Practice Plus Group
Lead Pharmacist
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
About The Role
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
- MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have an exciting opportunity for a Directorate Lead Pharmacist to join the Health in Justice service at Practice Plus Group.
You will work across the London and East Directorate which covers our prisons across London and the East of England.
This role is home based, with travel to sites across the directorate as required.
This is a leadership Pharmacist position within the directorate leadership team and is responsible for leading pharmacy services across Health in Justice.
Salary & Hours
This position is full time working 37.5 hours per week.
You will receive an annual salary of £75,000 to £80,000 per annum.
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team
Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks
What you'll be doing
As a Directorate Lead Pharmacist your responsibilities will vary. You will:
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
- Lead pharmacy services across the directorate.
- Provide expert clinical advice on medicines management, polypharmacy, and medicines optimisation.
- Develop pharmacy leadership capability among pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- Promote best practice and evidence-based prescribing.
- Ensure safe, legal, high-quality pharmacy services across the directorate.
- Lead clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives.
- Review drug-related incidents, complaints, investigations, and patient safety events.
- Support compliance with regulatory and professional standards.
- Contribute to quality assurance frameworks and continuous improvement programmes.
- Support service development, innovation, business growth, and mobilisation of new contracts.
- Maintain awareness of national developments affecting healthcare and pharmacy practice.
- Work with NHS commissioners, NHS England, external providers, patients, and professional bodies.
- Represent the organisation at regional and national forums and conferences.
What we'll look for in you
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
- We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- We act with integrity
- We embrace diversity
- We strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Qualifications, skills and experience required:
- A Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) including pre-registration training.
- Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Current full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Significant experience in a senior pharmacy leadership role.
- Experience implementing evidence-based medicines optimisation programmes.
- Strong experience working collaboratively with both clinical and non-clinical colleagues.
- Experience leading teams and driving service improvement.
- Knowledge of healthcare governance, quality assurance, and patient safety processes.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Location