# Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Value > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-clinical-commissioning-and-medicines-value/7264a41b-d4c3-4fc7-8ad3-d61bb453fa78 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-clinical-commissioning-and-medicines-value/7264a41b-d4c3-4fc7-8ad3-d61bb453fa78.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bath - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 PA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T16:21:56.393Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v7890107 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7890107?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Royal United Hospitals Bath is seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Value to join our senior pharmacy leadership team. This is a key role providing expert leadership for high‑cost drugs, medicines optimisation, formulary management, and commissioning processes across the Trust. Our Culture We are committed to providing a compassionate and inclusive working environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting staff wellbeing, professional growth and a sense of belonging. We want all staff to feel valued, treated fairly, and supported to reach their full potential. Flexible Working We encourage applications from individuals seeking a range of flexible working options, including part‑time hours, job‑share, compressed hours, or flexible start and finish times. We are happy to discuss how flexibility can work for you and the service at interview. What we offer - Supportive senior pharmacy team - Opportunities for leadership development - Involvement in system‑wide optimisation projects - Participation in research, QI and teaching - A culture that prioritises wellbeing, teamwork and continuous improvement ### Main duties of the job About You You should have: - Significant hospital pharmacy experience - Strong understanding of medicines commissioning, HCD processes and funding flows - Experience in formulary management and implementation of NICE guidance - Excellent communication, negotiation and leadership skills - The ability to influence and work effectively with senior clinical and managerial colleagues - A postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience You will be committed to high‑quality patient care, medicines value, and inclusive leadership - Responsible for providing professional expertise to the Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS England and RUH to ensure the best possible patient outcomes and value for money for the NHS from medicines. - To lead on implementation for High Cost Drugs, NICE TAs and medicines activity data by working with commissioners to develop and deliver efficiency savings plans on the High Cost Drugs (HCD) budgets. - To manage the process for approval, appropriate use and audit of High Cost Drugs associated with Payment By Results (PBR) excluded medicines commissioned by BSW ICS - To manage related training provision to all operational staff within the facility. - Actively engage in service evaluation and business planning with the Pharmacy Senior Management Team - Support training and teaching activities of the Pharmacy Department - Line manage and undertake the annual appraisal of allocated staff ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role. ## Job Details The Royal United Hospitals Bath is seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Value to join our senior pharmacy leadership team. This is a key role providing expert leadership for high‑cost drugs, medicines optimisation, formulary management, and commissioning processes across the Trust. Our Culture We are committed to providing a compassionate and inclusive working environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting staff wellbeing, professional growth and a sense of belonging. We want all staff to feel valued, treated fairly, and supported to reach their full potential. Flexible Working We encourage applications from individuals seeking a range of flexible working options, including part‑time hours, job‑share, compressed hours, or flexible start and finish times. We are happy to discuss how flexibility can work for you and the service at interview. What we offer Supportive senior pharmacy team Opportunities for leadership development Involvement in system‑wide optimisation projects Participation in research, QI and teaching A culture that prioritises wellbeing, teamwork and continuous improvement ## Job Description About You You should have: Significant hospital pharmacy experience Strong understanding of medicines commissioning, HCD processes and funding flows Experience in formulary management and implementation of NICE guidance Excellent communication, negotiation and leadership skills The ability to influence and work effectively with senior clinical and managerial colleagues A postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience You will be committed to high‑quality patient care, medicines value, and inclusive leadership Responsible for providing professional expertise to the Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS England and RUH to ensure the best possible patient outcomes and value for money for the NHS from medicines. To lead on implementation for High Cost Drugs, NICE TAs and medicines activity data by working with commissioners to develop and deliver efficiency savings plans on the High Cost Drugs (HCD) budgets. To manage the process for approval, appropriate use and audit of High Cost Drugs associated with Payment By Results (PBR) excluded medicines commissioned by BSW ICS To manage related training provision to all operational staff within the facility. Actively engage in service evaluation and business planning with the Pharmacy Senior Management Team Support training and teaching activities of the Pharmacy Department Line manage and undertake the annual appraisal of allocated staff ## Responsibilities Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Knowlesge **Essential** - Significant post‑registration hospital pharmacy experience, including involvement in medicines commissioning, formulary management, or high‑cost drug processes. - Proven leadership and management capability, including supervising pharmacists/technicians, contributing to service development, and delivering quality improvement or change projects. - Strong understanding of national medicines policy, NICE guidance processes, and the ability to interpret and apply commissioning requirements to ensure safe, effective, and cost‑efficient use of medicines. ### Qualifications **Essential** - GPHC Registered - Masters level Qualification ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030) - [job description (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10165001) ## 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.