Job summary
Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Pharmacy
Band: 8c
Salary: £76,965 - £88,682 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: 11th September 2025
We are recruiting for a Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this job is to provide clinical leadership to the pharmacy clinical services team and to be a senior leader within the department to ensure the delivery of exceptional clinical pharmacy services, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. With a focus on continuous improvement and innovation, this role requires strategic leadership, mentorship and collaboration across the Trust and wider system to optimise medicines management and enhance patient outcomes.
Our values areBold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership and Management Lead and manage the clinical pharmacy team, providing guidance, mentorship and support to foster a culture of excellence and collaboration.
Clinical oversight Provide professional oversight of clinical pharmacy services across all wards, clinics and departments, ensuring the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines.
Clinical Practice To develop an area of clinical expertise and provide a regular clinical commitment, working as an independent prescriber in a specialist area of practice.
Strategic development Develop and implement strategic initiatives to enhance clinical pharmacy services, aligning with organisational objectives and national guidelines
Education and Training Lead the education and training of clinical pharmacy staff, ensuring continuous professional development and adherence to best practices.
Collaboration and Integration Collaborate with senior medical, nursing and managerial staff to improvement medicines management process and integrate pharmacy services across the healthcare system
Research and innovation Drive research and innovation in clinical pharmacy practice, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and best practices in the field
Quality Assurance Establish processes for monitoring and assessing performance and standards within the clinical pharmacy service ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to regulatory requirements.
Community Engagement Foster strong partnerships with community healthcare providers and regional stakeholders to enhance collaborative care and service delivery.
Workforce Planning Lead workforce planning initiatives within the clinical pharmacy service, ensuring appropriate skill mix and resource allocation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership and Management Lead and manage the clinical pharmacy team, providing guidance, mentorship and support to foster a culture of excellence and collaboration.
Clinical oversight Provide professional oversight of clinical pharmacy services across all wards, clinics and departments, ensuring the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines.
Clinical Practice To develop an area of clinical expertise and provide a regular clinical commitment, working as an independent prescriber in a specialist area of practice.
Strategic development Develop and implement strategic initiatives to enhance clinical pharmacy services, aligning with organisational objectives and national guidelines
Education and Training Lead the education and training of clinical pharmacy staff, ensuring continuous professional development and adherence to best practices.
Collaboration and Integration Collaborate with senior medical, nursing and managerial staff to improvement medicines management process and integrate pharmacy services across the healthcare system
Research and innovation Drive research and innovation in clinical pharmacy practice, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and best practices in the field
Quality Assurance Establish processes for monitoring and assessing performance and standards within the clinical pharmacy service ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to regulatory requirements.
Community Engagement Foster strong partnerships with community healthcare providers and regional stakeholders to enhance collaborative care and service delivery.
Workforce Planning Lead workforce planning initiatives within the clinical pharmacy service, ensuring appropriate skill mix and resource allocation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced level knowledge of clinical pharmacy and an ability to apply abstract and sometimes contradictory data to practice
- Knowledge of the requirements of national organisations involved in clinical pharmacy e.g. DoH, RPS, UKCPA.
- Knowledge of relevant regulations and legislation
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of performing and supervising projects.
- Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of pharmacy to achieve cross -Trust developments.
- Experience of leading and developing clinical pharmacy services
Skills
Essential
- Be able to provide highly complex information on clinical pharmacy and medicines management issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
- Be able to analyse highly complex information relating to medicines and their uses
- Be able to formulate and deliver on long term strategic plans for the effective development and delivery of clinical pharmacy services
- Have experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced level knowledge of clinical pharmacy and an ability to apply abstract and sometimes contradictory data to practice
- Knowledge of the requirements of national organisations involved in clinical pharmacy e.g. DoH, RPS, UKCPA.
- Knowledge of relevant regulations and legislation
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of performing and supervising projects.
- Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of pharmacy to achieve cross -Trust developments.
- Experience of leading and developing clinical pharmacy services
Skills
Essential
- Be able to provide highly complex information on clinical pharmacy and medicines management issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
- Be able to analyse highly complex information relating to medicines and their uses
- Be able to formulate and deliver on long term strategic plans for the effective development and delivery of clinical pharmacy services
- Have experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
