About this role
Job summary Package Description: Make a real impact on medicines safety and optimisation. We are seeking a Deputy Lead Pharmacist to work in close partnership with the Lead Pharmacist, helping to deliver highquality specialist pharmacy advice and drive effective medicines optimisation across the Business Unit. This is a key leadership role focused on improving patient outcomes, supporting innovation, and ensuring medicines are used safely, effectively, and in line with best practice. Working under the guidance of the Lead Pharmacist, you will support compliance with all legal and regulatory frameworks, including the Human Medicines Regulations, Controlled Drugs legislation, CQC requirements, NICE guidance, Patient Safety Alerts, and MHRA communications. You will play an active role in service improvement, medicines governance, and daytoday operational oversight, contributing to contract management, SLAs, and providing expert prescribing and therapeutics advice. Working Hours & Location This role will be primarily based acros
Main duties of the job As a Deputy Lead Pharmacist at HCRG Care Group, you'll play an integral role in medicines safety and optimisation. You will collaborate closely with the Lead Pharmacist, providing specialist pharmacy advice and driving effective medicines optimisation across the Business Unit. In this leadership role, your focus will be on enhancing patient outcomes, supporting innovation, and ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines in accordance with best practices. Responsibilities include compliance with regulatory frameworks like Human Medicines Regulations and Controlled Drugs legislation. You'll actively participate in service improvement, medicines governance, and operational oversight, contributing to contract management, SLAs, and offering expert prescribing advice. The role spans various locations such as Bath, Swindon, or Wiltshire, allowing flexible work arrangements. You will be expected to maintain up-to-date professional knowledge, meet GPhC standards, and engage in CPD and personal development initiatives.
About us Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. The company works in close partnership with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on efficiency, patient experience, and improved health outcomes. HCRG Care Group offers a range of services, including adult and children's community health services, primary care services such as urgent care, sexual health services, dermatology, MSK services, and adult social care and wellbeing services. Guided by a set of core values: 'We care, we think, we do', HCRG Care Group is committed to delivering high-quality care and fostering a just, open culture that encourages innovation and staff involvement. The organisation places a strong emphasis on equal opportunities and welcomes diverse applicants. It also carries out a safer recruitment process to safeguard and protect the vulnerable individuals it serves.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
Make a real impact on medicines safety and optimisation.We are seeking a Deputy Lead Pharmacist to work in close partnership with the Lead Pharmacist, helping to deliver highquality specialist pharmacy advice and drive effective medicines optimisation across the Business Unit.This is a key leadership role focused on improving patient outcomes, supporting innovation, and ensuring medicines are used safely, effectively, and in line with best practice.
Working under the guidance of the Lead Pharmacist, you will support compliance with all legal and regulatory frameworks, including the Human Medicines Regulations, Controlled Drugs legislation, CQC requirements, NICE guidance, Patient Safety Alerts, and MHRA communications.You will play an active role in service improvement, medicines governance, and daytoday operational oversight, contributing to contract management, SLAs, and providing expert prescribing and therapeutics advice.
Working Hours & Location
This role will be primarily based across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, or Wiltshire, with flexibility to work within any of these locations as required. We welcome applications from both full-time and part-time hours.
Further InformationFor an informal discussion or to request additional information about this role, please contact [email protected].
Key ResponsibilitiesThe Deputy Lead Pharmacist will work under the guidance of the Lead Pharmacist to support delivery of the responsibilities outlined below across the Business Unit.This summary highlights the key aspects of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be required.
Provide expert medicines management and optimisation advice across inpatient and community services, including complex clinical scenarios. Promote safe, effective, and evidencebased prescribing and good professional practice across the Business Unit. Support medicines governance, ensuring compliance with CQC, Home Office, and other regulatory requirements. Contribute to audits, incident reviews, risk assessments, and continuous quality improvement initiatives. Assist in the development, review, and implementation of medicines policies, SOPs, PGDs, and the Medicines Optimisation Strategy. Analyse medicinesrelated data and contribute to reports and papers for governance and assurance purposes. Participate in and support Clinical Governance and Medicines Optimisation meetings. Work collaboratively with pharmacy, clinical, and NonMedical Prescribing (NMP) teams, providing guidance, supervision, and education. Support prescribing audits, including controlled drugs, and escalate medicines safety concerns appropriately. Promote antimicrobial stewardship in collaboration with Infection Prevention and Control leads. Maintain uptodate professional knowledge, meet GPhC standards, and undertake ongoing CPD and personal development.Please see job description attached for full details of the role.
Package DescriptionAs a Deputy Lead Pharmacist you will be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
£57,528 - £64,750 FTE (Band 8a AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality CommissionEssential Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), with evidence of ongoing CPD Experience working in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy Experience of chairing meetings and supporting NonMedical Prescribers Strong IT skills with excellent organisational, timemanagement, and workload prioritisation abilities Experience undertaking, interpreting, and reviewing clinical audit Proven ability to produce highlevel reports and present at senior or governance committees Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills Good understanding of national policy relating to community health services and commissioning organisations Knowledge of ePACT data and evidencebased medicine principles, including prioritisation and appropriateness Understanding of Clinical Governance and relevant regulatory and policy frameworks Ability to work flexibly, independently, and on own initiative Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for workrelated travelDesirable Knowledge of integrated health and care systems and commissioning processes Experience of interagency working (e.g. Local Authorities, CQC, Home Office) Experience working within nurseled inpatient units Experience working in community hospitals and/or community health servicesAbout the CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), with evidence of ongoing CPD. Experience working in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy. Proven ability to produce highlevel reports and present at senior or governance committees. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills. Good understanding of national policy relating to community health services and commissioning organisations. Understanding of Clinical Governance and relevant regulatory and policy frameworks.
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 HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Swindon
SN3 6BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)