Job summary
Are you an experienced pharmacy leader ready to make a Trust-wide impact? We're looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking Divisional Pharmacy Professional Lead (DPPL) to join our senior pharmacy leadership team. Based within the Brighton & Hove (B&H) Division, you'll provide professional leadership for clinical and operational pharmacy services for B&H Division and Specialist Division. The post will support and deliver excellence in medicines optimisation and patient safety.
Main duties of the job
As DPPL, you'll work closely with divisional leadership teams to ensure high standards of medicines use and governance, drive quality improvement and lead innovation across services. You'll champion professional development and workforce wellbeing, helping our teams deliver outstanding, person-centred care that reflects our Trust values.
As DPPL for B&H you will also support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist in delivering the Education and Training agenda for our pharmacy professional workforce and our wider multi-disciplinary team.
Our pharmacy service was named APTUK Pharmacy Technician Team of the Year 2025, recognised nationally for innovation, collaboration and advancing pharmacy technician practice in mental health.
This is a high-impact leadership role, ideal for a senior pharmacist with extensive experience in clinical pharmacy, service transformation, and medicines governance - someone passionate about empowering teams and improving outcomes for patients.
About us
As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. You can expect:
- access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
- excellent supervision programmes
- flexible working opportunities
- access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- a position within a trust rated as outstanding for caring and good overall by the CQC
- generous holiday entitlement
- excellent NHS pension scheme
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will bring:
- Significant post-registration experience and a strong record of leadership in clinical pharmacy services
- Expert knowledge of medicines optimisation, governance , and CQC standards
- A collaborative approach to working across multidisciplinary teams and Divisions
Join us in shaping the future of pharmacy services across Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - ensuring every patient receives safe, effective, and compassionate care.
Apply now to lead, inspire, and innovate in pharmacy practice.
* For a more detailed account of the main responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will bring:
- Significant post-registration experience and a strong record of leadership in clinical pharmacy services
- Expert knowledge of medicines optimisation, governance , and CQC standards
- A collaborative approach to working across multidisciplinary teams and Divisions
Join us in shaping the future of pharmacy services across Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - ensuring every patient receives safe, effective, and compassionate care.
Apply now to lead, inspire, and innovate in pharmacy practice.
* For a more detailed account of the main responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent in a health-related field
- Evidence of significant relevant professional development
- Registered pharmacist (General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at a senior pharmacist level leading mental health and learning disability practice
- Professional regulatory experience - GPhC
- Pharmacy workforce, inc. recruitment and retention
- Medicines optimisation, governance and assurance processes
- Analysing highly complex information and developing practical and workable solutions to address them at pace.
- Experience of thinking and planning long term strategy
- Being able to prioritise programmes of work in the face of competing demands.
- Experience of managing and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
- Experience of achievement in negotiating and influencing others.
- Writing papers for sub committees
- Strong record of multi-professional collaborator internally and externally
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent in a health-related field
- Evidence of significant relevant professional development
- Registered pharmacist (General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at a senior pharmacist level leading mental health and learning disability practice
- Professional regulatory experience - GPhC
- Pharmacy workforce, inc. recruitment and retention
- Medicines optimisation, governance and assurance processes
- Analysing highly complex information and developing practical and workable solutions to address them at pace.
- Experience of thinking and planning long term strategy
- Being able to prioritise programmes of work in the face of competing demands.
- Experience of managing and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
- Experience of achievement in negotiating and influencing others.
- Writing papers for sub committees
- Strong record of multi-professional collaborator internally and externally
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).
