Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Redcar; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in England is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy services for a virtual ward and urgent community response. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to provide at-home care and drive service improvements. Ideal candidates will have strong clinical and leadership skills with necessary qualifications. Opportunities for training and development are provided in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Leadership and improvement training

Opportunities for personal growth

Professional development environment

Qualifications

• Qualified to a master's degree level (MPharm or equivalent).
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a practising pharmacist.
• Experience as a clinical pharmacist at a high level.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop clinical pharmacy service within the Urgent Community Response service.
• Implement service improvements and expansion.
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient care.

Skills

Effective clinical skills

Leadership skills

Service development

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent)

Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

Job description

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 11 December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacist to utilise clinical independent prescribing and leadership skills as they develop and lead clinical and operational pharmacy services provided to patients on the virtual wards and the urgent community response service in Tees Community.

Hospital at Home service provides hospital level care for patients in their own home to avoid hospital admission and facilitate discharge. Urgent community response reviews patients within 2 hours of referral to avoid hospital admission.

Hospital at Home offers a hospital standard of community care in people's own homes for frailty patients – who are at highest risk of poor health outcomes such as falls, disability, admission to hospital, or the need for long‑term care.

The service helps to reduce avoidable hospital admissions, while ensuring patients get the care they need from the comfort of their own homes.

Patients are monitored daily by a multidisciplinary team and are overseen by a GP or consultant. Visits from the team are arranged as and when required to meet individual needs.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist to be a crucial member of the MDT for one of the most rapidly expanding clinical services within the Tees Valley Community.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint a confident and competent pharmacist who can demonstrate effective clinical skills and service development. You will be responsible for leading and developing the clinical pharmacy service within the Urgent Community Response service (UCR) encompassing the Hospital at Home Virtual Ward to provide excellent at‑home and on‑site patient‑centred care.

The role will additionally involve leading and implementing service improvements and expansion. The successful candidate will be provided with all the relevant training and support, as well as ample opportunities for personal growth and career progression. You will work as a crucial part of the multidisciplinary team alongside consultant, GP, nursing and pharmacy colleagues to deliver safe and effective patient care.

The pharmacy department at South Tees hosts over 180 staff, offering a stimulating, friendly, and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their clinical expertise and professionalism.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Qualified to a master's degree level (MPharm or equivalent)
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council or Great Britain as a practising pharmacist
• Postgraduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent

Experience

• Teaching, tutoring, or mentoring of pre‑registration pharmacists
• Worked as a clinical pharmacist at a high level
• Experience and involvement of service development
• Experience of a pharmacist led clinic
• Experience of quality and/or cost improvement projects
• Experience of leading service development

Knowledge & Experience

• Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy
• Significant post‑qualification experience in a relevant role, practising as a pharmacist in hospital or primary care
• Experience of supervising staff and leading a team
• Experience of Community Services

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust