Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Governance and Formulary
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,455.00 to £74,896.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64455.00 - £74896.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Location: | Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9275-25-0496 |
Summary
This role provides strategic leadership for formulary management, medicines governance, optimisation, and clinical pharmacy practice across the Trust. Key responsibilities include maintaining the Trust formulary, overseeing non-formulary and Individual Funding Request processes, and ensuring safe, effective and cost-efficient medicine use. The post-holder represents the organisation at multiple regional groups, collaborates on national and regional medicines optimisation initiatives, and leads the Medicines Management Group. They provide senior clinical advice, negotiate on complex or contentious medicines issues, and deliver training on formulary processes. Governance duties involve leading the Pharmacy Governance Group, supervising relevant pharmacy governance staff, ensuring compliance with national policies, and overseeing procedures such as IVIG, Patient Group Directions, unlicensed medicines, and controlled drugs. The role drives the audit programme, manages responses to drug shortages and recalls, supports the development of Trust-wide medicines policies, and ensures adherence to SOPs, mandatory training, and CQUIN requirements. Within medicines optimisation, the post-holder supports and deputises for the Lead Pharmacist, provides complex financial and horizon-scanning advice, contributes to efficiency programmes, and forecasts drug budget impacts. They also lead and participate in research, quality improvement projects, and share findings through publication and presentation. General duties include providing visible leadership, maintaining a positive and inclusive culture, producing business cases, promoting the pharmacy service, ensuring professional standards, and complying with all governance, legal and safety requirements. The post includes clinical responsibilities such as independent prescribing, providing specialist clinical pharmacy services, supervising trainees and staff, supporting operational services, participating in rotas, and maintaining active professional development.