Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract 12 months (Fixed term whist post holder is on Maternity Leave) Hours Part time - 17 hours per week Job ref 326-7562233-RB
Employer Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site East Surrey Hospital Town Redhill Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum plus high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Are you a registered pharmacist passionate about evidence-based practice and patient care? Join us to lead and develop the Medicines Information (MI) service at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate a high-quality MI service, providing accurate, timely, and evaluated advice to patients, GPs, pharmacists, and other stakeholders.
Support safe, cost-effective prescribing and lead on audits, risk assessments, and research.
Promote the Patient Medicines Helpline and deliver specialist education and training.
Ensure compliance with UKMI standards and validate junior staff work.
Drive service improvements and contribute to clinical guidelines and intranet content.
Lead and develop the MI team, manage recruitment, and support staff development.
Support Trust objectives including medicines optimisation, unlicensed drugs, and recalls.
Requirements:
Registered pharmacist with a GPhC-recognised Pharmacy degree and postgraduate clinical qualification or equivalent.
5+ years post-registration, 3+ in specialist clinical pharmacy or management.
Strong clinical reasoning, communication, leadership, and IT skills.
Commitment to patient-first care and SASH values.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
* We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Criteria
* • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* • A complete and accurate application
* • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* • Evidence of essential experience for role
* • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Additional information
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we’re delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our planhere .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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