Associate Director of Pharmacy - Clinical Services | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Pharmacy – Clinical Services at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a key senior leadership role for an ambitious, innovative, and experienced pharmacist with strong strategic vision, advanced clinical expertise, and exceptional leadership skills.

The postholder will provide professional and operational leadership for Clinical Pharmacy Services across the Trust, driving medicines optimisation, patient safety, workforce development, education, and service transformation. Applicants will demonstrate outstanding communication and relationship-building skills, experience of leading complex clinical services, and the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and external organisations to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.

The Associate Director of Pharmacy – Clinical Services will provide strategic and professional leadership for clinical pharmacy services across the Trust, acting as a key advisor to the Chief Pharmacist and deputising when required. The postholder will lead the planning, delivery, and continuous development of clinical pharmacy services, education, and workforce training to support Trust objectives, medicines optimisation, and patient safety priorities.

Working closely with senior clinical leaders and system partners, the role will drive service improvement, innovation, governance, and financial sustainability while ensuring delivery against key performance indicators and regulatory standards. The postholder will also lead the development of the clinical pharmacy workforce, support rotational training programmes, and promote a culture of continuous learning, quality improvement, and excellence in patient care

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Ourvisionis to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Ourmissionis to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Ourcarevalues are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

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This advert closes on Monday 29 Jun 2026