Senior Pharmacist
Job Description
Job summary
The Senior Pharmacist - Professional Standards Lead - provides professional, clinical, and governance leadership within the pharmacy service, ensuring medicines are supplied safely, effectively, and in line with regulatory and professional standards.
Reporting operationally to the Pharmacy Manager, the post holder works within the pharmacy rota while acting as the professional standards lead for pharmacy practice. This role is distinct from that of the Pharmacy Manager and is focused on upholding professional excellence, medicines safety, and regulatory compliance across the service.
Working within the operational pharmacy environment, the role combines hands-on delivery (34 days per week) with responsibility for setting and maintaining high standards of pharmacy practice, medicines safety and professional accountability across the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is accountable for ensuring that:
- Clinical and dispensing decisions are safe, appropriate and consistent
- Risks are identified early, and escalated appropriately through the Pharmacy Manager and governance structures.
- Pharmacy practice is compliant, consistent and inspection-ready
- Where practice does not meet expected standards, it is identified, addressed and improved in a timely and proportionate manner
The role supports the development of pharmacy systems, people and processes, acting as a key deputy to the Superintendent Pharmacist. It offers a clear development pathway toward future senior pharmacy leadership roles as the organisation grows.
About us
The Pharmaxo Group is an award winning, market leading pharmaceutical and healthcare business that serves customers, patients and medical professionals across the UK.The Pharmaxo Group comprises of:
Bath ASU which produces thousands of aseptically (sterile) compounded injectable pharmaceutical products each day for hospitals and patients who are fighting cancer, living with chronic disease or in need of pain relief.
Pharmaxo Healthcare which is a growing clinical homecare provider in an expanding market offering greater convenience to patients whilst delivering efficiencies to the NHS.
Pharmaxo Scientific which develops the innovations in biotechnology, data and information technology that drive our businesses.
Job responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced and credible pharmacist who provides strong professional leadership within a complex, high-volume homecare environment.
Demonstrates the ability to maintain and improve standards of pharmacy practice, develop others, and ensure clinical and operational risks are identified, managed and escalated appropriately.
Able to balance patient safety, regulatory requirements and operational pressures, while driving consistency, learning and continuous improvement across the pharmacy team.
Please see full Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in pharmacy practice, including clinical checking and dispensary operations.
- Strong knowledge of pharmacy legislation, professional standards and medicines governance.
- Experience supporting or supervising pharmacists and/or pharmacy technicians.
Desirable
- Experience in clinical homecare, hospital or specialist pharmacy services.
- Experience supporting audits, inspections or regulatory compliance.
- Knowledge of GDP / GxP environments and documentation standards (e.g. ALCOA+).
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm degree (or recognised equivalent).
- Registered Pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and professional development
Desirable
- Leadership / management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Postgraduate qualification or specialist training (e.g. oncology, homecare, prescribing)
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.
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
Pharmaxo Pharmacy Services
Address
Pharmaxo Healthcare
1 Corsham Science Park
Park Lane
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9FU
United Kingdom
