Senior Pharmacist (Hospital at Home)

Senior Pharmacist (Hospital at Home)

Closing date: 23 June 2026

Location: Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and oversee clinical pharmacy input to the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and frailty virtual ward team to deliver care to the virtual ward and Urgent Care Response teams.
• Contribute to patient care both within the unit base setting and via patient home visits where appropriate.
• Lead on medication provision and delivery across organisational boundaries.
• Complete medication reviews, medicines reconciliation and pharmaceutical care plans for patients admitted to the virtual ward.
• Work as an independent prescriber, optimising medicines and promoting appropriate, evidence based and cost effective prescribing and deprescribing.
• Use clinical skills in investigations, analysing and implementing actions for medication related incidents within the virtual ward.
• Provide specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge to health and social care professionals on the safe prescribing, handling and administration of medicines.
• Must have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Qualifications & Training

• Qualified to a degree level (MPharm or equivalent).
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council or Great Britain as a practising pharmacist.
• Postgraduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent.
• RPS Faculty membership.

Knowledge and Skills

• Professional knowledge acquired through vocational degree in pharmacy.
• Significant pre registration training and experience.
• Significant post qualification experience in a relevant role, practising as a pharmacist in hospital or primary care.
• Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
• Experience of supervising staff and leading a team.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team.
• Experience of community services.

Experience

• Worked as a clinical pharmacist at a high level.
• Creating, developing and reviewing protocols and/or guidelines.
• Supervising and undertaking audit and reporting results appropriately.
• Experience and involvement in service development, teaching, tutoring or mentoring pre registration pharmacists.
• Ability to travel independently throughout the area.
• Experience prescribing in a specialist area.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata.