Job Description

Job Title: Lead Clinical Pharmacist
Location: Remote - Occasional meetings in Loughborough and CHEC Sites
Contract Type: Self Employed
We are always looking for great talent to join our team and help achieve our ambitious goals and growth. We care about our people, and we care about the future of community health and how CHEC can play an innovative part in making this great, with your help.
About the Role
We are looking for a dynamic pharmacist with hospital experience and Medicines Information expertise to oversee and enhance our medicines management strategy.
We are looking for someone who can:

• Lead the auditing, monitoring, and ongoing development of the Medicines Information Service across the organisation, in line with local and national guidance and user feedback.
• Work collaboratively with Heads of Services and the Medical Director to review and update our formulary, ensuring alignment with best practice and evidence-based guidelines.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure clinician compliance with the formulary.
• Drive medicines optimisation by developing robust systems for the safe, appropriate, and cost-effective use of medicines.
• Monitor prescriptions for accuracy, legality, and safety--including checks for drug interactions, contraindications, and patient-specific factors.
• Support and guide clinicians on compliance with legal and clinical standards (e.g. Medicines Act, Mental Health Act, and CHEC policies).
• Contribute to the development and implementation of cost-effective medicine supply contracts to meet organisational needs.
• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to designated CHEC hospital sites.
• Offer expert advice to clinicians on unlicensed medicine use, poorly evidenced therapies, and complex prescribing decisions.
• Promote evidence-based prescribing through the implementation of clinical guidelines and pharmaceutical care plans.
• Engage in patient counselling to improve medicine adherence and support lifestyle changes.
• Facilitate pharmacovigilance by reporting adverse drug reactions via appropriate national schemes.
• Utilise SystmOne and medicines information resources effectively to support safe and effective clinical pharmacy practice.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Proven experience in Medicines Information
• Proficient in SystmOne
• GPhC registered and eligible to work in the UK

About CHEC
Community Health and Eyecare are an independent service provider that specialise in Ophthalmology and Endoscopy services supporting the NHS. CHEC are an established group of hospitals and community clinics across the UK. Our bespoke state of the art surgical centres are a beacon of envy, providing end-to-end care for our patients through NHS partnerships.
We have 5 core values that we uphold through our employee and patient lifecycle to ensure a pleasant experience for all. These are Caring, Passionate, Togetherness, Listening and Focus, something that all our colleagues are expected to naturally uphold here at CHEC.
Founded in 2012, CHEC has worked in partnership with thousands of optometrists to deliver our shared care partnership model. We are now one of the largest providers of community-based ophthalmology services in the UK.
As a specialist provider of community ophthalmology, we are pleased to have built a reputation for high quality, patient-focused care that ensures we always remain responsive and considerate to the needs of our patients. This model is underpinned by our dedicated clinical and non-clinical teams across the country who continue to serve our patients by providing excellent end to end care for every eye condition, as well as supporting the NHS. We consider this one of our USP's, setting us apart from other independent sector providers as we strive to work in partnership with providers to improve services for all.
Our vision is simple. To make eyecare more readily available and accessible throughout local communities by offering patients greater choice, flexibility and reduced waiting times.
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