# Clinical Pharmacist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Kettering
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Pharmacist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T08:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T12:21:53.216Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Lowdham_Nottinghamshire/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Secured_Services/Secured_Services-v8059092
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8059092?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will:

- Lead and evaluate comprehensive medicines management services.
- Provide expert clinical pharmacy input across primary care, substance misuse, and mental health.
- Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and governance.

Supervise and support pharmacy technicians and contribute to service development across the East Midlands prison cluster

Professional Development

Don’t have your Independent Prescribing (IP) qualification yet?

- We will fund your IP qualification
- You’ll receive protected time to attend university training days and assessments

We are committed to your growth and will support your journey every step of the way.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

### Main duties of the job

What We’re Looking For

- GPhC-registered pharmacist with a strong background in clinical pharmacy.
- Experience in secure environments or mental health settings is desirable.

A collaborative, innovative leader who thrives in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.

Why Join NHFT?

- Work in a supportive, inclusive, and forward-thinking organisation.
- Access to excellent NHS pension, generous annual leave, and occupational health and wellbeing services.

Be part of a team that truly lives its mission: “Making a difference for you, with you.”

Apply Today

Be part of something extraordinary. Help shape the future of medicines management in secure care.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

## Job Details

As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will:

Lead and evaluate comprehensive medicines management services.

Provide expert clinical pharmacy input across primary care, substance misuse, and mental health.

Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and governance.

Supervise and support pharmacy technicians and contribute to service development across the East Midlands prison cluster

Professional Development

Don’t have your Independent Prescribing (IP) qualification yet?

We will fund your IP qualification

You’ll receive protected time to attend university training days and assessments

We are committed to your growth and will support your journey every step of the way.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

## Job Description

What We’re Looking For

GPhC-registered pharmacist with a strong background in clinical pharmacy.

Experience in secure environments or mental health settings is desirable.

A collaborative, innovative leader who thrives in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.

Why Join NHFT?

Work in a supportive, inclusive, and forward-thinking organisation.

Access to excellent NHS pension, generous annual leave, and occupational health and wellbeing services.

Be part of a team that truly lives its mission: “Making a difference for you, with you.”

Apply Today

Be part of something extraordinary. Help shape the future of medicines management in secure care.

## Responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

## Person Specification

### Security Vetting

**Essential**

- The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

### Behaviours and Values

**Essential**

- Ability to work as part of a team.

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Educated to degree level with MPharm or equivalent, ideally with post graduate development pathway and GPHC registration.
- Extensive experience in medicines management within secure environments, with a strong track record of implementing clinical pharmacy best practices to enhance patient safety and therapeutic outcomes in secure settings.
- Knowledge of medicines management governance requirements within Health in Justice or Secured Environments.

**Desirable**

- Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification

## Documents

- [benefits (pdf, 570.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2078)
- [job description (pdf, 254.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349224)

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