Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Senior Pharmacist - Hospital at Home

The closing date is 26 February 2026

Job summary

An exciting new role has been created for a motivated and patient centered, senior clinical pharmacist to utilise their clinical skills and work with multidisciplinary colleges across the Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide co-ordinated care to patients, reduce hospital re-admissions, support safe discharge, transfer of care, and improve medicines safety and compliance in Worcestershire new Hospital at Home service. A confident communicator with strong organisational skills, who thrives in a MDT environment, you will be instrumental in supporting and developing this new service, to ensure a high-quality service for our patients.

This is a full time role.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be a confident decision maker, with clear leadership skills, excellent pharmaceutical knowledge and technical skills and a sound understanding of pharmacy service and hospital service.

Main duties include:

Lead, deliver, develop, and assess the value of clinical pharmacy services to clinical pharmacy support to Hospital at Home service.

Support the development of good practice and safe medicines management and optimisation systems across Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).

Work in collaboration with different organisations across the ICS to provide highly effective clinical pharmacy services to patients within Hospital at Home service.

Develop and work within appropriate governance structures for the designated clinical service liaising with ICS wide stakeholders as needed.

Provide clinical pharmacy teaching to relevant staff across all grades and disciplines

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Details

Date posted

16 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-2037

Job locations

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • I understand that the role involves 1 day in Hereford and 1 day in Redditch

Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC registered Pharmacist
  • Masters degree in pharmacy or pre 2000 equivalent
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Evidence of extensive post registration study/CPD
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant knowledge and experience of prescribing and medicines management
  • Significant knowledge of the national pharmacy agenda
  • Management of resources and delivery of projects
Person Specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • I understand that the role involves 1 day in Hereford and 1 day in Redditch

Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC registered Pharmacist
  • Masters degree in pharmacy or pre 2000 equivalent
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Evidence of extensive post registration study/CPD
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant knowledge and experience of prescribing and medicines management
  • Significant knowledge of the national pharmacy agenda
  • Management of resources and delivery of projects

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pharmacy Education and Operation Lead

Sarah Pilgrim

sarah.pilgrim@nhs.net

07517131277

Details

Date posted

16 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-2037

Job locations

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


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