Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist to oversee antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. The role requires a combination of clinical expertise and leadership skills, engaging with various healthcare professionals to implement evidence-based improvements. The successful candidate will manage teams, develop strategic frameworks, and contribute to enhancing pharmacy services across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, at Band 8a or above.
• Involvement in clinical audit.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to improve Trust Antimicrobial Stewardship.
• Manage day-to-day activities of a pharmacy team.
• Conduct audits to demonstrate performance against standards.

Skills

Influencing skills

Negotiating skills

Lecturing skills

Education

M Pharm (or equivalent)

Registered Pharmacist

Clinical Diploma

Clinical Masters

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 16 July 2025

An exciting new opportunity exists for an experienced Clinical Pharmacist with management experience to lead our antimicrobial stewardship pharmacy team in the delivery of evidence based improvements in antimicrobial stewardship. Working closely with the DIPC and the pharmacy leadership team you will be expected to propose and subsequently deliver improvement ideas. We are therefore looking for someone with vision who can engage with and influence a range of different healthcare professionals including medical, nursing and pharmacy staff.

The Trust is committed to use electronic solutions such as ICNet to target patients in need of an antimicrobial review so we are looking for someone with an interest in informatics who can influence and optimise these changes in working practice.

We are looking for someone who can ultimately work expertly across the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, research and education so if you want to work towards becoming a Consultant AMS Pharmacist, this could be the role for you.

• Interview Date Thursday 24 July 2025
• 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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Main duties of the job

Key aspects of this new role include:

• Provide strategic leadership to deliver improvements in Trust Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Work closely with the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the pharmacy leadership team
• Network with other Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacists and medical and nursing leads at a regional and national level to develop and share best practice
• Provide regular teaching sessions to medical, nursing and pharmacy staff
• Co-ordinate regular audits to demonstrate performance against standards of good practice and to monitor impact of interventions
• Contribute to clinical research
• On a six monthly basis present a report to the Trust Medicines Management Oversight Group, highlighting areas of concern to the executives if required
• Participate in the Trust multidisciplinary Antimicrobial Steward Group
• Develop an antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competency framework for the Trust
• Work towards global antimicrobial stewardship accreditation
• Work as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist targeting patients in most need of a clinical review
• Contribute to pharmacy operational duties on a rotational basis such as evening and weekend working
• Work closely with the Clinical Services Lead Pharmacist to ensure all Clinical Pharmacists recognise their role in antimicrobial stewardship
• Responsible for the day to day management of a team of two Band 8a AMS Pharmacists and a Band 6 AMS Pharmacy Technician to ensure delivery of key targets

About us

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

o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo 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.

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

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will also be expected to develop an antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competency framework for the Trust and ultimately work towards global antimicrobial stewardship accreditation.

• 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

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration
• Registered Pharmacist
• Clinical Diploma
• 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
• Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
• One to One Communication
• Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, at Band 8a or above for some of these years
• Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
• Specialist Clinical Pharmacy knowledge
• Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor
• Microsoft office
• Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role

Skills & Abilities

• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Basic computer skills
• Lecturing skills

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.

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