Band 8b Divisional Lead Pharmacist – Bath, Somerset & Wiltshire: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 66,582 to 77,368 £ / Year

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

We are looking for an exceptional pharmacy leader with a strong mental health clinical background to join our senior pharmacy leadership team.

This is a pivotal leadership role offering the opportunity to shape clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across our mental health and community services. Working closely with the Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacists and senior multidisciplinary colleagues, you will provide leadership to Clinical Pharmacists across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) and further develop a skilled and adaptable workforce through coaching, mentorship and professional development.

You will lead the development and delivery of innovative clinical pharmacy services and drive service improvement, support transformation programmes and promote high standards of clinical care and governance.

We are seeking an inspiring pharmacy leader with strong clinical credibility, a commitment to innovation and service development, and a passion for improving outcomes for people accessing mental health services.

As a senior leadership role, regular visibility within services and engagement with colleagues across BSW will be an important part of the post, but we are happy to consider flexible approaches that support both service delivery and work-life balance.

Join us and help transform outcomes through outstanding medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy leadership.

Main duties of the job

Participate in the pharmacy’s provision of safe, effective, and responsive clinical and pharmaceutical supply services to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and any contracted services.

Contribute to the strategic planning of the pharmacy service and the implementation of service objectives.

Lead the development, delivery, and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust, in line with the Trust and national medicines optimisation agendas.

Develop a competent, motivated, and versatile clinical pharmacy workforce across the service, managed within the existing budget and underpinned by technology, robust governance, and risk management.

Work with the Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacists, and other Clinical Lead Pharmacists to ensure strategic plans are delivered and resources are utilised safely, efficiently, and effectively to improve financial management of treatments and medicines expenditure, patient experience, and outcomes.

Manage the Locality Lead Pharmacists and Specialist Pharmacists working in BSW, to deliver clinical services and medicines optimisation, including audit and monitoring.

Lead on the delivery and development of robust and progressive medicines optimisation, working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure medicines optimisation is embedded in the organisation at operational and practice level.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
  • Registered with GPhC
  • Post-graduate diploma in psychiatric pharmacy or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Masters in Clinical Pharmacy
  • Registered Independent Non-medical Prescriber
  • Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as leadership, management or education and training qualifications
  • Full (Credentialed) Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP) or willingness to work towards this

Previous experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working within hospital pharmacy
  • Significant experience of working in specialist mental health inpatient and community
  • Experience of delivering and developing teaching/training/ education up to and including post-graduate level
  • Demonstrable experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy
  • Demonstrable experience of managing, developing and mentoring a large number of staff/teams
  • Experience in policy/procedure/guideline writing and implementation

Desirable

  • Experience in setting up, delivering and developing services, particularly with commissioners

Knowledge, Skills and Abilitie

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills, verbal and written
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Ability to access, review and process complex clinical information from appropriate sources.
  • Good time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills; ability to manage own time and workload

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: 1 September 2026

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