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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Fixed term: 13 months (Secondments also considered (From Dec 2026 until Jan 2028))
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
173-35126-COR
Employer
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pharmacy Services, The Becklin Centre
Town
Leeds
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/08/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Band 8a

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our progressive, pharmacy team to cover an upcoming maternity leave.

·         To provide advanced clinical pharmacy and medicines related care to service users with mental illness, learning disabilities and substance misuse problems.

·         Your focus will be to lead on and provide complex medicines optimisation advice and  professional leadership to the inpatient services based at one or more LYPFT hospital sites.

·         You will work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team(s) but also independently to proactively identify, respond to and develop patient centred  treatment recommendations for medicines queries, prescribe medicines if appropriately qualified and within scope, speak with service users/carers about medication to improve service users’ outcomes and experience of  their medication.

·         You will lead and provide professional guidance to a team of pharmacists and technicians based at the Becklin Centre to deliver an efficient pharmacy service alongside the Lead Technicians. This will include undertaking line management responsibility for Clinical Pharmacists, Band 6 / Specialist Clinical Pharmacists, Band 7 pharmacists and mentor other pharmacists in the Trust (including rotational trainees/undergraduates) as required.

·         As part of an excellent teaching organisation, you will have a responsibility to educate and develop the pharmacy and wider healthcare workforce.

Main duties of the job

·         Participate in the on-call and weekend rota working at one of our inpatient sites.

· You will have a 60:40 split of clinical to service development/management responsibilities

·         Provide clinical service to Red Kite View CAMHS unit

·         Participate in the medicines information rota.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters or Bachelor degree in Pharmacy (+ 1 years pre-registration experience) + Member of General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Postgraduate clinical pharmacy/ pharmacy practice or equivalent years’ experience, Experience of project/change/ service management
  • Experience of hospital pharmacy

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills including verbal, written and electronic

Values

Desirable criteria
  • Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
  • Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
  • Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWhite RibbonAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mhairi Turnbull
Job title
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Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07929015470
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