Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Older Adults
The closing date is 01 September 2025
Job summary
This is a full-time fixed term contract for 16 months starting October/November 2025 depending on the successful candidate.
Planned Interview Date: 09/09/2025
We have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced pharmacist to join our pharmacy team as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Older Adults.
This role is ideal for either an experienced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist looking to take the next step in their career, or an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist looking to broaden their leadership skills and clinical portfolio.
About the Role - You will lead delivery of clinical pharmacy and medicines management to patients in our older adult inpatient units, including specialist dementia units. You will be part of our senior leadership team, providing strategic direction and professional support to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians at The Mount. You will drive service development and improvement initiatives.
About You - We are looking for a pharmacist who is passionate about improving outcomes for older adults and people with dementia. You will have experience working in secondary care, demonstrate strong clinical knowledge, organisational abilities, and excellent communication skills.
What We Offer - You will be supported through ongoing personal and professional development in general and mental health pharmacy. You will develop clinical leadership and management, working alongside advanced clinical pharmacists under the guidance of lead pharmacists
Main duties of the job
At LYPFT we have a range of general and specialist mental health services including inpatient Adult and Older Peoples, Forensic, Recovery and Rehabilitation and community psychiatric care to the population of Leeds, forensic and CAMHS services to the population of York and tertiary specialist services such as Child and Young Peoples Service, Yorkshire Centre for Eating disorders and the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Details
Date posted
13 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per Annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
16 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-40125-COR
Job locations
The Mount
Leeds
LS2 9LN
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Mount
Leeds
LS2 9LN
Employer's website
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