Specialist Pharmacist for Surgery | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a clinical pharmacist to join their progressive pharmacy team. In this role, you will support the surgical directorate and enhance your clinical skills. Responsibilities include managing staff, providing a medicines optimisation service, and acting as an independent non-medical prescriber. The Trust encourages professional development and offers a chance to make a difference in patient care. Flexible working options are available. Apply by 11 Jan 2026.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical pharmacy services within surgical services.
• Ability to act as an independent non-medical prescriber.
• Strong management skills for staff and clinical services.

Responsibilities

• Support the clinical pharmacy service for surgical services.
• Collaborate with the lead pharmacist to ensure effective service delivery.
• Provide a medicines optimisation service to the surgical division.
• Manage staff in line with the pharmacy objectives.
• Share responsibility for the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy service management

Medicines optimisation

Independent non-medical prescribing

Staff management

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Pharmacist qualification

Experience in surgical services

Job description

We have an exciting new opportunity to welcome a clinical pharmacist to our innovative and progressive Hampshire Hospitals Pharmacy team to support the surgical directorate, which includes the new Integrated Care System collaboration in the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre (HOC). This is a unique role in which you can develop your specialist skillset and advance your clinical skills.

As a specialist Pharmacist, you will spend time in a patient‑facing role working within surgical services and the HOC to support the clinical service. You will gain experience and training to enhance your advanced clinical and non‑clinical skills. The Trust has a strong multidisciplinary approach with extended roles for non‑medical staff. The successful candidate will receive support from the HOC and Pharmacy teams, opportunities to develop and embed their careers, and to make a difference to patients’ lives.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of the Clinical Pharmacy Service provided to surgical services, including the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre, with responsibility for staff management in line with pharmacy objectives set by the Associate Director of Pharmacy, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacy Manager and line manager.
• Collaborate with the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery to ensure the provision of an effective and efficient service for all patients of the services.
• Work at a specialist level providing a medicines optimisation service to the surgical division, focusing on the HOC, as part of the multidisciplinary and clinical pharmacy teams.
• Act as an independent non‑medical prescriber, in accordance with the Health & Social Care Act 2001, specialising in an area of choice relevant to the surgical division.
• Manage staff to ensure the effective operation of the services provided to the speciality on behalf of the Lead Surgical Pharmacist.
• Share joint responsibility with other specialist and clinical pharmacists within the clinical team for the overall delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to surgical services and orthopaedics under the supervision of the Lead Surgical Pharmacist.

About the Trust

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors.

Happy to talk flexible working – please ask at interview.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We welcome applications from pharmacists who may not meet all the essential criteria or who have gained clinical experience in primary care.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026.