Pharmacist Specialist

NHS; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to bridge clinical practice and digital innovation. This role offers the chance to influence digital prescribing systems, particularly TPP SystmOne, while maintaining direct patient care. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with pharmacy and clinical teams to ensure safe and effective implementations. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a pioneering approach in healthcare delivery, enhancing patient experiences and safety through technology. If you are passionate about pharmacy and digital solutions, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical informatics and digital prescribing systems.
• Strong knowledge of TPP SystmOne and clinical pharmacy practices.

Responsibilities

• Utilise and optimise TPP SystmOne for digital prescribing.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure clinical safety and governance.

Skills

Clinical Informatics

Digital Prescribing Systems

TPP SystmOne

Clinical Pharmacy Services

Medication Safety

Education

Pharmacy Degree

Clinical Pharmacy Certification

Tools

SystmOne

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Clinical Pharmacist to join our team in a dual role that combines clinical practice with digital innovation. This role sits at the intersection of pharmacy and digital services, providing a unique opportunity to influence the development, deployment, and optimisation of digital prescribing systems, particularly TPP SystmOne, including utilisation of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and inpatient prescribing functionality across the Urgent Treatment Centres.

The postholder will work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, clinicians and digital services teams including Application Management, IT Training and Information Governance to ensure the safe, effective, and user-friendly implementation of digital prescribing solutions. In addition to digital responsibilities, the role includes protected clinical time to maintain direct patient care activities and clinical pharmacy skills.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

1. Clinical Informatics
2. The utilisation and optimisation of TPP SystmOne across various clinical areas and specialities
3. Provide input into the design, testing, and deployment of digital prescribing systems
4. Support the rollout and configuration of EPS and prescribing functionality within SystmOne
5. Collaborate in the development and delivery of training materials and user guides for prescribers, pharmacy teams, and wider clinical staff
6. Participate in system upgrades, testing new functionalities, identifying bugs, and supporting issue resolution
7. Act as a digital champion, promoting best practices in digital prescribing & medication safety through system use
8. Ensure that clinical safety and medicines governance are at the forefront of all digital developments
9. Represent pharmacy and clinical informatics in relevant working groups & stakeholder meetings

Clinical Responsibilities

1. Work as an active member of the clinical pharmacy team to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services
2. Participate in MDT ward rounds and contribute to clinical decision-making for safe and effective medicines use

General Responsibilities

1. Participate in the pharmacy department's weekend and bank holiday rota, providing clinical and/or dispensary services
2. Participate in the pharmacy department's on-call rota, providing remote or on-site support for urgent medicines-related queries and clinical advice

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted: 07 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 319-7181911JA

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ

Job responsibilities

To build, review, and maintain the digital medicines catalogue within TPP SystmOne.

Ensure technical accuracy and clinical safety of digital medicines entries.

Support digital prescribing workflows across departments using SystmOne.

Collaborate with clinical, pharmacy, and IT teams to implement and optimise digital systems.

Uphold clinical safety and digital governance standards.

Identify and resolve system-related issues and support troubleshooting.

Work in a process-driven and autonomous manner, contributing to service improvement.