Location
Worcester, England
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Profession
Pharmacist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
14 Jun 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Jun 2026
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Job summary

Join an innovative, fast-evolving integrated healthcare service. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, patient-centred Senior Pharmacist to join Worcestershires Hospital at Home team. Working across a place-based model, you will use advanced clinical skills within a multidisciplinary team to support patients receiving hospital-level care at home. Collaborating with senior clinicians across acute, community, and neighbourhood services, you will help reduce admissions and readmissions, support safe discharge and transfers, and improve medicines optimisation and safety.

This role offers autonomy and the chance to shape the future of Hospital at Home services, contributing to service development, quality improvement, and pathway redesign. We seek a confident communicator with strong organisational skills who thrives in collaborative environments and is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care closer to home.

This is a full time post.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be a confident decision maker, with clear leadership skills, excellent pharmaceutical knowledge and technical skills and a sound understanding of pharmacy service and hospital service.

Main duties include:

Lead, deliver, develop, and assess the value of clinical pharmacy services to support Hospital at Home service.

Support the development of good practice and safe medicines management and optimisation systems across Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).

Work in collaboration with different organisations across the ICS to provide highly effective clinical pharmacy services to patients within Hospital at Home service.

Develop and work within appropriate governance structures for the designated clinical service liaising with ICS wide stakeholders as needed.

Provide clinical pharmacy teaching to relevant staff across all grades and disciplines.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Details

  • Date posted: 04 June 2026
  • Pay scheme: Agenda for change
  • Band: Band 8a
  • Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working pattern: Full-time
  • Reference number: C9798-2344
  • Job locations: 2 Kings Court, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1JR, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

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