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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
24 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Post-qualification experience of clinical pharmacy, medicines information and prescribing advice
- Experience
Experience of working in secondary care and in a multidisciplinary environment
- Experience
Experience of providing a Clinical Pharmacy Service with good medicines management initiatives
- Experience
Experience of working effectively within multi-disciplinary groups
- Experience
Experience of undertaking structured medicine reviews
- Experience
Experience of training and tutoring in a hospital setting
- Experience
Experience of audit techniques
- Experience
Experience in supervising a team / service
- Skills and Knowledge
Understanding of the NHS and political environment
- Skills and Knowledge
Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues faced in primary and secondary care
- Skills and Knowledge
Up to date clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent communicator – both verbal and written including presentation skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent clinical skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
- Skills and Knowledge
Good inter-personal skills and ability to build relationships
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to provide succinct and objective advice
- Skills and Knowledge
Flexibility in approach to meet service needs and ability to support complex changes
- Skills and Knowledge
Innovative thinker and ‘can do’ approach
- Eduation/Qualifications
Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Eduation/Qualifications
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Eduation/Qualifications
Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate qualification or equivalent
- Eduation/Qualifications
Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma qualification or equivalent
- Eduation/Qualifications
Takes personal responsibility for Continuing Professional Development as evidenced by portfolio
- Eduation/Qualifications
Uses reflective practice for personal and professional development
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Primary care experience including Community Services / Experience of line management / Experience of project management
- Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of interface issues
- Eduation/Qualifications
Independent Prescriber or working towards qualification
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated and innovative Senior Pharmacist to join the expanding Medicines Management team at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
This role would suit pharmacists with experience at NHS Band 8a level who are seeking a rewarding career in community healthcare and are keen to apply their expertise in a varied and patient focused environment. Candidates with experience in secondary care who are looking to transfer to a patient-centred environment and further develop their skills including service transformation, mobilisation/demobilisation projects, quality improvement, aswell as further developing leadership and management skills, are warmly encouraged to apply.
You will join an established, supportive and experienced team to enhance the service provided, with opportunities to use your existing skills and knowledge, while continuing to develop professionally within a growing service.
If you would like to know more about what it is like working as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician at CLCH, watch this short video:
https://youtu.be/xHrr-CIi0sI
If you have previously applied for this role and were unsuccessful, we ask that you do not reapply at this time
Main duties of the job
- Support and deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to patients in Community Hospitals.
- Ensure an integrated approach to medicines management and continuity of pharmaceutical care for patients admitted from primary and secondary care into Community Hospitals.
- Contribute to the Trust’s clinical governance through interventions that optimise medicines management across all relevant areas of practice.
- Lead, manage and develop staff within the Bedded Services team who work in Community Hospitals
The post holder will work as an active member of the Medicines Management team, contributing to the delivery of a safe, high quality and legally compliant service that aligns with national and local policies and priorities.
Depending on development and service needs, the post holder will be expected to work across Central London Community Healthcare Trust locations within the London area and may at times be required to work at other CLCH sites/localities to ensure Community Hospital patients have access to high quality clinical pharmacy services. Flexibility will be required as the organisation evolves.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Bank Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist for Bedded Services with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £33.89 12.07% holiday pay + Unsocial Hours (if applicable). The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 27 Sep 2026.
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