Senior Pharmacist - Frailty | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,528 - £64,750 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2026 |
| Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
| Company: | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7903707/419-020426-SP-PY |
Summary
We are seeking a forward‑thinking, highly motivated pharmacist with expertise in frailty to co‑lead our established and progressive Frailty Team.
This post supports the NHS England ambition to shift care left, delivering acute‑level care through community and virtual models. The successful post holder will use advanced clinical pharmacy skills to support admission avoidance, early supported discharge and proactive frailty management. You will contribute to the design, evaluation and ongoing improvement of frailty and virtual ward pathways, aligned to Trust and national priorities around ageing well, flow, urgent and emergency care recovery and system integration.
Working within our Hospital at Home service, you will provide expert pharmaceutical care to patients managed safely at home, including participation in virtual multidisciplinary ward rounds, medicines reviews, prescribing within scope, and making clinical decisions supported by digital monitoring and escalation pathways.
Across community rehabilitation inpatient units and the community response team, you will provide senior clinical pharmacy leadership, supporting step‑down and step‑up care whilst ensuring safe, seamless transitions of care with strong communication across primary care and community services.
This is an ideal role for a pharmacist passionate about frailty and motivated to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care beyond the hospital walls.
• You will work under the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine (Acute & Frailty) with another Senior frailty pharmacist and co-lead a team of junior rotational pharmacists.
• Work collaboratively cross-site with the team at the Scarborough site.
• Deliver expert, patient-centred pharmaceutical care for frailty patients across acute, rehabilitation and community pathways
• Act as a senior clinical pharmacist within the Frailty MDT, providing specialist advice on complex prescribing and deprescribing decisions
• Lead on medicines optimisation, polypharmacy reduction and falls prevention initiatives
• Hold a non-medical prescribing certificate
• Participate in audit, research, and service evaluation to demonstrate outcomes and improve care
• Support and develop junior pharmacists, technicians, medicines management staff and the wider MDT
Trust Information Pack: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Thursday 16 Apr 2026
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