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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Weekend, bank holiday and late night rota support)
Job ref
275-2506LCP-R&I
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham, Kent
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/06/2025 23:59

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Lead Clinical Pharmacist - R&I

Band 8b

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Lead Clinical Pharmacist - R&I

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 8b

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Week Commencing 30th June 2025 

We are recruiting for a Lead Clinical Pharmacist - R&I who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

To devise and implement a strategic plan for the development of the pharmacy clinical trials service in Medway NHS Foundation Trust

To be an integrated member of Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s R&I leadership team, supporting with the development of their strategy.

To provide medicines expertise and support to ensure that clinical trials within the Trust are set up and conducted in accordance to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and all other relevant medicines regulations and ethical requirements.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be the lead clinical pharmacist for Research and Innovation and provide highly specialist and advanced level clinical support to the haematology/ oncology care group. 

The post holder will be part of a team of lead clinical pharmacists that work within each of the Trust’s care groups. Key expectations of these roles will be:

To be a leading clinical pharmacist expert in their area of speciality working at, or near to, the Advanced Pharmacy Framework Advanced Stage 2 and aspiring to Mastery.

Oversee and plan complex and innovative pharmacy services for their care group, planning and organising pharmacy services, often adjusting plans according to service need.

Line manage and contribute the education and training of pharmacy staff and the multi-disciplinary team working in their care group.

Work as part of a collaborative pharmacy clinical leadership team, utilising collective expertise to oversee and steer clinical pharmacy services.

Be an integrated member of the care group, including attendance to relevant care group governance and management meetings, advising on medicines governance, formulary, finance, safety and pathways.

Work as an advanced practitioner to provide enhanced prescribing and assessment support to the care group in an area of specialist practice on wards and in clinic, as appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
  • Higher degree/Diploma in clinical pharmacy
  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Desirable criteria
  • Independent prescribing qualification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
  • Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to the area of practice, or demonstration of an ability to develop a highly specialist knowledge in a therapeutic area
  • Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice, or demonstrated ability to do so

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous relevant specialist clinical experience
  • Experience of working with senior healthcare professions outside of pharmacy at a senior level
  • Experience of monitoring drug use and expenditure

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Advanced IT skills – including word, excel, email and PowerPoint
  • Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment
  • Demonstrable empowering and collaborative leadership skills

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time when you have gone the extra mile to help someone

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Simon Matthews
Job title
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
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