Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist band 8a
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0620-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/09/2025
Employer heading

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Homecare
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our expanding Pharmacy Homecare Team, following significant investment in the service.
This newly established post will provide clinical leadership to the Pharmacy Homecare Team and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care through homecare services.
Working closely with clinical and pharmacy colleagues across the Trust, the post-holder will support therapeutic and biosimilar switches and contribute to a range of service improvement initiatives.
Strong communication skills, excellent time management, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively are essential.
To maintain clinical competence, the post-holder will also participate in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services during departmental slots, evenings, and weekends.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership to the Pharmacy Homecare Team, which supports a wide range of specialist clinical services.
- Lead, develop, deliver, and evaluate pharmacy homecare medicines services, in alignment with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Professional Standards for Homecare Services.
- Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of protocols and guidelines relevant to homecare services.
- Identify opportunities for and undertake audits, quality improvement, and service development projects to enhance patient care, safety, and experience.
- Support the education and training of pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy staff, and other healthcare professionals on the functions and processes of pharmacy homecare.
- Contribute to the delivery of clinical pharmacy services across the department, including participation in the evenings and weekends rota.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BPharm/MPharm
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Higher degree / Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent post graduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable criteria
- Registered Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-registration clinical experience
- Experience of hospital pharmacy homecare services
Desirable criteria
- Service Improvement/Clinical Audit experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical practice knowledge including a breadth of pharmacy practice and working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent communication skills; non-verbal, verbal and written in order to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior directorate managers to members of the public).
- Good understanding of the homecare system and regulations
- Proven experience in the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate complex therapeutic options
- Ability to work independently, prioritising workload and having accountability for own professional actions
- Excellent IT skills.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department.
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
- Michael Dale
- Job title
- Deputy Pharmacy Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2712070
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