Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Nutrition

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England seeks a Lead Pharmacist to enhance patient care in surgical wards. This role involves assessing and delivering parenteral nutrition for complex patients while mentoring pharmacy staff. Opportunities for professional growth and training are provided in a supportive environment, emphasizing patient-centered care and leadership skills. The position is permanent and part-time, with a competitive salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 per year.

Benefits

Training-focused environment

Supportive team atmosphere

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist in the UK.
• Accredited independent prescriber.
• Clinical knowledge in specialist areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized patient care in surgical wards.
• Assess and plan nutritional needs for patients.
• Mentor pharmacy staff and provide training.

Skills

Expertise in clinical pharmacy

Ability to teach and supervise

Autonomous decision-making

Effective communication

Education

Vocational degree in pharmacy

Registered with the GPhC

Postgraduate training in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen within our clinical pharmacy team to further develop specialist patient care. We are looking for an innovative, experienced lead pharmacist (8a) to come and deliver best practice, patient centred care to our surgical patients.

The post offers the opportunity to deliver and further develop pharmacy services at a senior level in line with the aspirations of the Trust and the pharmacy department delivering direct clinical care. The Trust is expanding the Nutrition Support Team to develop the service to our patients with complex nutritional needs. Working with consultants, nursing and dietetic staff you will support the enhanced service for patients requiring intravenous feeding. Training can be provided to support delivery of this extended service. In addition, we can offer the opportunity to develop your clinical, leadership and managerial skills to suit the role.

For candidates who are keen to develop their skills and knowledge in nutrition support, we can provide clear goals and objectives in a development plan, to help you reach your full potential.

We are committed to achieving a balance between high quality service delivery and professional development. We can offer you a supportive and training‑focused environment, within a friendly team.

Main Duties of the Job

Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment: As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role.

Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email [e-mail].

Provide direct highly specialised patient care utilising your prescribing skills to our surgical wards at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

Working as part of the MDT, assess, plan and deliver parenteral nutrition for patients with complex nutritional needs.

Assess and identify key areas for service development and expansion in conjunction with the team lead.

Become the expert on medications in this field both within the directorate, the wider pharmacy team and across the trust and ICB.

Act as a mentor and role model for pharmacists and technicians.

Provide education and training to pharmacy staff and the wider MDT on specialist medications and pharmacy services.

About Us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital‑based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest.

Ensuring people feel cared for.

Showing respect to everyone.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS checks and costs: Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Posting Details

Date posted: 17 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part‑time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9365-25-1103

Job Location

Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Job Purpose

As part of a multiprofessional team, the post holder will practice autonomously as an independent prescribing pharmacist, directly delivering high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical care to surgical patients. They will also support the advancement of the nutrition support team service for the provision of parenteral nutrition.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• Professional knowledge acquired through a vocational degree in pharmacy
• Currently Registered as a pharmacist in UK: Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Clinical specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate level training e.g. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, RPS advanced level framework or specialist clinical modules relevant to the role.
• Currently meeting the GPhC standard for continuing professional development.
• Accredited independent prescriber

Qualifications (Desirable)

• Have undertaken a Health Assessment course
• Working towards RPS Faculty membership
• Holds a leadership or management qualification
• Formal teaching/training on providing feedback
• Qualified DPP

Knowledge and Skills (Essential)

• Able to provide appropriate level teaching and supervision for pharmacy, medical and nursing staff and able to identify when teaching is required.

Knowledge and Skills (Desirable)

• Understands medicines budget management and its importance and actively promotes cost effective use of medicines

Personal Qualities (Essential)

• Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care.
• Capable of analysing highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
• Able to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
• Able to communicate information about medicines when there are barriers to understanding.

Experience (Essential)

• Current experience in delivering specialist clinical services to a surgical speciality or directorate
• Practicing prescriber
• Experience in influencing and persuading senior secondary care clinicians in relation to optimal medicine treatment for patients
• Working autonomously or as part of an MDT, making prescribing decisions related to medications based on evaluation of evidence and risk/benefit to a patient/ patient cohort.
• Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of trainee pharmacists, pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff.
• Experience of preparing and delivering reports, audits, clinical guidelines at directorate/ divisional level
• Experience in developing and implementing quality improvement

Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment

• As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)