Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 03 December 2025

We are seeking passionate and dedicated pharmacists to join our dynamic pharmacy team. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant and meaningful impact for both mental and physical health patient groups in diverse clinical settings. These roles will be mainly ward based at either The Wells Road Centre, Lings Bar Hospital, Highbury Hospital, Sherwood Oaks, Hopewood or Blossomwood.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with psychiatrists, junior doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
• Provide education and training on medication to patients and other healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to the development of clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Promotion and participation in audits and quality improvement projects.
• Mentoring junior pharmacists and foundation trainees.

We're looking for someone with:

• An interest in mental health pharmacy.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to improving patient outcomes.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving.

In return, we offer:

• A varied and interesting job role.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for professional development.

Apply now to join our team.

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.

About us

comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

The role will be mostly clinically focused with a small dispensary commitment and on call/emergency duty commitment.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detailed information or arrange to speak to a member of the team.

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.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification Qualifications

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

Experience and Knowledge

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

Skills

• Organisational / time management skill
• 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
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Contractual requirements

• Flexibility in working hours
• Able to work extended hours, if necessary
• Flexibility to work / cover at other sites to support the demands of the service - 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

• 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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Highbury, Hopewood, Sherwood Oaks, Blossomwood, Lings Bar Hospital

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

-25-CS

Job locations

Highbury, Hopewood, Sherwood Oaks, Blossomwood, Lings Bar Hospital