Lead Pharmacist – Medicine: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 57,528 to 64,750 £ / Year

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

Lead Pharmacist – Medicine

37.5 hours per week (Additional late night working, weekend, bank holiday and on call commitments)

Permanent

Salary: £57,528 – £64,750 per annum

Closing Date: Tuesday 24th November 2026

Interview Date: Thursday 10th December 2026

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an highly motivated, clinically skilled and forward-thinking pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Leadership Team asLead Pharmacist of Medicine.

This is a key leadership role within our clinical pharmacy service, providing strategic, professional and operational leadership across Medicine services supporting both Emergency and Planned Care divisions. You will act as the lead pharmacist for Medicine, delivering highly specialist clinical expertise whilst driving service development, quality improvement, workforce development and medicines optimisation initiatives across the Trust.

Working closely with the Principal Pharmacist, Chief Pharmacist, consultants, nurses and operational teams, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering modern, patient-centred pharmacy services aligned to Trust priorities.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Professional knowledge acquired through the vocational masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
  • 1 years Pre-Registration experience
  • A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in a relevant role practicing as a pharmacist.
  • Current and relevant clinical knowledge in area of speciality
  • Demonstrable commitment to CPD
  • Financial awareness in the management of drug budgets
  • Awareness of current political agendas
  • Experience in supervision of other staff

Desirable

  • Experience in training of other healthcare professionals
  • Experience of tutoring or mentoring staff

Qualifications and Professional Training

Essential

  • Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
  • Pre-Registration training and successful completion of relevant examination
  • Completion of the Independent Prescribing Course
  • Job related postgraduate qualification eg. Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma, or equivalent vocational experience

Desirable

  • Completion of postgraduate qualification in relevant specialist field
  • Current membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy
  • Member of National/ International Specialist Organisation

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Analysis of complex information relating to individual patients medication
  • Ability to work alone & within a team
  • Good written communication skills
  • Leadership, negotiating and influencing skills
  • High degree of self-motivation to organise and implement change and to develop ideas into practice
  • Ability to meet demanding objectives and deadlines

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: 24 November 2026

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