Clinical Pharmacist

WHO ARE WE?

We are Circle Health Group. We are the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year. We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare. We want to be the most innovative and patient focused healthcare organisation.

WHO ARE YOU?

You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained. You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction. You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

• Patient-Focused Clinical Care:
• Conduct medication reviews for inpatients and outpatients, identifying interactions, contraindications, and opportunities for medicines optimisation.
• Provide tailored advice to patients on their treatment plans, including side effects, compliance, and lifestyle considerations.
• Support safe prescribing through reconciliation, clinical screening, and dose adjustment (e.g., renal or hepatic impairment).

Prescribing and Medicines Management:

Review and authorise prescriptions in line with clinical guidelines, formulary restrictions, and regulatory requirements.

Promote safe and cost-effective use of medicines by supporting adherence to local and national policies.

Participate in antimicrobial stewardship programmes and assist with monitoring high-risk medications (e.g., anticoagulants, cytotoxics, opioids).

Multidisciplinary Teamwork:

Act as a key clinical advisor within ward rounds, MDTs, and discharge planning meetings.

Provide medicines-related support and education to medical, nursing, and allied health professionals.

Collaborate with procurement, stock control, and pharmacy technicians to ensure medicine availability and supply continuity.

Safety, Governance, and Compliance:

Monitor and report medication incidents, near misses, and adverse drug reactions in line with hospital protocols and MHRA guidance.

Support audits, inspections, and clinical governance activities related to medicines management.

Contribute to policy development, clinical guidelines, and updates to the hospital formulary.

Education and Development:

Educate patients and staff on safe medication use, including self-administration programmes and discharge counselling.

Provide training to junior pharmacists, pre-registration trainees, and clinical staff on new therapies, prescribing guidelines, and pharmacy services.

Keep up to date with emerging evidence and clinical best practice through CPD, professional networks, and literature reviews.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

• Essential: A masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent).
• GPhC registration as a Pharmacist.
• Previous experience in a clinical hospital pharmacy role.
• Strong knowledge of therapeutics, clinical guidelines, and pharmaceutical legislation.
• Excellent communication and clinical decision-making skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Confident using electronic prescribing and medication administration systems (e.g., EPMA).
• Desirable: Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or working towards (e.g., Clinical Diploma or Independent Prescribing).
• Experience in a specific clinical specialty (e.g., surgery, oncology, cardiology, critical care).
• Experience in private healthcare or working to CQC standards.
• Participation in audit, service evaluation, or quality improvement projects.
• Training or mentorship experience.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU?

You are a great communicator with different people at different levels. You are an excellent judge and decision maker. You are a highly effective problem solver. You are proactive and driven to succeed. You are punctual, committed and reliable. You are flexible and adaptable.

WHAT ELSE?

This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments. You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act. You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm. Health & Safety / Confidentiality You must maintain knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Act. Ensuring appropriate measures are taken in respect of Health & Safety for staff, visitors and contractors. In the course of their duties employees will have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff and Circle Health Group. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded as serious misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action being taken including dismissal.

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments.

Opportunities with Circle Health Group

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work stylesand more. We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

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