Job summary
Are you a passionate and experienced pharmacist ready to make a real difference in a unique and rewarding environment? Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), rated Outstanding by the CQC, is looking for a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 8A) to lead and deliver advanced medicines management services at HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby STHF and HMP North Sea Camp.

As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will:

• Lead and evaluate comprehensive medicines management services.
• Provide expert clinical pharmacy input across primary care, substance misuse, and mental health.
• Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and governance.
• Supervise and support pharmacy technicians and contribute to service development across the East Midlands prison cluster.

Professional Development
Don't have your Independent Prescribing (IP) qualification yet?

• We will fund your IP qualification
• You'll receive protected time to attend university training days and assessments

We are committed to your growth and will support your journey every step of the way.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

Main duties of the job
What We're Looking For

• GPhC-registered pharmacist with a strong background in clinical pharmacy.
• Experience in secure environments or mental health settings is desirable.
• A collaborative, innovative leader who thrives in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.

Why Join NHFT?

• Work in a supportive, inclusive, and forward-thinking organisation.
• Access to excellent NHS pension, generous annual leave, and occupational health and wellbeing services.

Be part of a team that truly lives its mission: "Making a difference for you, with you."

Apply Today
Be part of something extraordinary. Help shape the future of medicines management in secure care.

About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job responsibilities
If you have recently applied for this position and have not received an invitation to interview then you do not need to re-apply as your application has already been reviewed

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Educated to degree level with MPharm or equivalent, ideally with post graduate development pathway and GPHC registration.
• Extensive experience in medicines management within secure environments, with a strong track record of implementing clinical pharmacy best practices to enhance patient safety and therapeutic outcomes in secure settings.
• Knowledge of medicines management governance requirements within Health in Justice or Secured Environments.

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification

Behaviours and Values
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team.

Security Vetting
Essential

• The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
Employer name: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address: HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, NG5 3AG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Pharmacist, Sabina Ngugi, Sabina.Ngugi@nhft.nhs.uk

Details
Date posted: 11 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 270-TH086-SEC-D
Job locations: HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, NG5 3AG, United Kingdom

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