Lead Mental Health Hospitals Pharmacist - Band 8a

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Leicester is seeking a Lead Clinical Pharmacist to enhance mental health services. This role involves providing strategic oversight and ensuring the safe use of medications within a dynamic pharmacy team. Ideal candidates will have a strong hospital background and a commitment to high-quality patient care. Flexible working options may be available.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with significant hospital experience.
• Strong clinical knowledge in mental health medications.
• Ability to lead and mentor pharmacy team.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and clinical leadership within pharmacy services.
• Ensure safe and effective medicines use across the Trust.
• Lead quality improvement and governance activities.
• Promote collaborative working for continuity of care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical oversight

Governance

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Patient care

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

Lead Mental Health Hospitals Pharmacist - Band 8a

Exciting Opportunity: Band 8a Lead Clinical Pharmacist working in Mental Health Services.

Location: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) pharmacy building in the grounds of Glenfield Hospital

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM or 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM (On-call duties as required)

We are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Band 8a Lead Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic and supportive Hospital Pharmacy team at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT).

This is an excellent role for a motivated and detail-oriented pharmacist who is passionate about delivering high-quality care. If you\'re currently working in a hospital pharmacy or have hospital experience, we welcome your application if you\'re ready to broaden your clinical knowledge and develop expertise in specialised areas of healthcare.

At LPT, we pride ourselves on delivering an innovative, technology-enhanced pharmacy service. Our fully integrated electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system is supported by advanced tools including automated controlled drug dispensing, robotics, and digital CD registers placing us at the forefront of digital healthcare delivery.

You'll be joining a well-established, forward-thinking team dedicated to excellence in clinical pharmacy. This role offers a stimulating environment where professional growth is encouraged and supported.

For further information or to discuss the role, please contact: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

As a Lead Pharmacist, you will provide strategic, professional, and clinical leadership within the pharmacy service, ensuring delivery of a safe, effective, and patient-centred pharmacy service across the Trust. You will be responsible for service development, governance, and workforce leadership, while maintaining a visible clinical presence to support high standards of patient care.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Leadership and Service Development: provide strategic direction and develop the pharmacy service to meet needs across the Trust.
• Clinical Oversight: ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based medicines use and clinically lead on complex cases.
• Governance, Quality, and Risk Management: lead governance activities, quality improvement, and risk management within the service.
• Collaborative Working and Continuity of Care: promote multidisciplinary collaboration and ensure continuity of care for patients.

Please apply via the jobs portal to view the full list of Key Responsibilities, job description, and person specification.

About us

We may close the advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to community settings, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants; please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. The cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual and deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

If you would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please apply and you will be redirected to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification.

Qualifications

Details of the full criteria are available on the vacancies page. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Experience

Details of the full criteria are available on the vacancies page. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.