Lead Pharmacist - Medicine
The closing date is 24 November 2026

Job summary
37.5 hours per week (Additional late night working, weekend, bank holiday and on call commitments)
Permanent
Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Closing Date: Tuesday 24th November 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 10th December 2026

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

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Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an highly motivated, clinically skilled and forward-thinking pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Leadership Team as Lead Pharmacist of Medicine.

This is a key leadership role within our clinical pharmacy service, providing strategic, professional and operational leadership across Medicine services supporting both Emergency and Planned Care divisions. You will act as the lead pharmacist for Medicine, delivering highly specialist clinical expertise whilst driving service development, quality improvement, workforce development and medicines optimisation initiatives across the Trust.

Working closely with the Principal Pharmacist, Chief Pharmacist, consultants, nurses and operational teams, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering modern, patient-centred pharmacy services aligned to Trust priorities.

About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

• Effective Open Communication
• Excellence and safety in everything we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop clinical pharmacy services across designated Medicine specialties.
• Provide expert clinical and professional leadership within multidisciplinary teams.
• Act as an Independent Prescriber, delivering advanced patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Lead medicines optimisation, service improvement, audit and research programmes.
• Manage and develop specialist and rotational pharmacists.
• Contribute to strategic planning and medicines governance across the organisation.
• Support financial management of medicines expenditure and formulary development.
• Participate as a senior member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team.
• Provide on-call, weekend and bank holiday pharmacy services as part of the departmental rota.

Essential Experience and Knowledge

• Professional knowledge acquired through the vocational masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• 1 years Pre-Registration experience
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in a relevant role practicing as a pharmacist.
• Current and relevant clinical knowledge in area of speciality
• Demonstrable commitment to CPD
• Financial awareness in the management of drug budgets
• Awareness of current political agendas
• Experience in supervision of other staff

Desirable Experience and Knowledge

• Experience in training of other healthcare professionals
• Experience of tutoring or mentoring staff

Essential Qualifications and Professional Training

• Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Pre-Registration training and successful completion of relevant examination
• Completion of the Independent Prescribing Course
• Job related postgraduate qualification eg. Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma, or equivalent vocational experience

Desirable Qualifications and Professional Training

• Completion of postgraduate qualification in relevant specialist field
• Current membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy
• Member of National/ International Specialist Organisation

Essential Skills and Abilities

• Analysis of complex information relating to individual patients medication
• Ability to work alone & within a team
• Good written communication skills
• Leadership, negotiating and influencing skills
• High degree of self-motivation to organise and implement change and to develop ideas into practice
• Ability to meet demanding objectives and deadlines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer name: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address: George Eliot NHS Hospital Trust, College Street, nuneaton, CV10 7DJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.geh.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Elizabeth Japal, Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services Manager, elizabeth.japal@geh.nhs.uk, 07920380484

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 230-31823116-CS-A

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