Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent: Some weekend and Bank Holiday working expected
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 356-25-7360338
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hull Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Group Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation
Band 8c
Job overview
Group Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation (Band 8C)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team here at NHS Humber Health Partnership.
The successful candidate will join the Pharmacy Leadership Team as Group Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation and lead our Clinical Pharmacy team where we are working to develop our teams and services to the patients and wards.
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Main duties of the job
We are looking for a candidate who is a dedicated and enthusiastic senior pharmacy leader and role model to others.
The post holder will be expected to work across all NHS Humber Health Partnership sites, and flexible and part time working arrangements will be considered.
The successful candidate will have an excellent knowledge of clinical pharmacy services and a passion to work with and develop their team to reach its full potential.
They will need to be flexible, organised and be able to align their values with those of the organisation, have the ability to delegate effectively and to work as part of a team with a positive attitude.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Independent prescriber or working towards this with a view to completing within twelve months of taking up post.
- Substantial post registration in hospital pharmacy and with experience in interface work or community pharmacy or Primary Care.
- Management experience and preferably some formal management training
Desirable criteria
- Foundation management training
- Formal teaching or training qualification
- DPharm, PhD or undertaking study at doctorate level
- Postgraduate studies in general medical specialties
Experience
Essential criteria
- Expert clinical and therapeutic knowledge in the use of medicines
- Knowledge of the medicines management issues that relate to medicines and antimicrobial use and stewardship
- Expert at undertaking change management
- Expert at undertaking change management
- Report and business case writing for a Board level audience
- Project leadership skills in highly complex projects and change management skills
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and interpret medicines information to assess place in therapy
- Experience of leading project work and managing change
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates financial planning skills
- Understanding of NHS structure, systems & politics
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Hargraves
- Job title
- Associate Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07843501548
- Additional information
To discuss this post please call James Hargraves, Associate Chief Pharmacist on 07843501548, or via email on [email protected].
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