Lead Pharmacist – Hospital Pharmacy
Location: Gloucester (with travel across community hospitals in Gloucestershire)
Contract: Full Time
Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 per annum
Employer: Fairview Health
Interview Process: Includes mandatory trial days
About Fairview Health
Fairview Health is a rapidly expanding healthcare organisation dedicated to delivering 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 Community and Mental Health Trusts with high-quality pharmaceutical services.
About the Role
We are seeking a motivated and clinically confident Lead Pharmacist to join our Hospital pharmacy team in Gloucester.
This is a hybrid leadership role combining dispensary leadership with ward-based clinical pharmacy services across community hospitals in Gloucestershire. You will play a key role in medicines optimisation, clinical governance, and patient safety across multiple care settings.
This role is ideal for a pharmacist who enjoys variety, autonomy, and clinical leadership responsibility while working closely with multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
Dispensary Leadership
- Lead and support dispensary staff alongside the Pharmacy Manager to ensure a safe, efficient, and patient-centred service
- Clinically screen and accuracy check prescriptions using strong clinical judgement
- Support and develop ACTs and ACDs through training and ongoing professional development
- Provide clear medicines advice to wards, including interactions, side effects, and optimisation
- Experience with SystmOne is desirable
Community Hospital Clinical Support
- Lead and develop the pharmacy clinical team (Pharmacists and Technicians), providing feedback and operational insight to support service improvement
- Conduct medicines reconciliation on admission, discharge, and transfers of care
- Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, contributing expert pharmaceutical input
- Deliver structured clinical medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy or long-term conditions
- Identify, resolve, and escalate medication-related risks and clinical issues
- Support safe prescribing practices and medicines governance across sites
Person Specification
Essential
- GPhC registered Pharmacist
- Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- 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 hospital clinical pharmacy
- Previous exposure to community hospital or intermediate care settings
Why Join Fairview Health?
- Join a supportive and fast-growing healthcare organisation
- Enjoy a varied role combining leadership, clinical practice, and service development
- Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities
- Make a real impact on patient care across Gloucestershire
Interview Process – Trial Days Required
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to trial days, including:
Dispensary Assessment
- Accuracy checking exercises
- Integration into live dispensary workflow
Team Interaction Assessment
- Communication and professionalism
- Adaptability and clinical problem-solving
These sessions ensure mutual fit between candidate, role, and team.
Apply Today
If you are a clinically confident and motivated Lead Pharmacist ready to take ownership of dispensary leadership and community hospital pharmacy services, we would love to hear from you.
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