Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Significant postregistration experience delivering clinical pharmacy services in an acute hospital setting.
- Experience
Substantial experience within General Medicine or acute medical specialties.
- Experience
Experience managing complex patients with polypharmacy, highrisk medicines and comorbidities.
- Experience
Demonstrated ability to practise at an advanced clinical decisionmaking level with minimal supervision.
- Qualifications
MPharm, BPharm or equivalent accredited pharmacy degree.
- Qualifications
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience at advanced practice level.
- Qualifications
Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Skills and Knowledge
Advanced knowledge of acute medical therapeutics.
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent clinical reasoning and decisionmaking skills.
- Skills and Knowledge
Strong organisational skills with ability to manage competing priorities.
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including influencing senior clinicians.
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to analyse risk, make judgements under pressure and escalate appropriately.
- Skills and Knowledge
High level of professional credibility and autonomy in practice.
- Leadership & Management Experience
Experience of leading or supervising pharmacists in a clinical environment.
- Leadership & Management Experience
Experience of daytoday operational management, including workload prioritisation, rota planning or service coordination.
- Leadership & Management Experience
Evidence of managing performance, supporting staff development and addressing challenges constructively.
- Leadership & Management Experience
Ability to lead effectively in a highpressure, highworkload environment.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Evidence of leading or contributing to service development or quality improvement projects.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Experience of audit, service evaluation or QI with demonstrable impact on patient care or safety.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Experience developing or reviewing clinical guidelines, SOPs or pathways.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Strong understanding of medicines governance, risk management and patient safety frameworks.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Ability to analyse and interpret data to influence service decisions.
- Education, Training & Professional Development
Experience supporting the training and development of junior pharmacists.
- Education, Training & Professional Development
Ability to provide effective clinical supervision, feedback and coaching.
- Education, Training & Professional Development
Willingness to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes.
Desirable
13 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience across multiple medical subspecialties.
- Experience
Experience contributing to medicines optimisation across care transitions (admission, transfer, discharge).
- Qualifications
Independent Prescriber.
- Qualifications
RPS Faculty membership or portfolio submission in progress.
- Qualifications
Relevant postgraduate qualification in leadership, education or service improvement.
- Skills and Knowledge
Experience using clinical information systems and data to inform service improvement.
- Skills and Knowledge
Experience supporting research or evaluation activity.
- Leadership & Management Experience
Formal linemanagement responsibility for clinical staff.
- Leadership & Management Experience
Experience contributing to workforce planning, recruitment or service resilience planning.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Experience contributing to business cases or Trustwide strategic initiatives.
- Service Development, Quality & Governance
Experience delivering medicines optimisation or costeffectiveness initiatives.
- Education, Training & Professional Development
Experience as an educational supervisor, practice supervisor or assessor.
- Education, Training & Professional Development
Experience delivering education to multidisciplinary teams.
Job summary
NHS Band 8a Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs
Contract Type: Permanent
Main duties of the job
The post-holder is an advanced-level clinical pharmacist providing expert pharmaceutical care within a busy acute general medicine service in a high-pressure, high-throughput NHS Trust. The role combines advanced clinical practice, operational service management, team leadership, and service development.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Details
- Date posted: 02 September 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: REF2600S
- Job locations: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, PO6 3LY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will:
- Lead and develop a highquality, safe, effective and patientcentred clinical pharmacy service to General Medicine.
- Act as the named senior pharmacist for the speciality.
- Provide day-to-day leadership and line management for a small clinical pharmacy team, ensuring delivery against service priorities despite fluctuating workload and operational pressures.
- Work closely with the Pharmacist Team Lead and Clinical Services Lead to implement strategic objectives, workforce plans, service redesign and quality improvement.
Responsible for
- Day-to-day operational and clinical leadership of the General Medicine pharmacy team (rotational pharmacists and trainees)
- Delivery, quality, performance and ongoing development of the General Medicine clinical pharmacy service
Key Outcomes and Impact
- Safe, timely and effective medicines optimisation for complex acute medical patients.
- Resilient and well-led clinical pharmacy team capable of working under pressure while maintaining quality and staff wellbeing.
- Continuous service development aligned to Trust priorities, CQC standards and national guidance.
- Measurable improvement in medicines safety, clinical outcomes and financial stewardship.
For further information about the role please refer to the Job Description
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Specialist Clinical Pharmacist General Medicine with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust in Portsmouth, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 to £64,750 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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