Job overview
Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager - Surgery Women's and Children's Lead
We have an exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to join our senior pharmacy team as Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager and Lead Pharmacist for Surgery Women's and Children (SWC). This is your chance to make tangible and sustainable improvements that really make patient care and clinical pharmacy better.
We are looking for an enthusiastic leader to manage and develop clinical pharmacy services across surgery, critical care and women's and children's.
The Pharmacy Department at the Great Western Hospital is at the heart of the Trust’s programme to move forward and transform itself. By embracing technology, diversity, new ways of working and an improvement mindset built into all of us, Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy services are at the heart of patient care.
We have a clear vision for the future of Pharmacy service as part our fully integrated healthcare system.
Main duties of the job
We want you to inspire our diverse and highly skilled team of clinical pharmacy staff and play a key leadership role in the Trust, and wider care systems, in delivering our vision of medicines optimisation.
To support you in your role, at GWH Pharmacy we value a culture that is positive, compassionate, and inclusive. We have an environment where we learn, improve, and celebrate our work as one team that is fully focused around providing the very best care.
This is a challenging role, but an exciting one. It’s a time of change for the NHS and this is an opportunity to help shape the future of pharmacy clinical service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We need you to be a resilient, credible leader that shares our values and has a passion for delivering the very best Pharmacy services. You will need to bring your depth of experience, a proven track record in service delivery and show how you have been able to raise the profile of Pharmacy. The main duties of the role include:
Please see attached full Job Description
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a qualified pharmacist
- Proven experience in service improvement utilising quality improvement (QI) methodology
- Demonstrable evidence of staff development, leadership and management.
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Teaching, tutoring and mentoring experience
Desirable
- Experience of writing and implementing business plans
- Experience in undertaking and publishing research projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent
- Keeping professionally up to date including CPD
- Significant pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services and MDT working
- Non-medical prescriber or working towards qualification
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Evidence of training in change management
- Management qualification/experience
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This advert is for Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jun 2026.
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