification in pharmacy, and possess experience in mental health. Ongoing training and clinical supervision will be provided by the Consultant Pharmacist and Consultant Psychiatrists. You will also be supported by a Pharmacy Technician and the wider Trust Pharmacy Team, including community lead pharmacists.

Our pharmacists benefit from numerous professional development opportunities, including support for postgraduate mental health pharmacy qualifications and NHS leadership programmes.

The base for this post is the Kent and Medway CYPMHS in Canterbury, with periodic travel to other sites across Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under‑represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us – if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.

This advert closes on Saturday 31 Jan 2026.