Senior Clinical Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you a motivated pharmacist looking to advance your career in secure services?

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our forensic services team at Wathwood Hospital. This is an Band 7 Senior Clinical pharmacist post, offering a stimulating and supportive environment in which to develop specialist clinical pharmacy practice within secure services.

You will deliver high quality clinical pharmacy services, lead on medicines optimisation, and apply or develop your independent prescribing skills as part of a skilled and collaborative multidisciplinary team.

Core hours: Monday – Friday, 37.5 hoursLocation: Wathwood HospitalDevelopment Opportunities: Structured support, mentorship, internal career progression, and support for prescribing practice

We welcome applications from pharmacists who are ready to take on the full responsibilities of a Band 7 role, including those who hold or are working towards and independent prescribing qualification.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for delivering expert pharmaceutical care to individuals with mental and physical health conditions, ensuring safe and effective use of medications.

This will include

Working closely with multidisciplinary teams (MDT), providing medication reviews, offering therapeutic advice, and supporting treatment optimisation.

Participating in MDT meetings and ward rounds, providing pharmaceutical input and patient-specific care plans.Providing training, mentorship, and assessments for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other healthcare professionals.

Offering specialist medicines information and counselling to patients, carers, and healthcare staff.

Clinically validating prescriptions, oversee dispensing activities, and ensure compliance with legal and professional standards.

Collaborating with the wider pharmacy team and MDT colleagues to develop and implement clinical audits, research projects, and quality improvement initiatives.

Collaborating with medical and nursing teams to optimise prescribing practices and medication management.

Supporting the development and implementation of treatment guidelines and Trust-wide medicines optimisation strategies.

Acting as a role model and providing leadership support, including cover for senior pharmacy roles when necessary.

Providing out-of-hours pharmacy duties through participation in the pharmacy on call service to maintain continuous pharmacy service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMSc in Pharmacy
  • oMember of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • o Diploma (or MSc) in a Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Topic, or currently studying the second year of this

Desirable

  • Current membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Current membership of College of Mental Health Pharmacy
  • Certificate or Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • o Clinical knowledge from aspects of career to date
  • Post-qualification and registration experience
  • Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a Pharmacy degree course and vocational experience
  • Awareness of NHS changes and understanding of pharmacy issues within the NHS
  • Hospital Pharmacy Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the Mental Health field
  • Audit experience
  • Teaching experience
  • Evidence based medicine practice
  • Experience of teaching pharmaceutical knowledge to other pharmacy staff
  • Project work

Skills

Essential

  • Organisational / time management skill
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Tested problem solving, and decision making skills
  • IT literate
  • Ability work as a team player
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Work well under pressure and prioritise effectively
  • Self-motivated and conscientious
  • Strong professional demeanour
  • Accuracy and attention to detail

Desirable

  • Membership of Multi-diciplinary Committees

Contractual requirements

Essential

  • Flexibility in working hours
  • Able to work extended hours, if necessary
  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
  • Able to work weekends and On -Call (Trust-Wide)

Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the Trust values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

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