Job Description
Clinical Pharmacist | Modern Outpatient Pharmacy Service
Up to £54,054 per annum + GPhC fees paid + company pension + excellent work-life balance
38.5 hours per week
Brighton, West Sussex
Are you a Clinical Pharmacist looking to develop your career within an innovative outpatient setting?
Perhaps you're a newly qualified Pharmacist seeking your first role in a supportive environment with structured training and development?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing outpatient pharmacy service based within a leading Brighton hospital. Working alongside an experienced and highly supportive pharmacy team, you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional patient care while helping to shape and develop a modern pharmacy service.
This role offers the best of both worlds: the clinical focus and patient interaction of a hospital environment, combined with sociable working hours and a strong emphasis on professional development, wellbeing, and career progression.
The Opportunity
As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will be responsible for supporting the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of outpatient pharmacy services. Working closely with the Lead Pharmacist and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will clinically screen prescriptions, provide expert medicines advice, support dispensing activities, and ensure patients receive the highest standard of pharmaceutical care.
You will also contribute to service development initiatives, clinical governance activities, and the ongoing training and support of pharmacy colleagues. Whether you are an experienced Pharmacist or newly qualified, you will be encouraged to develop your clinical expertise within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.
What's on Offer
* Competitive salary of up to £54,054 per annum
* GPhC registration fees fully paid
* Company pension scheme
* Generous annual leave entitlement with incremental increases based on length of service
* Opportunity to earn up to an additional week's annual leave after five years' service
* Free on-site parking
* Structured training and development programme
* Clear opportunities for career progression and advancement
* Access to a modern, purpose-built outpatient pharmacy environment
* Supportive leadership team and collaborative working culture
* Excellent work-life balance with sociable working hours
* One-hour lunch break, including 30 minutes paid
Key Responsibilities
* Clinically screen and validate prescriptions to ensure safe and appropriate prescribing.
* Provide expert medicines information, advice, and counselling to patients and healthcare professionals.
* Support the safe dispensing and supply of medicines, including high-risk medications.
* Act as the Responsible Pharmacist when required, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and professional standards.
* Deliver and support clinical services, accuracy checking activities, and patient-facing pharmacy services.
* Identify and resolve medication-related issues, escalating concerns where appropriate.
* Monitor prescription volumes and support effective workload management across the pharmacy.
* Contribute to continuous quality improvement projects and service development initiatives.
* Participate in clinical governance activities, audits, and risk management processes.
* Support the training, development, and supervision of pharmacy team members.
* Maintain accurate documentation and uphold high standards of record keeping.
* Ensure ongoing compliance with GPhC standards and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will possess a genuine passion for patient care and a commitment to delivering safe, effective pharmacy services.
You will have:
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with no adverse Fitness to Practise history
* An MPharm degree or equivalent Pharmacy qualification
* Current UK pharmacy experience (pre-registration experience will be considered)
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* The ability to adapt communication styles to meet individual patient needs, including overcoming barriers such as language, hearing impairment, or learning difficulties
* Strong organisational and time-management skills
* Experience using pharmacy dispensing and clinical systems
* A demonstrable commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
* Fluent written and spoken English
* A clear DBS check or willingness to undergo one
Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a progressive pharmacy service that combines clinical excellence with a strong focus on employee wellbeing and professional growth. You'll be joining a team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, while providing the support needed to thrive at every stage of your career.
Whether you're looking to build on existing clinical experience or take your first step as a qualified Pharmacist, this role offers the ideal platform to develop your skills within a modern and patient-focused healthcare environment.
Location
Based in Brighton, this role is easily commutable from a number of surrounding areas, including Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Crawley, Horsham, Worthing, Chichester, Arundel, Eastbourne, Lewes, Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea, and surrounding Sussex locations.
Referral Scheme
Compass Associates offer a £500 voucher referral bonus for successful recommendations – if you know someone suitable, please get in touch.
Contact
To apply or find out more, please contact Natasha Isaac on 02392 417 107, or email nisaac@compassltd.co.uk.