# Lead Pharmacist - Elderly Care (Worthing and St Richards) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-elderly-care-worthing-and-st-richards/8c246f4a-e48d-46d2-b0b7-90b9985f5990 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-elderly-care-worthing-and-st-richards/8c246f4a-e48d-46d2-b0b7-90b9985f5990.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T00:03:11.895Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Worthing/University_Hospitals_Sussex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacist/Pharmacist-v8158673 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8158673?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with a passion for working within elderly care to join our clinical pharmacy team at University Hospitals Sussex as the lead pharmacist for Elderly Care at Worthing and St Richards Hospital. The successful candidate will be engaged in actively reviewing patients across our elderly care wards alongside our junior pharmacist team and will have close contact with the MDT to provide excellent standards of care. We seek a clinically experienced pharmacist with a passion to develop their skills in this area. As a senior member of the pharmacy team, you will be an integral part of the department and help support and promote our pharmacy and clinical strategies. We are a department that seeks to be a pioneer with the use of technology with electronic prescribing present on all our elderly care wards. You will have delegated responsibility for all our elderly care wards and supervision of the team within your rotations. We are committed to providing opportunities for you to develop your clinical & management skills. The Trust holds research as one of its key pillars you will have the opportunity to be involved with and develop skills in this area. We are a friendly very supportive team both within pharmacy and the wider team.  We welcome contact from any interested  parties to discuss the role and visit the department to  find out more. We welcome applications for Band 7 pharmacists looking for a Band 7 to 8a progression role. ### Main duties of the job To have delegated responsibility for leading the provision of a specialist clinical pharmacy service to elderly care patients; admissions, inpatients and discharges within the Trust. - Will provide an expert level of clinical pharmacy services to elderly care (including acute frailty if required) across Worthing and St Richards Hospitals as part of UHSussex NHS Foundation Trust - Will lead specialist clinical pharmacy practice for acute frailty and elderly care and be responsible for the delivery, development, evaluation and co-ordination of clinical pharmacy services to Elderly Care in line with the objectives of the division and the UHSussex pharmacy strategy in collaboration with any cross site counterparts. - Is responsible for all aspects of medicines management to optimise patient’s care involving the use of medication in elderly care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about the main responsibilities within this role. This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Significant experience in clinical hospital pharmacy in a broad range of specialties - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Experience in working in an MDT - Experience of planning and reporting service audits **Desirable** - working as a specialist pharmacist within elderly care ### Experience **Essential** - Further post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy at PG diploma level or sufficient experience gained in practice to equate to this level of training **Desirable** - Independent prescriber - PG leadership or management qualification ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Degree in Pharmacy from a UK School of Pharmacy or equivalent, as recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council ### Professional Registration **Essential** - Registered Member of the GPhC **Desirable** - Member of the UKCPA or other specialist interest group - RPS Faculty membership or working towards ### People Management and Development **Essential** - General teaching and tutoring experience **Desirable** - Staff Management Experience - Explicit experience with being a DS for a trainee pharmacist - Explicit experience with being a ES for a foundation pharmacist ### Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion **Essential** - Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues - Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role) ## Documents - [all staff networks about us flyer (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2583) - [guide to completing an application form (pdf, 385.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2915) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10459173) ## 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.