Associate Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services
LocationPlymouth, England, United Kingdom
Posted At3/13/2026
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Description
Are you an ambitious, motivated and forward‑thinking senior pharmacist ready to lead one of the largest and most diverse clinical pharmacy services in the Southwest?
This is an exceptional opportunity to join University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) as our Associate Chief Pharmacist for Clinical Services — a role with genuine scale, strategic influence and the ability to shape the future of clinical pharmacy across a major tertiary centre.
We welcome applications from experienced senior pharmacy leaders as well as exceptional emerging leaders with the capability, ambition and strategic insight to succeed in a role of this scale.
You will provide senior leadership to a progressive, clinically focused, digitally enabled pharmacy service, guiding:
The Associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Services is a senior member of the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team responsible for defining and delivering the Trust’s clinical pharmacy vision. The post holder leads the development and implementation of the UHP Clinical Pharmacy Strategy, ensuring services are progressive, patient‑centred and aligned with Trust and Integrated Care System (ICS) priorities.
The role provides professional leadership for the clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation workforce, ensuring staff work at the top of their licence and that clinical services are safe, effective and responsive to the needs of a large tertiary teaching hospital. Working closely with senior clinical, operational and managerial colleagues, the post holder ensures that the use of medicines supports high‑quality care, patient flow, safety, and value.
The Associate Chief Pharmacist represents clinical pharmacy at senior internal and external forums and leads the advancement of extended and advanced practice, including independent prescribing, advanced practice and consultant pharmacist pathways, supporting the Trust’s ambition for high‑quality, research‑active, sustainable pharmaceutical care.
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This is an exceptional opportunity to join University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) as our Associate Chief Pharmacist for Clinical Services — a role with genuine scale, strategic influence and the ability to shape the future of clinical pharmacy across a major tertiary centre.
We welcome applications from experienced senior pharmacy leaders as well as exceptional emerging leaders with the capability, ambition and strategic insight to succeed in a role of this scale.
You will provide senior leadership to a progressive, clinically focused, digitally enabled pharmacy service, guiding:
- 70+ clinical pharmacy professionals (Lead Pharmacists, Advanced Specialists, Rotational Pharmacists, Medicines Optimisation Technicians)
- 20–25 trainees
- A £4.7m clinical workforce budget, influencing £150m+ medicines expenditure
The Associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Services is a senior member of the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team responsible for defining and delivering the Trust’s clinical pharmacy vision. The post holder leads the development and implementation of the UHP Clinical Pharmacy Strategy, ensuring services are progressive, patient‑centred and aligned with Trust and Integrated Care System (ICS) priorities.
The role provides professional leadership for the clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation workforce, ensuring staff work at the top of their licence and that clinical services are safe, effective and responsive to the needs of a large tertiary teaching hospital. Working closely with senior clinical, operational and managerial colleagues, the post holder ensures that the use of medicines supports high‑quality care, patient flow, safety, and value.
The Associate Chief Pharmacist represents clinical pharmacy at senior internal and external forums and leads the advancement of extended and advanced practice, including independent prescribing, advanced practice and consultant pharmacist pathways, supporting the Trust’s ambition for high‑quality, research‑active, sustainable pharmaceutical care.
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*Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
UHP is the largest acute and tertiary hospital on the Southwest Peninsula, serving over 2 million people. Our specialist services include cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, renal transplantation, major trauma, haematology, oncology, hepatobiliary surgery and paediatrics. We work closely with partners across Devon ICS to streamline pathways and drive high‑quality medicines optimisation.
We benefit from strong academic partnerships. The University of Plymouth, now teaching the University of Bath MPharm programme locally, offers opportunities for pharmacists to contribute to teaching, clinical skills education and academic collaboration.
Our department continues to modernise, with a new dispensing robot and automated controlled drug cabinets within the pharmacy. We are preparing for a Trust‑wide rollout of automated dispensing cabinets and constructing a state‑of‑the‑art aseptic unit opening in 2027. Alongside this, we will implement the Epic Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in Summer 2026, strengthening our digital and clinical capability.
As a People First organisation, we are committed to compassionate, values‑led leadership, ensuring that we put people first, take ownership and continuously listen, learn and improve.
Our Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Senior Leadership Team are deeply committed to supporting you as an individual, helping you thrive in a role that is both challenging and highly rewarding.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vivek Soni Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist Email address: vivek.soni@nhs.net Telephone number: 01752 430454
For an informal discussion or to arrange a site visit, please contact:
Vivek Soni, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, vivek.soni@nhs.net
We look forward to hearing from leaders ready to make a significant impact on patient care, workforce development and the future of clinical pharmacy at UHP.
UHP is the largest acute and tertiary hospital on the Southwest Peninsula, serving over 2 million people. Our specialist services include cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, renal transplantation, major trauma, haematology, oncology, hepatobiliary surgery and paediatrics. We work closely with partners across Devon ICS to streamline pathways and drive high‑quality medicines optimisation.
We benefit from strong academic partnerships. The University of Plymouth, now teaching the University of Bath MPharm programme locally, offers opportunities for pharmacists to contribute to teaching, clinical skills education and academic collaboration.
Our department continues to modernise, with a new dispensing robot and automated controlled drug cabinets within the pharmacy. We are preparing for a Trust‑wide rollout of automated dispensing cabinets and constructing a state‑of‑the‑art aseptic unit opening in 2027. Alongside this, we will implement the Epic Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in Summer 2026, strengthening our digital and clinical capability.
As a People First organisation, we are committed to compassionate, values‑led leadership, ensuring that we put people first, take ownership and continuously listen, learn and improve.
Our Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Senior Leadership Team are deeply committed to supporting you as an individual, helping you thrive in a role that is both challenging and highly rewarding.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vivek Soni Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist Email address: vivek.soni@nhs.net Telephone number: 01752 430454
For an informal discussion or to arrange a site visit, please contact:
Vivek Soni, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, vivek.soni@nhs.net
We look forward to hearing from leaders ready to make a significant impact on patient care, workforce development and the future of clinical pharmacy at UHP.