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Humankind Charity

Regional Lead Pharmacist

The closing date is 22 September 2025

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Job summary

Please note the location for this role is not specific, theregion can be anywhere due to service need.

Are you an experienced Pharmacist looking for an exciting new challenge? Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of people with multiple disadvantages? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!In this role, you will help us to provide specialist, tailored support to those who need it most. You will work closely with the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team to provide leadership to pharmacy professionals and enable the delivery of a high-quality pharmacy and medicines optimisation service for our substance use and adult mental health social care service providers.

Main duties of the job

  • Developing and delivering clinically safe and effective services, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and professional bodies' requirements with the support of Waythrough colleagues
  • Contributing to the development of clinical policies and procedures by supporting working parties, delivering staff training and communicating and implementing at regional/service level.
  • Analysis of data sets (national and organisational) and making subsequent recommendations in line with best practice guidelines and Waythrough policies and procedures
  • Supporting the development and implementation of action plans following service audits for achieving and maintaining performance targets and KPIs and appropriate quality standards.

About us

What can Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) offer you?

  • A rewarding role that allows you to make a tangible impact in your community.
  • Opportunity for professional growth and development in the field of substance misuse and criminal justice.
  • Collaborative and supportive work environment.
  • Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years service) Annual leave purchase scheme Enhanced occupational sick pay% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
  • Death in service benefit
  • Free Will writing
  • Eyecare vouchers
  • Blue light card discount Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
  • Work-life balance- flexible working and family-friendly policies Happy, Healthy You! our wellbeing offers for our workforce
  • Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

Details

Date posted

05 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£59,824 to £65,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0061-VN5511

Job locations

Inspiration House, Unit 22

North Industrial Estate

Bowburn

County Durham

DH6 5PF


80 Holloway Road

London

N7 8JG


Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Director of Pharmacy in providing education and leadership to pharmacy professionals and clinical colleagues locally and regionally. To support in the development of policy, enable safety and quality in service delivery and mobilisation/decommissioning of services.

Key accountabilities:

  • Support the Director of Pharmacy to provide leadership and management to the Clinical Services in various regions and communicate key decisions.
  • Contribute to the development of the Clinical strategy through involvement in strategic business planning and communicating and implementing this at service and regional level.
  • Support the Director of Pharmacy to develop and implement action plans for achieving and maintaining performance targets and KPIs and appropriate quality standards.
  • Work in conjunction with the Regional/National Leads and Service Clinical Directors in developing and delivering clinically safe and effective services, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and professional bodies' requirements
  • Contribute to the development of clinical policy by leading and joining working parties, delivering staff training and communicating and implementing at regional/service level.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Director of Pharmacy in providing education and leadership to pharmacy professionals and clinical colleagues locally and regionally. To support in the development of policy, enable safety and quality in service delivery and mobilisation/decommissioning of services.

Key accountabilities:

  • Support the Director of Pharmacy to provide leadership and management to the Clinical Services in various regions and communicate key decisions.
  • Contribute to the development of the Clinical strategy through involvement in strategic business planning and communicating and implementing this at service and regional level.
  • Support the Director of Pharmacy to develop and implement action plans for achieving and maintaining performance targets and KPIs and appropriate quality standards.
  • Work in conjunction with the Regional/National Leads and Service Clinical Directors in developing and delivering clinically safe and effective services, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and professional bodies' requirements
  • Contribute to the development of clinical policy by leading and joining working parties, delivering staff training and communicating and implementing at regional/service level.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered as a Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
  • Relevant post-graduate study (post-graduate diploma or equivalent)

Desirable

  • independent Prescriber.
  • Accreditation with relevant professional body e.g. RPS Faculty, CMHP
  • credentialed.
  • Further post-graduate qualifications/accreditation in substance misuse/associated
  • subject matter e.g. RCGP Part 2, MSc, RPS credentialed as consultant-ready.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered as a Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
  • Relevant post-graduate study (post-graduate diploma or equivalent)

Desirable

  • independent Prescriber.
  • Accreditation with relevant professional body e.g. RPS Faculty, CMHP
  • credentialed.
  • Further post-graduate qualifications/accreditation in substance misuse/associated
  • subject matter e.g. RCGP Part 2, MSc, RPS credentialed as consultant-ready.

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).

Additional information

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

Employer name

Humankind Charity

Address

Inspiration House, Unit 22

North Industrial Estate

Bowburn

County Durham

DH6 5PF


Employer's website

https://humankindcharity.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Humankind Charity

Address

Inspiration House, Unit 22

North Industrial Estate

Bowburn

County Durham

DH6 5PF


Employer's website

https://humankindcharity.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Jack Skiggs

jack.skiggs@waythrough.org.uk

07588784255

Details

Date posted

05 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£59,824 to £65,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0061-VN5511

Job locations

Inspiration House, Unit 22

North Industrial Estate

Bowburn

County Durham

DH6 5PF


80 Holloway Road

London

N7 8JG


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