Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Value

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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Value

The closing date is 16 September 2026

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Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Value to join our senior pharmacy leadership team. This is a key role providing expert leadership for high-cost drugs, medicines optimisation, formulary management, and commissioning processes across the Trust.

Our Culture

We are committed to providing a compassionate and inclusive working environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting staff wellbeing, professional growth and a sense of belonging.We want all staff to feel valued, treated fairly, and supported to reach their full potential.

Flexible Working

We encourage applications from individuals seeking a range of flexible working options, including part-time hours, job-share, compressed hours, or flexible start and finish times. We are happy to discuss how flexibility can work for you and the service at interview.

What we offer

• Supportive senior pharmacy team
• Opportunities for leadership development
• Involvement in system-wide optimisation projects
• Participation in research, QI and teaching
• A culture that prioritises wellbeing, teamwork and continuous improvement

Main duties of the job

About You

You should have:

• Significant hospital pharmacy experience
• Strong understanding of medicines commissioning, HCD processes and funding flows
• Experience in formulary management and implementation of NICE guidance
• Excellent communication, negotiation and leadership skills
• The ability to influence and work effectively with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
• A postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience

You will be committed to high-quality patient care, medicines value, and inclusive leadership.

Responsible for providing professional expertise to the Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS England and RUH to ensure the best possible patient outcomes and value for money for the NHS from medicines.

To lead on implementation for High Cost Drugs, NICE TAs and medicines activity data by working with commissioners to develop and deliver efficiency savings plans on the High Cost Drugs (HCD) budgets.

Manage the process for approval, appropriate use and audit of High Cost Drugs associated with Payment By Results (PBR) excluded medicines commissioned by BSW ICS

Manage related training provision to all operational staff within the facility.

Actively engage in service evaluation and business planning with the Pharmacy Senior Management Team

Support training and teaching activities of the Pharmacy Department

Line manage and undertake the annual appraisal of allocated staff

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,582 to £77,368 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

427-7890107-D

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GPHC Registered
• Masters level Qualification

Knowlesge

Essential

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience, including involvement in medicines commissioning, formulary management, or high-cost drug processes.
• Proven leadership and management capability, including supervising pharmacists/technicians, contributing to service development, and delivering quality improvement or change projects.
• Strong understanding of national medicines policy, NICE guidance processes, and the ability to interpret and apply commissioning requirements to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GPHC Registered
• Masters level Qualification

Knowlesge

Essential

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience, including involvement in medicines commissioning, formulary management, or high-cost drug processes.
• Proven leadership and management capability, including supervising pharmacists/technicians, contributing to service development, and delivering quality improvement or change projects.
• Strong understanding of national medicines policy, NICE guidance processes, and the ability to interpret and apply commissioning requirements to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation

Uzoma Ibechukwu

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,582 to £77,368 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

427-7890107-D

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG

United Kingdom

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