Part-Time Ward Clinical Pharmacist – Medicines Optimisation

Hcrg Care Group; Marlborough; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

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NHS Pension

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CPD and development opportunities

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) to join the ward team at Savernake Community Hospital in Wiltshire. You will deliver a high‑quality clinical pharmacy service for inpatients, collaborating with ward clinicians, GPs, and carers to optimise medicines and patient care.

You’ll lead medicines optimisation, provide expert prescribing advice, and contribute to patient safety and governance.

Qualifications

• Deliver comprehensive clinical medication reviews for inpatients, optimising treatment and improving patient outcomes.
• Provide expert prescribing, therapeutics, and medicines-related advice to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.
• Lead on medicines optimisation, supporting patients to gain the maximum benefit from their medicines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive clinical medication reviews for inpatients, optimising treatment and improving patient outcomes.
• Provide expert prescribing, therapeutics, and medicines‑related advice to clinical and non‑clinical colleagues, including doctors, nurses, nursing associates, pharmacy technicians, and wider health and social care professionals.
• Lead on medicines optimisation, supporting patients to gain the maximum benefit from their medicines.
• Actively promote the safe, effective, and cost‑conscious use of medicines in line with best practice and local formulary guidance.
• Identify and address unmet pharmaceutical needs, ensuring high standards of medicines safety and governance.
• Undertake deprescribing activities, reducing unnecessary medicines and minimising pharmaceutical waste.
• Provide professional leadership on the ward for medicines‑related matters, including risk management, clinical governance, formulary compliance, service development, and expenditure awareness.
• Support safe and timely patient discharge through effective medicines reconciliation and coordination with the wider care team.
• Deliver high‑quality, patient‑facing care, engaging directly with patients and carers to support understanding and adherence.
• Contribute to the development of the workforce by providing education and training on medicines optimisation to ward‑based staff.

Job description

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) to join the ward team at Savernake Community Hospital in Wiltshire. You will deliver a high‑quality clinical pharmacy service for inpatients, collaborating with ward clinicians, GPs, and carers to optimise medicines and patient care.

You’ll lead medicines optimisation, provide expert prescribing advice, and contribute to patient safety and governance.