Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Havant
Contract type: Full time
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist The closing date is 14 June 2026
Are you a pharmacist seeking new challenges? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated pharmacist to join our medicines management team as a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in the Havant area for our Portsmouth and South East team. The role focuses on providing clinical input to MDTs in an acute mental health in‑patient setting with additional support offered to mental health and physical health services both hospital and community based in surrounding areas.
Ideally you will have experience in mental health pharmacy and working in secondary care services, but you may have transferrable skills from other areas of pharmacy. Full funding is available for post‑graduate certificates and diplomas in clinical and psychiatric pharmacy, independent prescribing and attendance at conferences and courses such as those provided by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy.
You will join our wider progressive and forward‑thinking Medicines Management Team who are developing new ways of delivering high quality care. As part of a current restructure the team is aiming to support the strategic goals of the Left Shift: Hospital to community, Sickness prevention. There is no requirement to work late nights, on‑call, bank holidays or at weekends.
We are happy to talk flexible working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Main duties of the job The post holder will work collaboratively with Senior and Lead Pharmacists to develop, deliver and enhance clinical pharmacy services within the area including both community and inpatient workstreams. They will implement and monitor the Trust’s clinical pharmacy standards, ensuring the consistent delivery of high quality, safe and patient‑centred pharmacy services.
The post holder will proactively identify service gaps and areas for improvement, applying appropriate approaches, including quality improvement methodologies, to support service development and drive continuous improvement.
Working in conjunction with the clinical pharmacy leads and the wider pharmacy team, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of an efficient, professional and well‑coordinated clinical pharmacy service across physical health and mental health. This will include ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements, providing expert prescribing advice to medical teams, and supporting medicines management for multidisciplinary teams for patients at a clinical level.
Key Areas Of Practice Will Be To
Utilise pharmaceutical expertise, working in partnership with patients, carers and healthcare professionals to minimise medicines‑related harm and facilitate medicines optimisation.
Provide clinical pharmacy advice and participate in the clinical pharmacy services.
Monitor drug usage and promote cost‑effective prescribing within the area.
About us Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Person Specification Qualifications
Master of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
General Pharmaceutical Council registered pharmacist
Postgraduate Diploma (or MSc) in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
Experience
Post‑registration experience working as a pharmacist
Ability to recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine‑related information appropriately to patients, carers, and clinical staff
Experience of delivering training and education
Experience of working in a constantly changing environment
Post‑registration experience working community health services and/or in mental health services
Experience of ward‑based clinical pharmacy
Experience of working with older persons
Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
Experience of undertaking clinical audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£49,387 to £56,515 a year Based on full time hours
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Specialist Clinical Pharmacist The closing date is 14 June 2026
Are you a pharmacist seeking new challenges? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated pharmacist to join our medicines management team as a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in the Havant area for our Portsmouth and South East team. The role focuses on providing clinical input to MDTs in an acute mental health in‑patient setting with additional support offered to mental health and physical health services both hospital and community based in surrounding areas.
Ideally you will have experience in mental health pharmacy and working in secondary care services, but you may have transferrable skills from other areas of pharmacy. Full funding is available for post‑graduate certificates and diplomas in clinical and psychiatric pharmacy, independent prescribing and attendance at conferences and courses such as those provided by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy.
You will join our wider progressive and forward‑thinking Medicines Management Team who are developing new ways of delivering high quality care. As part of a current restructure the team is aiming to support the strategic goals of the Left Shift: Hospital to community, Sickness prevention. There is no requirement to work late nights, on‑call, bank holidays or at weekends.
We are happy to talk flexible working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Main duties of the job The post holder will work collaboratively with Senior and Lead Pharmacists to develop, deliver and enhance clinical pharmacy services within the area including both community and inpatient workstreams. They will implement and monitor the Trust’s clinical pharmacy standards, ensuring the consistent delivery of high quality, safe and patient‑centred pharmacy services.
The post holder will proactively identify service gaps and areas for improvement, applying appropriate approaches, including quality improvement methodologies, to support service development and drive continuous improvement.
Working in conjunction with the clinical pharmacy leads and the wider pharmacy team, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of an efficient, professional and well‑coordinated clinical pharmacy service across physical health and mental health. This will include ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements, providing expert prescribing advice to medical teams, and supporting medicines management for multidisciplinary teams for patients at a clinical level.
Key Areas Of Practice Will Be To
Utilise pharmaceutical expertise, working in partnership with patients, carers and healthcare professionals to minimise medicines‑related harm and facilitate medicines optimisation.
Provide clinical pharmacy advice and participate in the clinical pharmacy services.
Monitor drug usage and promote cost‑effective prescribing within the area.
About us Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Person Specification Qualifications
Master of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
General Pharmaceutical Council registered pharmacist
Postgraduate Diploma (or MSc) in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
Experience
Post‑registration experience working as a pharmacist
Ability to recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine‑related information appropriately to patients, carers, and clinical staff
Experience of delivering training and education
Experience of working in a constantly changing environment
Post‑registration experience working community health services and/or in mental health services
Experience of ward‑based clinical pharmacy
Experience of working with older persons
Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
Experience of undertaking clinical audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£49,387 to £56,515 a year Based on full time hours
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