Senior Pharmacist, Outpatients

Job overview

As a Band 7 Pharmacist, you will play a key role in the safe, efficient and patient-centred delivery of Outpatient Pharmacy Services.

You will provide clinical screening and checking of outpatient and specialist prescriptions, including HIV, chemotherapy and paediatric prescriptions, identifying and resolving medicines-related issues before dispensing. You will provide patient-centred counselling and medicines advice, including for patients using home delivery and out-of-hours collection services.

You will have an important operational role, monitoring KPIs, prescription turnaround times and the Prescription Tracking System (PTS) to identify delays, manage outstanding prescriptions and support timely patient care. You will also monitor the Outpatient Pharmacy mailbox and ensure queries are prioritised and actioned.

Working closely with pharmacy colleagues, you will contribute to improving patient experience, service quality and efficiency, using FFT feedback, complaints and performance data to identify opportunities for improvement.

The role also includes staff support and development, training, appraisal, SOP development, audit and quality improvement. You will deputise for senior colleagues when required and help shape the development of a responsive, high-quality Outpatient Pharmacy Service.

We are looking for a proactive, organised and patient-focused pharmacist ready to make a real difference to our service and patients

Main duties of the job

• Adhere to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) standards of conduct, ethics and performance, and ensure compliance with all professional, ethical, and legal obligations, including standards for registered pharmacies.
• Deliver a patient-focused, responsive, and professional Outpatient Pharmacy service, maintaining the highest standards of service and upholding the department's professional image at all times.
• Dispense medicines legally, efficiently, and accurately, ensuring all clinical and accuracy checks are completed as required, in line with the responsibilities outlined in the job description.
• Provide patients with appropriate counselling and information about their medicines, ensuring they fully understand how to take their medications safely and effectively.
• Offer professional leadership within the Outpatient Pharmacy, working in partnership with the Principal Pharmacist for Outpatients to ensure pharmacy practices—your own and others’—are in line with current professional guidance (e.g., Medicines, Ethics and Practice by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and GPhC standards).
• Actively respond to individual patient needs, taking appropriate action to resolve issues or complaints as they arise, always maintaining a compassionate and solution-focused approach.
• Contribute to the wider clinical pharmacy service as appropriate, including participation in the late duty, seven-day, bank holiday, and on-call rotas.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the full job description you will see clearly the full range of duties within these roles that will enable you to work as part of the Pharmacy Outpatient team

Tell us in your application how you meet the criteria in the attached person specification.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.