Clinical Pharmacist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This role offers new opportunities within a highly respected pharmacy team, focusing on clinical practice across Chester, Wirral, and Macclesfield. The post holder will deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services, including medicines reconciliation and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicine use. Responsibilities also include supporting specialist areas like perinatal mental health and CAMHS, contributing to service development, and providing education on safe medication use. The position offers opportunities to develop clinical expertise and leadership skills.
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered as practising pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of clinical pharmacy training
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate clinical or mental health pharmacy qualification
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Specialised and up to date knowledge relating to medicines management
- Knowledge of NHS policy, process and guidelines relating to medicines management, pharmacy and mental health
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Good IT skills - Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, e-mail and web applications.
- Specialist knowledge of mental health therapeutics
- Post registration experience working in hospital pharmacy
- Experience of implementing new procedures or guidelines
- Post registration experience working in mental health pharmacy
- Experience in education and training
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered as practising pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of clinical pharmacy training
- Post graduate clinical or mental health pharmacy qualification
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Specialised and up to date knowledge relating to medicines management
- Knowledge of NHS policy, process and guidelines relating to medicines management, pharmacy and mental health
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Good IT skills - Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, e-mail and web applications.
- Specialist knowledge of mental health therapeutics
- Post registration experience working in hospital pharmacy
- Experience of implementing new procedures or guidelines
- Post registration experience working in mental health pharmacy
- Experience in education and training
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 10d ago · Closes in 5d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Weare excited to offer new opportunities within our highly respectedpharmacyteam, working across Chester, Wirral and Macclesfield. Due to new investment in our workforce, we are now recruiting passionate pharmacy professionals to join our friendly, multidisciplinary teams
Our dispensing service is fully outsourced, freeing you from dispensary commitments and allowing you to focus on clinical practice. In addition, on-call responsibilities are managed remotely, offering greater flexibility and work-life balance.
Role highlights:
Deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services
Undertake medicines reconciliation, reuse checks, and ordering
Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use
Support specialist areas includingperinatal mental health(Mother& Baby Unit),CAMHsinpatient services,low secure forensic units& MHIST (mental health intensive support team)
Contribute to service development, audit,teachingand quality improvement
Opportunities to develop clinicalexpertiseand leadership skills
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the planning and delivery of specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services as part of the CWP pharmacy team. This will include working as a member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that pharmaceutical care needs of patients are met, ensuring that medicine
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