Lead Pharmacist Private Pharmacy & Community Hospital Support
Location: Gloucester (with travel to community hospitals across Gloucestershire)
Contract: Full Time
Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Employer: Fairview Health
About Fairview Health
Fairview Health is a rapidly expanding organisation dedicated to providing safe, efficient, and compliant access to medicines across NHS Trusts, Unscheduled Care, and Primary Care settings. We operate a growing network of pharmacies and WDA licensed premises across London, Gloucester, the West Midlands, and the North of England, supporting both Community and Mental Health Trusts.
About the Role
We are seeking a motivated and clinically confident Lead Pharmacist to join our private pharmacy team in Gloucester. This hybrid role combines dispensary leadership with ward based clinical pharmacy support across several community hospitals in Gloucestershire. The post offers varied clinical exposure and the opportunity to actively contribute to medicines optimisation and patient safety across care settings.
Key Responsibilities
* Dispensary Leadership – lead and support dispensary staff, working closely with the Pharmacy Manager to ensure a safe, efficient, and patient centred service.
* Clinically screen and accuracy check prescriptions using a high standard of clinical judgement.
* Work collaboratively with ACTs and ACDs to support training, development, and continuous skill growth across the team.
* Provide clear medicines advice to wards, including interactions, side effect management, and optimisation.
* Experience with SystmOne is desirable.
* Community Hospital Clinical Support – lead and develop the pharmacy clinical team of Pharmacists and Technicians while delivering clear feedback, operational insight, and collaborative support to the Pharmacy Manager to enhance service quality and performance.
* Conduct medicines reconciliation at admission, discharge, and transfer of care.
* Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, providing expert pharmaceutical input.
* Undertake structured clinical medication reviews for patients with long term conditions or polypharmacy.
* Identify, manage, and resolve medication related risks and drug related problems.
* Support safe prescribing practices and medicines governance.
Person Specification
* Essential – GPhC registered Pharmacist.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Strong clinical reasoning and problem solving ability.
* Ability to work independently across multiple sites.
* Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across Gloucestershire.
* Desirable – Experience in community pharmacy, primary care, or ward based clinical pharmacy.
* Desirable – Experience working within community hospitals or intermediate care settings.
Why Join Fairview Health?
* Join a friendly, supportive, and expanding pharmacy organisation.
* Enjoy a varied role combining dispensary leadership with meaningful clinical exposure.
* Opportunities for ongoing clinical and professional development.
* Make a tangible difference to patient care across Gloucestershire.
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