Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) - Marlborough

Job description Job responsibilities Package Description: Make a tangible impact on patient care at the frontline of medicines optimisation.As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary ward team, delivering a high-quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacy service to inpatients. Working collaboratively with ward clinicians, practice pharmacy teams, GPs, and carers, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, effective, and cost-effective use of medicines.You will apply your clinical expertise to support evidence-based prescribing decisions, optimise treatment outcomes, and enhance medicines safety. In addition, you will contribute to seamless patient care across the wider healthcare pathway, supporting continuity and improving overall patient experience.This role offers an excellent opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, make a meaningful impact on patient care, and help drive high standards of clinical practice within the ward setting.Working Hours & LocationThis role is based at Savernake Community Hospital, providing high-quality intermediate and inpatient care within a supportive and modern healthcare environment. The position is offered at 18.75 hours per week, presenting a flexible opportunity to make a meaningful clinical impact.Further InformationFor an informal discussion or to request additional information about this role, please contact louise.byrne-jones@hcrgcaregroup.com.Main Responsibilities Deliver comprehensive clinical medication reviews for inpatients, optimising treatment and improving patient outcomes. Provide expert prescribing, therapeutics, and medicinesrelated advice to clinical and nonclinical colleagues, including doctors, nurses, nursing associates, pharmacy technicians, and wider health and social care professionals. Lead on medicines optimisation, supporting patients to gain the maximum benefit from their medicines. Actively promote the safe, effective, and costconscious use of medicines in line with best practice and local formulary guidance. Identify and address unmet pharmaceutical needs, ensuring high standards of medicines safety and governance. Undertake deprescribing activities, reducing unnecessary medicines and minimising pharmaceutical waste. Provide professional leadership on the ward for medicinesrelated matters, including risk management, clinical governance, formulary compliance, service development, and expenditure awareness. Support safe and timely patient discharge through effective medicines reconciliation and coordination with the wider care team. Deliver highquality, patientfacing care, engaging directly with patients and carers to support understanding and adherence. Contribute to the development of the workforce by providing education and training on medicines optimisation to wardbased staff.Package DescriptionAs a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) you will be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £49,387 - £56,515 FTE (Band 7 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 CommissionAbout 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.Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you.If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.