Medicines Management -Lead Pharmacist

Psychiatry UK; Camelford; Remote; GBP 72,000; Part time

Job summary

Psychiatry UK seeks a Medicines Management - Lead Pharmacist to ensure quality and governance in prescribing practices. The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to maintain compliance, oversee controlled drugs, and support strategic planning. As a remote part-time position, the candidate must possess strong leadership and communication skills, along with a relevant health science background.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan

Well Hub Subscription

Employee Assistance Programme

Annual Volunteering Day

Enhanced Sickness and Family Leave pay

Length of Service Bonus

Work from Home allowance

Pension options

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a registered prescriber.
• In-depth understanding of legislation in prescribing.
• Experience in policy development and clinical audit.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership on medicines safety.
• Oversee controlled drug governance.
• Monitor prescribing trends and address data reporting issues.

Skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Problem-solving

Critical thinking

Education

BSc in a health science subject

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Medicines Management -Lead Pharmacist

United Kingdom (Remote)

Reporting to: Director of Quality and Safety

Remuneration: £72,000 FTE- plus £1000 working from home allowance

Contract Type: Permanent / Part-Time: 0.6 (24hours per week)

Location: Home-based/various UK meeting locations as required

Closing Date for applications: Friday 27^th June at 12noon

About Us:

Psychiatry UK is the UK’s leading provider of digital psychiatry services, working both privately and with the NHS to support children, teenagers and adults with expert, patient-centred care.

A career with Psychiatry UK allows you to expand your knowledge, enhance your skills, and gain valuable life experience—all while enjoying the flexibility of a remote part-time role. As part of a leading online mental health service, you'll collaborate with innovative, forward-thinking professionals in a dynamic, multidisciplinary team committed to making a real difference.

The Medicines Management - Lead Pharmacist will hold overall responsibility for the quality, safety, and governance of prescribing practices and medicines management at Psychiatry UK. The Medicines Management - Lead Pharmacist will play a key strategic and operational role in ensuring safe, compliant, and effective prescribing across the organisation.

This is a home-based role (applicants must reside in the UK), though occasional travel may be required for face-to-face meetings at various locations within the UK.

As our Medicines Management - Lead Pharmacist you will:

• Work collaboratively with teams across the organisation to ensure compliance and best practice in all aspects of medicines management.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership on medicines safety and prescribing standards across the organisation.
• Support strategic planning and decision-making by advising senior management and executive colleagues on medicines-related governance.

• Maintain and update relevant policies, SOPs and guidance.
• In collaboration with the Associate Director of Clinical Governance chair the Medicines Optimisation Group.

• Oversee controlled drug (CD) PIN governance in collaboration with HR and clinical systems.

• Ensure the clinical prescribing portal is accurate and compliant, including limiting available medication options, correcting prescriber details, and ensuring only verified clinicians are able to prescribe.

• Review and respond to MHRA Medicines Recalls and Drug Alerts.

• Support the safe and effective implementation of an electronic prescribing system in partnership with operational colleagues.

• Contribute to the development of training for staff.

• Contribute to medicines-related audits by providing expert advice and reviewing findings and action plans.

• Monitor prescribing trends across the organisation and work with relevant teams to resolve any issues in data reporting systems.

• Maintain an overview of medicines-related incidents, working closely with the incident reporting and patient safety teams.

• Respond to internal medication-related queries, including questions around polypharmacy or complex prescribing cases.

• Act as the lead point of contact for external medication and prescribing queries from Integrated Care Boards (ICBs).

• Liaise with NHSBSA regarding prescription queries, including submission and reimbursement processes.
• Plan own workload to ensure that tasks are met.
• Prioritise workload with consideration to issues arising and responding to shifting priorities appropriately.
• Actively participate in regular supervision with line manager and the PUK PDR process for maintaining and developing personal skills and meeting agreed objectives.
• The post holder will attend online training as relevant to the post including mandatory training courses.

To succeed as our Medicines Management – Lead Pharmacist, you will:

Possess strong relationship-building and communication skills, essential for effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. You will demonstrate high-level problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, enabling you to address complex challenges with sound judgment and efficiency. A proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment is crucial, along with excellent communication skills to ensure clear, professional interactions with colleagues, patients, and stakeholders.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• BSc (or equivalent) in a health science subject (e.g. Pharmacy, Nursing).
• Proven experience as a registered prescriber.
• In-depth understanding of relevant legislation, risk, and best practice in prescribing and medicines management.
• Demonstrable experience of policy development, review, and implementation.
• Experience conducting or overseeing clinical audit and data analysis.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Background in pharmacy or structured medicines governance roles.
• Previous leadership or strategic-level experience within a healthcare organisation.

Psychiatry UK: Supporting You

We want you to enjoy your work while feeling healthy, happy, and appreciated. That’s why we’ve created a benefits package designed with you in mind. You’ll have access to a range of wellbeing perks, including a Health Cash Plan, Well Hub Subscription, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Annual Volunteering Day, Enhanced Sickness and Family Leave pay, Length of Service Bonus, Work from Home allowance and Pension options.

At Psychiatry UK, we care about what matters to you.

Recruitment Process

At Psychiatry UK, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Our process includes:

• Application
• Profile review
• Screening conversation
• Competency based interview(s)

If at any point you require any reasonable adjustments —such as additional time, assistive technology, or an alternative format for materials—please let us know. We are happy to accommodate your needs to ensure you have a fair and comfortable experience. Please feel free to reach out to us at [e-mail] to discuss any adjustments that would support you.

If this opportunity excites you, why not apply today? We review applications as they come in and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of interest. To ensure you don’t miss out, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.