Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; View Royal; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in British Columbia is seeking an experienced clinical pharmacist to lead the Medicine pharmacy team. The role entails providing specialist pharmaceutical advice, developing clinical services, and managing the pharmacy team. Ideal candidates will have substantial clinical pharmacy experience, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to improving patient safety. This position offers a salary of £64,455 to £74,896 per annum, with options for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Extensive post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy, at Band 8a or above.
• Demonstrate a developing clinical role.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice.
• Lead, deliver, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services.
• Manage and coordinate activities of pharmacy staff.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy knowledge

Communication skills

Leadership experience

CPD evidence

Education

M Pharm (or equivalent)

Registered Pharmacist

Clinical Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

Due to the promotion of the previous post holder, a vacancy has arisen for an experienced clinical pharmacist with management experience to lead our Medicine pharmacy team and develop clinical services.

We are looking for someone with vision, who can engage with and influence a range of different leaders and healthcare professionals including medical, nursing and pharmacy staff. Working closely with senior leaders in the Medicine and Emergency clinical board and the pharmacy leadership team, you will be expected to deliver operational and strategic priorities, such as delivering cost savings, reducing length of stay and improving patient safety.

The successful applicant may get the opportunity to work in a clinical area of their interest.

Main duties

Key aspects of this role include:

• Deliver and develop clinical pharmacy services to the clinical board
• Provide strategic leadership to deliver quality, safety and cost improvements across the clinical board
• Work closely with the clinical board and pharmacy leadership teams
• Manage the clinical board clinical pharmacy team
• Network regionally and nationally to develop and share best practice
• Provide regular teaching to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Contribute to clinical research and coordinate regular audits and quality improvement projects
• Work as a senior lead clinical pharmacist targeting patients most in need of clinical review
• Contribute to pharmacy operational duties, such as evening, weekend and bank holiday working

Job responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice to clinical healthcare professionals
• Lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services
• Manage, and coordinate the activities of other pharmacy staff
• Promote the safe, rational, and cost-effective use of medicines by working closely with clinical staff and healthcare managers
• Deliver learning to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist

Flexible working

As a flexible working friendly organisation, speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement. Pharmacists wishing to work slightly reduced hours (>= 30 hours per week) would be welcomed to apply.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Details

• Date posted: 30 September 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8b
• Salary: £64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 317-2025-40-03-DR
• Job locations: Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP

Job description

• Interview Date: 5th November 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

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Job Purpose

• To provide highly specialised pharmaceutical advice relating to use of medicines to senior medical and nursing staff.
• To lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services.
• To manage other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
• To promote the safe, rational, and cost-effective use of medicines by working closely with nursing and medical staff and healthcare managers.
• To coordinate the activities of clinical pharmacy staff
• To perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration
• Registered Pharmacist
• Clinical Diploma

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber
• Clinical Masters

Knowledge & Experience

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use
• Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine
• One to One Communication
• Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, at Band 8a or above for some of these years
• Demonstrate a developing clinical role
• Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge of Perioperative & Critical Care and Cardiothoracic Services
• Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor
• Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Basic computer skills

Desirable

• Lecturing skills
• Microsoft office

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, the UK Visas and Immigration website provides details.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Victoria Infirmary, 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP

Employer's website: careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us