Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist/Lead

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Band progression

Staff benefits

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a capable Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist/Lead to join the PCN partnership. The role spans Band 7/8a with opportunities for part-time work and full-time hours, delivering high-quality, patient-centered care across a busy Trust-wide network.

You will lead clinical pharmacy services and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance medicines optimisation.

Qualifications

• MPharm (or equivalent) degree and pre-registration experience.
• Registered Pharmacist (GPhC).
• CPD and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking Structured Medication Reviews in line with NHS England network DES requirements.
• Supporting medicines optimisation and deprescribing initiatives.
• Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings and patient reviews.
• Collaborating with GP practices, community pharmacies, care homes and secondary care providers to improve patient outcomes.
• Supporting management of long-term conditions.
• Contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives across the PCN.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Negotiation

Health Coaching

Medicines knowledge

Education

MPharm (or equivalent)

GPhC registered

RPS Membership

Tools

EMIS

SystemOne

Job description

Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist/Lead

Band 7 to Band 8a

Main area 317 Pharmacy Staff Recharges Grade Band 7 to Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Part time hours considered) Job ref 317-2026-43-025

Site Trustwide Town 317 Trustwide Salary £49,387 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/12/2026

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team in partnership with Newcastle Jesmond Lower Gosforth Primary Care Network (PCN).

This full-time post is supported and resourced by the Trust but based within Jesmond Lower Gosforth PCN. The successful candidate will join an established, experienced team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, delivering high-quality, patient-facing care across the PCN.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients with complex health needs, multiple long-term conditions, and those at risk of medication-related harm. You will be supported by experienced colleagues within both the PCN and our wider pharmacy network, providing access to excellent professional development opportunities and clinical support.

We would particularly like to hear from pharmacists who:

• Are passionate about patient-centred care
• Enjoy working as part of multidisciplinary teams
• Have an interest in long-term condition management and medicines optimisation
• Want to develop clinical practice / skills
• Are looking to make a meaning difference to patients across the PCN.

Whether you are an experienced primary care Pharmacist or looking to transition into the sector, you will benefit from structured support to develop advanced clinical skills, prescribing practice and leadership capability.

What we can offer:

• An established team of experienced Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.
• Close working relationships with GP practices across the PCN.
• A structured development pathway with Agenda for Change band progression.
• Opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement and innovation.
• Access to a supportive multidisciplinary network across primary and secondary care.
• Protected learning and development opportunities.

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) if not already achieved.
Comprehensive support will be provided through:

• A named GP Supervisor.
• An Educational Supervisor through the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE).
• Experienced multidisciplinary teams across the Trust and PCN.

Working for our organisation

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

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.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Undertaking Structured Medication Reviews in line with the NHS England Network DES requirements.
• Supporting medicines optimisation and deprescribing initiatives.
• Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings and patient reviews.
• Working collaboratively with GP practices, community pharmacies, care homes and secondary care providers to improve patient outcomes and reduce medicines-related harm.
• Supporting the management of long‑term conditions.
• Contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives across the PCN.

The post is Agenda for Change Band 7/8a. Candidates who demonstrate all of the competencies required of Advanced Stage 1 of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF) will be appointed at Band 8a. If appointed at Band 7, to progress to Band 8a the post-holder must achieve all of the competencies required of Advanced Stage 1 of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF). We expect that will be achievable via the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway within 2 years of appointment but extensions will be granted in exceptional circumstances. If a post-holder fails to meet the required competencies within the agreed timescale we will endeavour to redeploy them within the Pharmacy Directorate. There is no expectation that you will submit your portfolio for RPS Faculty accreditation unless you wish to do so. The cost of RPS Faculty accreditation will be your responsibility and not that of the Trust.

Flexible working requests will be considered, subject to the requirements of the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway and service needs.

Full-Time 37.5 hours per week (Please contact us if you’d like to discuss part-time hours)

Person specification

Meets All Band 7 Criteria

• M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
• Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
• RPS Membership
• Significant post registration experience in Hospital Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy or Primary Care Pharmacy
• Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
• 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
• Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
• One to One Communication
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Basic computer skills
• Specialist knowledge of the clinical area(s) or directorates involved
• Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor
• Clinical Diploma/Masters
• Faculty membership
• Teaching skills
• Microsoft office

Meets all Band 8a Criteria

• M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
• Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
• Clinical Diploma or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use and the therapeutics of long term conditions
• Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine
• Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy or primary care pharmacy, some at a senior level
• Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
• Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Basic computer skills
• Clinical Masters
• RPS Membership
• RPS Faculty Membership
• RPS Credentialing
• Specialist knowledge of the designated patient population or directorates
• Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor
• Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role
• Post registration primary care experience
• Lecturing skills
• Medicines information skills
• NHSBSA ePACT2
• Primary care record systems e.g Emis, SystemOne
• Advanced consultation skills including Health Coaching and Shared Decision Making
• Leadership Skills

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Mark Stafford Job title Lead Clinical Pharmacist Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Megan Blythe
Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist
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07729108529