Principal Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health - Division Leads

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Principal Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health - Division Leads The closing date is 27 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We are seeking two experienced and motivated clinical pharmacists to join our pharmacy team as Division Lead Pharmacists (Band 8a). Our Division Lead Pharmacists provide senior clinical leadership across the following divisions: Adult Acute and Urgent Care Services; Specialist Services (Children and Young People and Older People); Learning Disabilities and Forensic Services; and Adult Community Services. Our two current vacancies are within the Adult Acute and Urgent Care Division and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Community Perinatal Mental Health Service and Mother & Baby Unit. These are senior leadership roles within the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team, providing strategic, clinical and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of specialist services. The post holders will lead the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based and patient-centred pharmacy services, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines across both inpatient and community settings. The successful candidates will work closely with senior clinicians, managers and multidisciplinary teams to influence prescribing practice, improve patient outcomes and drive medicines optimisation initiatives across the service. This is an excellent opportunity for pharmacists looking to progress their career within specialist mental health services whilst contributing to innovative service development and quality improvement programmes. Main duties of the job As a Division Lead Pharmacist, you will provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy expertise in mental health, learning disabilities and forensic services You will lead and develop pharmacy services across the assigned division, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective medicines use Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy expertise in mental health, learning disabilities and forensic services Lead and develop pharmacy services across assigned divisions, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective medicines use Influence prescribing practice and contribute to Trust-wide medicines optimisation strategy and governance Use Independent Prescribing skills (where qualified) within agreed scopes and Trust policy Support medicines safety through incident review, learning, audit and quality improvement initiatives Line manage and develop Band 6/7 pharmacists and other pharmacy staff, fostering a strong learning culture Deliver and oversee education and training for pharmacists, technicians and wider healthcare professionals Contribute to policy development, formulary management and Trust committees (e.g. Drugs & Therapeutics) Work collaboratively across services and systems to support safe and seamless transfer of car About us Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and