Specialist Pharmacist

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for two pharmacist education roles to lead and deliver year 3 student placements at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. You will work within the clinical education and training team, supervising students and contributing to teaching and assessment activities.

Ideal candidates will have hospital pharmacy experience and an interest in education, with opportunities to develop IP and postgraduate qualifications while contributing to

Qualifications

• Evidence of competence in general clinical practice.
• Ability to communicate therapeutic options clearly.
• UK-registered pharmacist (GPhC) and MPharm diploma or equivalent.
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or evidence of equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver student placements at the Royal Victoria Infirmary for year 3.
• Support OSCE assessments and teaching with the university team.
• Develop prescribing skills and clinical teaching within the service.
• Engage in related research and MSc/dissertation projects.

Job description

Job summary
The Pharmacy Department within The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has undergone significant expansion and transformation over the past 18 months and this development continues with the creation of two new posts designed to lead and deliver the student placements at the Royal Victoria Infirmary for the year 3 undergraduate students from Newcastle University School of Pharmacy.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious pharmacist with experience of working in a hospital pharmacy to join our clinical education and training team. The posts will be managed by our new lead Pharmacist for Education and Training. The Trust has hosted undergraduate placements of pharmacy students since the School of Pharmacy opened at Newcastle University. The placements have been set up and run by our fantastic clinical technician team, who will continue to run the year 1 placements.
Main duties of the job
With the integration of independent prescribing into the pharmacy degree; it is necessary to redesign the year 3 placements so that the undergraduate students are exposed to active pharmacist decision making and prescribing in a patient setting and be taught good consultation and counselling skills.
The pharmacy department has a close working relationship with the School of Pharmacy; and the post holder will be encouraged to work closely with the team at the university; assisting with tasks such as OSCE assessments. This would be an ideal role for an individual who is enthusiastic about education and training, with a keen interest in research. The design and implementation of our current placements have been written up and published in educational journals; and we are keen that this legacy is continued. The postholder will be given the opportunity to assist with input into dissertation and MSc projects.
We recognize that ongoing development of the post holders' clinical skills is important and so the post holders will be aligned to a clinical specialty for their ward based work when not supervising the students.
About us
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:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

As the purpose of these posts is to develop the undergraduate prescribing skills and decision making; it is desirable for the pharmacists to already have their IP qualification.
Post holders will be given opportunity and encouraged to undertake appropriate qualifications in medical education such as PGCert.
Post holders will not be required to contribute to the on call rota; but, in order to maintain clinical pharmacy skills, will need to contribute to the extended hours service through weekend and late night rotas.
The undergraduate placements take place all day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and post holders will be required to work these days.
Post holders will need to manage annual leave around term dates and avoid taking annual leave during term time. The placements start in October 2026.
Term Dates (20262027)

• Autumn Term: Monday 21 September 2026 Friday 11 December 2026
• Spring Term: Monday 4 January 2027 Thursday 25 March 2027

As a department we are supportive of flexible working and would welcome a discussion about this with any potential applicants. We have an embedded culture of 9 day fortnights in many of our clinical roles. The days and term dates of the placements are fixed and any decisions around flexible working would be based around these.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential

• Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice
• Demonstrable evidence of competence in speciality
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
• Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
• Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
• Demonstrated commitment to enhancing the quality of patient care
• Teaching skills
• Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
• Significant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
• Experience of working in a hospital environment
• Demonstrable post-graduate experience in pharmacy
• Experience of working with specialist patient cohort
• Experience of working within specialist area
• Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
• UK-registered pharmacist (GPhC)
• Completion of MPharm degree (or an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy with relevant experience) plus pre-registration training and experience
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence as demonstrated in a practice portfolio of evidence
• Clinical Diploma / Clinical Masters
• Registered with the GPhc as an independent prescriber

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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