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Senior Pharmacist: Plymouth

Salary:£31,800 per year ( based on 22.5 hours per week)
Permanent:22.5 hours per week
15 days annual leave (pro-rata) + Bank holidays (pro-rata)
Private Pension
Continuous training and development
Access to a wide range of wellness and lifestyle benefits

Practice Plus Group Hospital, Plymouth is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a motivated, forward‑thinking and experienced Senior Pharmacist to join our hospital pharmacy team.

As one of the UK’s largest independent sector healthcare providers, Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth is committed to delivering an exceptional experience for every patient. With a strong focus on quality, safety and patient‑centred care, we are proud to be one of England’s largest independent providers of self‑pay, insured and NHS healthcare.

Our hospital holds a CQC Good rating and provides high‑quality healthcare to the population of Plymouth and the wider South West region, including Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and all of Devon.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a pharmacist seeking to utilise their clinical expertise while developing and demonstrating strong leadership and management capabilities within a modern, well‑supported hospital environment.

If you’re enthusiastic, patient‑focused and ready to take the next step in your pharmacy career, we’d love to hear from you.

Please contact Debs Hounsome, Head of Nursing & Clinical Services [email protected] or Vivienne Urum, Site Lead Pharmacist, [email protected] for more information or if you would like an informal chat.

Closing date 31^st May 26

Education & Qualifications:

Masters Degree in Pharmacy
Current registered with GPhC.
Post Graduate clinical diploma
Evidence of continuing professional development

Previous Experience:

Ability to work unsupervised
Experience in working directly with clinicians, the wider multidisciplinary team, patients and the public
Minimum of 3 years post registration experience of hospital or community pharmacy practice.
Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient requirements

Skills and Knowledge:

Broad knowledge of therapeutics and application to clinical practice.
Evidence of ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options to patients and healthcare staff
Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel
Sound knowledge of national clinical guidelines (e.g. N.I.C.E.) relating to specialty for pharmacy practice
Good knowledge of the medicine’s safety, risk management and governance agenda and its application to the clinical role
Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
Interest in expanding knowledge and self -development
Ability to transfer knowledge to others.
Maintains specialist interest in pharmaceutical developments above basic CPD requirements.
Basic skill in using Microsoft office or equivalent
Professional assessment of team clinical competences.
English language to IELTS 7.0

We will contact all shortlisted candidates but please note Practice Plus Group retain the right to remove the advert prior to the closing date if a suitable candidate is appointed. Our employment offers are subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks. At Practice Plus Group, we actively promote diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

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Job Description

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth

Pharmacy

£31800

Permanent

Part Time

Rewards & Benefits

Employee Assistance programme provided by Health Assured and Occupational Health through Medigold

Refer a friend scheme

Blue Light Card, Boundless card and Costco membership eligibility

Award winning ED&I programme

Free access to Reward Gateway discount scheme

Access to private health insurance

Wide range of ‘time away from work’ allowances

Extensive career development and training opportunities

Training & Development

Tailored CPD training delivered via our bespoke Learning Management System.

Extensive training courses accessible via Practice Plus Group Skills Academy.

Great development and career progression opportunities.

We perform other duties on a day to day basis such as medicines management, in possession risk assessments, and prescription & stock management. I feel like I have developed on all of these skills since working at Practice Plus Group.