Principal Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health – Division Leads

Overview

You will lead pharmaceutical services across a division within HPFT, ensuring evidence-based, patient-centred medicines use in both inpatient and community settings. You’ll influence prescribing, drive medicines optimisation, and work with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes. The role sits within the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team and offers strategic, clinical and operational leadership opportunities. This senior position supports service development and quality improvement in specialist mental health services. It is an attractive path for pharmacists seeking senior leadership and impactful transformation within mental health care.

Pay / Benefits

• leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% cost of living allowance (HCAS) included
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days + bank holidays
• one of the UK’s best pension schemes
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of pharmaceutical services within a designated division
• Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice for mental health, learning disabilities and forensic services
• Influence prescribing practice and contribute to Trust-wide medicines optimisation strategy and governance
• Utilise independent prescribing where qualified within agreed scopes and policies
• Support medicines safety through audits, incident review and quality improvement
• Line manage Band 6/7 pharmacists and other staff, fostering learning culture
• Deliver education and training for pharmacists, technicians and wider healthcare professionals
• Contribute to policy development, formulary management and Trust committees
• Collaborate across services to support safe transfer of care

Key requirements

• BPharm / MPharm / BSc Pharmacy with GPhC registration
• Postgraduate clinical pharmacy certificate/diploma or equivalent experience
• Experience in secondary care and multidisciplinary teams
• Evidence of policy writing, audits and research
• Ability to manage workload and lead teams

• Engaging and compassionate communication
• Leadership and motivational skills
• Effective training and education delivery
• Independent prescribing (desirable or working towards)
• Clinical pharmacy expertise in mental health and learning disabilities
• Medicines reconciliation, prescription review and monitoring

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