Lead Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare provider in Morpeth is recruiting for a pharmacist to oversee pharmacy services. The successful candidate should possess strong leadership skills and be able to manage a clinical pharmacy team, ensuring high-quality medication management and support for a diverse patient group. This role comes with opportunities for professional development and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Financial support for relocation

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in NHS pharmacy practice is essential.
• Willingness to work towards credentialing as a Consultant-ready pharmacist.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and clinical leadership for clinical pharmacy services.
• Manage the clinical pharmacy team within the locality.
• Lead clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation discussions.

Skills

Leadership skills

Pharmaceutical knowledge

Personnel management

Communication skills

Time management

Education

MPharm or equivalent first degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate clinical qualification to diploma level or above

Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Management/Leadership qualification or equivalent relevant experience

Job description

The closing date is 07 October 2025

Overview

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust. We are recruiting to a key strategic leadership role within the CNTW Pharmacy Department and are seeking a pharmacist with strong leadership skills to drive and deliver innovative services across the Morpeth/Northumberland area (North Locality).

This is a rare opportunity to join a forward-thinking team and lead services across the Pharmacy Department, wider Trust, and local system. The successful candidate will be an effective communicator with strong listening skills and the ability to build relationships and lead a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team. You will provide proactive pharmaceutical support to clinicians, managers, patients, and carers.

Our pharmacy team delivers medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services across all mental health, learning disability, and neuro-rehabilitation inpatient units, as well as to community mental health, crisis, liaison, and specialist teams. Pharmacists are highly valued members of the multi-disciplinary team, and many are independent prescribers working in a variety of clinical areas.

The CNTW Pharmacy Service is well regarded, with a strong reputation for delivering safe, high-quality care. We are an award-winning team recognised by the Care Quality Commission, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Health Services Journal. Our innovative, progressive service model includes medicines supply, clinical services, and governance functions.

Main duties of the job

• Provide operational and clinical leadership and development of the clinical pharmacy services to a nominated Locality Care Group within the Trust ensuring they are safe, effective, responsive and efficient
• Provide day to day management of the clinical pharmacy team within your locality
• Lead and provide subject expert input into a Locality Care Group and associated Clinical Business Units (CBUs) regarding clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation
• Provide leadership, management, support and guidance to clinical pharmacy staff working within a locality
• Where appropriate, contribute to discussions involving external stakeholders regarding medicine use within a locality

Our Medicines Optimisation forward plan has recently been approved by the Trust, setting the course for our further service and workforce development over the next few years. You will lead on the delivery of this plan within the North Locality. Previous experience in mental health is not essential but an awareness of current issues within this arena would be expected.

Our Pharmacy department is open Monday-Friday 8:30-17:00. An emergency duty pharmacist is available outside of the opening hours as well as over the weekend. This role will require the postholder to complete emergency duty work on a rota basis.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

The North East of England and Cumbria boasts some of Britain\'s most beautiful scenery, coastline and national parks. It offers affordable house prices, good connectivity and train links with some major cities. It can offer a fantastic quality of life and working for our Trust promotes a great work life balance. We have bases in many beautiful places which can give our staff the opportunity to explore some of these surrounding areas.

The Trust may also offer financial support for successful candidates who need to relocate.

As a department, we are committed to developing and supporting our staff to achieve the maximum they can from their career, whilst delivering outstanding patient centred care. We offer flexible working and other health and wellbeing benefits.

To find out more about our department and see what our team has to say you can watch our YouTube video https://youtu.be/JgVFF1jMsuY

Job responsibilities

Please note that all applicants must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Proposed date for interview: Wednesday 22nd October

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent first degree in Pharmacy
• Postgraduate clinical qualification to diploma level or above
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Specialist competencies in area relevant to practice
• Management/Leadership qualification or equivalent relevant experience

Knowledge and Experience

• Substantial post registration experience within NHS pharmacy practice
• Human resources management
• Significant experience in providing medicines management support services within an NHS organization
• Demonstrable understanding of Key NHS and pharmacy issues
• Experience of managing others
• Willing to work towards credentialing as a Consultant-ready pharmacist

Skills

• Ability to deliver high quality work to deadline

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust