Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Pharmacist with a strong background in Clinical Pharmacy? Are you looking to further develop your clinical and leadership skills and work as an integral member of a well-respected multidisciplinary team? If so, we would love to hear from you. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy department are proud to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Brighton and Haywards Heath sites as Acute and Specialty Medicine Divisional lead pharmacist. We are looking for someone to plan, manage, develop and assist in the leadership and provision of clinical pharmacy services to medicine services across our Royal Sussex County and Princess Royal Hospitals.

Main duties of the job
As the Acute and Specialty Medicine team manager, the post holder will be responsible forthe management and development of all staff providing pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to Acute and Specialty medicine. The post holder will be the lead clinical pharmacy practitioner for Acute and Specialty Medicine responsible for the delivery, development,evaluationand coordination of clinical pharmacy services, working in line with theobjectives of the division and the UHSussexpharmacyobjectivesto provide excellent patient care. The post holder will be responsible for Acute and Specialty Medicine for all aspects of medicines management to provide an expert level of clinical pharmacy services to patients in a chosen area in the division, helping optimise patient care involving the use of medication and will be the lead clinical pharmacy practitioner for all pharmacy aspects including drug expenditure reporting, safety and quality issues, audit, teaching and research & development activities for the division.

About us
Working for our organisation At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer abuddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

Details
Date posted: 07 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 279-8027458-JUL26
Job locations: Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description document for full detail of role.

Main duties and Responsibilities include:

• Clinical
• Management/leadership
• Educational/Training
• Financial
• Research & Development
• Additional duties/responsibilities

Additional duties/responsibilities:

• Toparticipatein weekend/bank holiday rota at RSCH or PRH asrequiredto provide pharmacy services (clinical and supply).
• Will berequiredto work in the dispensary at times of need to provide professional support and to provide pharmacy services (clinical and supply) for in-patients,outpatientsand patientsparticipatingin clinical trials to fulfil the clinical and legal requirements of a dispensary service.
• May berequiredtoparticipatein out of hours emergency duty services subject to joint agreement between the post holder and their manager.
• The post holder who is a member of a professional body mustcomply withstandards of professional practice/conduct. It is the post holders responsibility to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere to these requirements.
• The post holder has a responsibility to themselves and others in relation to managing risk, health and safety and will berequiredto work within the policies and procedures laid down by the Trust. All staff have a responsibility to access occupational health, other staff supportservices and/or any relevant others in times of need and advice.

Please Note: Thejob description is an outline of the role and responsibilities. From time to time due to the needs of the service, we may ask you to flexibly undertake other duties that are consistent with your role and banding, including project work, internal job rotationand absence cover.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basisin accordance withthe changing needs of the department and the organisation.

Person Specification
Essential

• Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post Graduate Diploma/RPS Foundation Framework completed OR relevant experience
• Significant experience in providing acute secondary care clinical pharmacy services
• Experience of writing and developing guidelines and policies
• Experience of developing and monitoring delivery of KPIs
• Experience of mananagement of finance
• Experience of high level people and departmental management
• Experience of developing and delivering high quality education and training for all levels of pharmacy undergraduates and post graduate practitioners
• BPharm / BSc (pharmacy) / MPharm/equivalent pharmacy degree

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber
• Demonstrated ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
• Evidence of working with external partners
• Postgraduate qualification in healthcare leadership or management

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address: Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:
Trust Clinical Pharmacy Lead, Mairead OMalley, mairead.o'malley@nhs.net, 01273696955