# Specialist Hospitals Pharmacist - Band 7 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-hospitals-pharmacist-band-7/1de21ec0-7950-48fc-a409-bc87246071f2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-hospitals-pharmacist-band-7/1de21ec0-7950-48fc-a409-bc87246071f2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Leicester - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 to £56,515 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-06T09:50:40.788Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9313-26-0355?employerCode=C9313 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=7107&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust's innovative Pharmacy Team based at Glenfield Hospital. This full-time role (37.5 hours, Mon to Fri with on-call commitment) is ideal for pharmacists from hospital or community settings seeking to develop specialist mental health expertise. Work within a forward-thinking service using EPMA, robotics and digital medicines management systems. For an informal discussion, contact Andrew Moonesinghe: andrew.moonesinghe1@nhs.net. ### Main duties of the job As a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, you will provide a high-quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacy service across the Trust. Responsibilities include delivering ward-based clinical pharmacy services, optimising medicines use, supporting safe and timely discharge through patient counselling and education, promoting adherence, and ensuring effective communication with community healthcare providers. You will also contribute to wider clinical pharmacy and departmental activities to support the Trust's pharmacy service objectives. ### About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview. ### Details - Date posted: 06 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 7 - Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 007092 - Job locations: LPT Pharmacy Services, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road,, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 9EJ, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto “Apply for this job” and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant post-registration hospital experience - Knowledge and experience of the operation of NHS organisations - Experience of supervising staff **Desirable** - Experience of working in medicines information - Experience of research and audit ### Qualifications **Essential** - Vocational Master’s degree in Pharmacy or equivalent - Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council **Desirable** - Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification - Member of the College of Pharmacy Practice/Royal Pharmaceutical Society, College of Mental Health Pharmacy or other organisation to assist personal and professional development ### Trust Behaviours **Essential** - Valuing one another - Recognising and valuing people’s differences - Working together - Taking personal responsibility - Always learning and improving ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles - Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection - Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides) - Mobility: Own transport or suitable alternative. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Positive and Optimistic - Adaptable and flexible - Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives within deadlines - Proactive and innovative ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written - Well developed leadership and motivational skills - Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team - Self-motivated with a drive to develop medicines management and clinical services - Well developed negotiation and influencing skills - Awareness and commitment to the clinical governance agenda - Understanding of patient safety issues relevant to pharmacy services - Evidence of personal insight and sound judgement - Able to analyse information and plan actions based on this information - High level computer literacy ## Documents - [Information for applicant (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=21662&JobId=7107) - [Job description and Person specification (DOCX, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=21665&JobId=7107) ## 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.