Senior Pharmacist – Outpatient Pharmacy

Hampshire Hospitals NHS; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS is seeking a Responsible Pharmacist to lead the Outpatients pharmacy team. You will ensure pharmaceutical services align with clinical guidelines, manage staff, and contribute significantly to patient care. This role requires strong leadership skills and a Clinical Diploma, offering a chance to make an impact in a trusted healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable leadership experience and/or training.
• Management experience and/or training.
• Clinical Diploma required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Outpatient multi-disciplinary teams with effective pharmaceutical care.
• Monitor key quality and performance indicators and recommend actions.
• Assist the Superintendent Pharmacist in leading the clinical pharmacy service.

Skills

Line management

Education

Clinical Diploma

Job description

Job overview

As a member of the Outpatients pharmacy team, you will contribute to the provision of a range of pharmaceutical services, including issuing prescriptions, providing advice where appropriate, and working alongside the Outpatient Pharmacy team to ensure all pharmacy duties are carried out in accordance with legal and relevant clinical guidelines, as well as departmental procedures to meet customer needs.

You will be required to deputise in the absence of the Superintendent Pharmacist, demonstrating strong professional leadership and decision-making skills, as well as line management of junior staff.

Main duties of the job

1. Support the Outpatient multi-disciplinary teams and Trust services with effective pharmaceutical care and intervention for patients, particularly regarding medicines supply and management.
2. Monitor key quality and performance indicators, service pressures, and recommend or implement actions to address them. Report on workforce requirements to meet service demand.
3. Assist the Superintendent Pharmacist in leading, developing, delivering, and evaluating the clinical pharmacy service.
4. Manage designated staff within the Outpatient pharmacy team, including supervision, attendance, performance management, and staff training needs.
5. Act as the Responsible Pharmacist for the service as required.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is central to our operations across three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

We aim to foster a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where everyone belongs, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services nationally and internationally, including treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei, and are leaders in tertiary liver and colorectal cancers.

The trust employs over 9,000 staff with an annual turnover exceeding £500 million. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors, who influence our future plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification. Feel free to contact us for further discussion.

Person specification

Essential/desirable

• Demonstrable leadership experience and/or training
• Management experience and/or training
• Clinical Diploma

Skills

• Line management