Benenden Hospital

Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 16 February 2026

Job summary

Are you ready to take the next step in your clinical pharmacy career and make a real impact on patient care?

Benenden Hospital is seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to actively support the Pharmacy Manager in delivering a safe, effective, and high quality pharmacy service. This is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate clinical leadership, influence best practice, and play a key role in shaping pharmacy services within a progressive healthcare environment.

Main duties of the job

As a senior member of the Pharmacy team, you will be at the heart of delivering outstanding pharmaceutical care to our patients. You will combine hands-on clinical practice with leadership, service development, and quality improvement helping to ensure our pharmacy services consistently exceed standards.

Key Responsibilities

You will:

Take a leading role in ensuring excellent pharmaceutical care for all patients at Benenden Hospital
Assume the role of a Responsible Pharmacist and deputise for the Pharmacy Manager when required
Lead on antimicrobial stewardship, representing Pharmacy on the Infection Control Committee
Drive the development and review of Trust Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and associated training
Lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service for surgical inpatients, embedding best practice in medicines management
Develop, review, and update pharmacy policies, guidelines, and SOPs
Lead on audit programmes, data collection, and presentations to support continuous quality improvement
Supervise and support the clinical workload of the junior pharmacist and pharmacy technicians
Assist the Pharmacy Manager with elements of line management and professional development of junior staff

About us

At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to our ultra-modernprivate hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC.We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have a beautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.

Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions and facilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance. We are committed to professional development and have excellent training and education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone7.0 at Benenden Hospital feels involved and shares our values and vision for the future.

Date posted

29 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,000 to £56,000 a year Pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0100-2907

Job locations

Goddard’s Green Road

Benenden

Cranbrook

Kent

TN17 4AX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose: Actively support the Pharmacy Manager in delivering a safe, effective and quality Pharmacy service, whilst demonstrating clinical leadership within the team.

The post holder will:

Take active steps to ensure an excellent level of pharmaceutical care is provided to all patients being treated at Benenden Hospital.

Assume role of Responsible Pharmacist and deputise for the Pharmacy Manager when required.

Lead on antimicrobial stewardship for the Pharmacy team, providing representation on the Infection Control Committee.

Lead on development and update of Trust PGDs, and the associated training package.

Lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service provision to a surgical inpatient population, ensuring high-quality medicines management practices are embedded within the provision of safe patient care.

Development and update of key Pharmacy policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures.

Lead on audit programmes, data collection and associated presentations, as appropriate, as part of the continual quality improvement agenda of the Pharmacy department.

Supervise the clinical workload of the junior pharmacist and pharmacy technicians

Assist the Pharmacy Manager with elements of line managerial support to the junior pharmacist.

Key Result Areas

Competently dispense and check all prescription types in the dispensary

Minimise errors / near miss errors within dispensary, ensuring reflection from staff and shared learning.

Report and investigate medication incidents, sharing learning and reducing risk of recurrence

Ensure that unintentional discrepancies identified through effective medicines reconciliation are prioritised

Take active steps to ensure safe storage and management of controlled drugs within the organisation

Actively implement innovative methods to improve peri-operative medicines management, demonstrating effective engagement with the multi-disciplinary team

Help to control drug expenditure through effective medicines management practices and procurement

Adapt and refine the retail offering of the Pharmacy department to continue to attract new and existing customers

Develop and deliver training to Pharmacy and other healthcare staff

Development and review of Pharmacy policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures

Update and maintain Trust PGDs

Produce Pharmacy antimicrobial reports as required, demonstrating active engagement with clinicians to improve antimicrobial prescribing and practice.