Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Acute and Emergency Medicine
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 8b
Salary: £64,455 - £74,896 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: 18th December 2025
We are recruiting for a Lead Clinical Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
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The lead pharmacist will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to Acute and Emergency Medicine service patients under the care of Medway Maritime Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to promote the optimised, safe and cost-effective use of medicines.
You will be a core member of the Trust's pharmacy department, providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team.
You will build relationships and work with internal stakeholders and external partners to support the delivery of high quality pharmaceutical care to patients.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Lead the provision of specialist clinical pharmaceutical services to the staff (medical, nursing, allied health professionals and managers) and patients of the surgical ward service in order to achieve high quality, safe, cost effective and evidence-based prescribing and use of medicines and ensure a safe transition of care across settings.
Provide pharmaceutical professional support, legal and ethical guidance and advice to all clinical and non-clinical staff within the service to raise and maintain standards of practice that meet or exceed current standards.
Attend, and contribute to, regular multidisciplinary team meetings (face to face or virtual clinics) where patients are reviewed.
Prescribe medication for individual patients within the agreed scope of practice and competence, and according to Medway NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures. Although independent prescribing is a desired qualification, candidates without this qualification will be considered.
Liaise and work in partnership with external health professionals and stakeholders across the integrated care system (ICS) in the management of virtual ward patients (e.g. GPs, community and primary care network pharmacists, social care providers)
Develop and deliver training and education to ensure staff are delivering high quality and evidence-based care when using medicines.
Develop and maintain policies and standard operating procedures for the service that are evidence-based and comply with legal and current guidance thus providing tools to maintain the safe and secure handling of medicines.
Lead on the governance of medicines for the service including the audit of policies and the management of medicines incidents in order to maintain and continually improve standards of patient care.
Manage the collection of data to respond to pharmacy/medicine Key Performance Indicators relating to surgical services and write regular reports as part of a program of audit/service evaluation.
Support the transfer of care of patients discharged from the surgical services, ensuring a high standard of information provision concerning medicines to relevant professionals and organisations and onward referral to appropriate services to support patients to live independently and manage their medicines
Facilitate and undertake research to inform practice developments and underpin delivery of an effective, evidence-based pharmacy service
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.
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