# Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-pharmacy-clinical-services-manager/b949b823-af99-4a01-8683-ddba6bd5e2db - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-pharmacy-clinical-services-manager/b949b823-af99-4a01-8683-ddba6bd5e2db.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Swindon - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Late night, weekend and bank holiday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-17T15:33:23.874Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Swindon/Great_Western_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8063854 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8063854?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gwh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## 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 ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354686) - [structure (pdf, 147.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354572) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.