Job summary
- Main area
- pharmacy
- Grade
- B7
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-PHARM
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Langley House Hospital
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £25.57 Basic+HCAS+12.07% holiday pay+Unsocial hours(if applicable)
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 02/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist
B7
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
Job Purpose
To provide a high-quality specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service across a range of inpatient settings in the Community Hospitals (Rehabilitation Units, Interim Care Beds, Palliative Care, Discharge to Assess wards). To provide professional expertise, advice, support and training to health care professionals and patients within the Trust.
This role is required to cover Bedded Services in Hertfordshire and North London
Sites include:
St Peters, Hemel Hempstead Hospital. HP2 4AD
Oakmere South and North, Potters Bar Community Hospital. EN6 2RY
Midway and Holywell ward, Langley House. WD25 9FG
Main duties of the job
• To provide and develop a high-quality specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service across a range of inpatient settings in the Community Hospitals (Rehabilitation Units, Interim Care Beds, Palliative Care, Discharge to Assess ward) covered by the Bedded Services team supported by the Lead Pharmacist for Hertfordshire and Lead Pharmacist for Bedded Services.
• To provide a patient focused pharmacy service to patients and staff including medicines reconciliation and full clinical screening of prescriptions to ensure safe and cost-effective use of evidence based and rational use of medicines, in line with local policies and national guidance ensuring medicines are optimised and risks to patients are minimized e.g. NICE, NHSE/I, PHE
• Facilitate changes to the patients’ own use of medicines to improve safety, adherence and empower as much independent use of medicines as possible and appropriate.
• To support and implement efficient medicines management initiatives to reduce drug waste and drug spend and to support patient flow and facilitate timely discharges
• To participate in ward rounds and MDTs where appropriate to ensure a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to medicines management, with a view to ensuring continuity of pharmaceutical care for patients in different healthcare settings.
• To optimise medications by undertaking Structured Medication Reviews and provide counselling to all patients
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.
What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments.
Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please refer to job description, person specification and CLCH trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma qualification or equivalent.
- Independent prescriber.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital experience
- Experience of providing a Clinical Pharmacy Service with good medicines management initiatives
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting
- Experience of working effectively within multi-disciplinary groups
- Experience of structured medication review
Desirable criteria
- Primary and Community Health experience
- Experience of audit techniques
- Experience of training
- Experience of project / change management
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the NHS and political environment
- Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues
- Sound knowledge of Medicines Reconciliation on admission and discharge and Medicines Management processes
- Computer literate – working knowledge of office applications, internet, email and electronic diary systems and advanced spreadsheet skills
- To manage own time and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to think clearly and work under pressure
- Car driver, Hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a car for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Desirable criteria
- Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade other
- Knowledge of interface issues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shruti Ranpuria
- Job title
- Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist -
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07796816697
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