Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services

Integrated Care System; England; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in England is looking for a Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services. This role involves providing clinical leadership and mentorship, overseeing pharmacy services, and driving strategic initiatives for continuous improvement and optimal patient care. Candidates should hold a Master's degree in pharmacy and have significant experience in a clinical pharmacy setting. The position offers a competitive salary range of £76,965 to £88,682 annually.

Qualifications

• Significant supervisory experience in a clinical pharmacy setting.
• Knowledge of national regulations and legislation relevant to clinical pharmacy.
• Experience collaborating with senior healthcare professionals outside of pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the clinical pharmacy team and foster a culture of excellence.
• Ensure safe and effective use of medicines through clinical oversight.
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives aligned with organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with healthcare staff to integrate pharmacy services.

Skills

Complex information analysis

Formulating strategic plans

Knowledge impartation to healthcare professionals

Team leadership

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent

Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Pharmacy

Band: 8c

Interview Date: 11th September 2025

We are recruiting for a Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this job is to provide clinical leadership to the pharmacy clinical services team and to be a senior leader within the department to ensure the delivery of exceptional clinical pharmacy services, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. With a focus on continuous improvement and innovation, this role requires strategic leadership, mentorship and collaboration across the Trust and wider system to optimise medicines management and enhance patient outcomes.

Our values areBold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management Lead and manage the clinical pharmacy team, providing guidance, mentorship and support to foster a culture of excellence and collaboration.

Clinical oversight Provide professional oversight of clinical pharmacy services across all wards, clinics and departments, ensuring the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines.

Clinical Practice To develop an area of clinical expertise and provide a regular clinical commitment, working as an independent prescriber in a specialist area of practice.

Strategic development Develop and implement strategic initiatives to enhance clinical pharmacy services, aligning with organisational objectives and national guidelines

Education and Training Lead the education and training of clinical pharmacy staff, ensuring continuous professional development and adherence to best practices.

Collaboration and Integration Collaborate with senior medical, nursing and managerial staff to improvement medicines management process and integrate pharmacy services across the healthcare system

Research and innovation Drive research and innovation in clinical pharmacy practice, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and best practices in the field

Quality Assurance Establish processes for monitoring and assessing performance and standards within the clinical pharmacy service ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to regulatory requirements.

Community Engagement Foster strong partnerships with community healthcare providers and regional stakeholders to enhance collaborative care and service delivery.

Workforce Planning Lead workforce planning initiatives within the clinical pharmacy service, ensuring appropriate skill mix and resource allocation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Knowledge

• Advanced level knowledge of clinical pharmacy and an ability to apply abstract and sometimes contradictory data to practice
• Knowledge of the requirements of national organisations involved in clinical pharmacy e.g. DoH, RPS, UKCPA.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and legislation

Experience

• Significant experience of performing and supervising projects.
• Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of pharmacy to achieve cross -Trust developments.
• Experience of leading and developing clinical pharmacy services

Skills

• Be able to provide highly complex information on clinical pharmacy and medicines management issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
• Be able to analyse highly complex information relating to medicines and their uses
• Be able to formulate and deliver on long term strategic plans for the effective development and delivery of clinical pharmacy services
• Have experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner

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.

£76,965 to £88,682 a yearper annum/pro rata