Specialist Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization in the North East of England is looking for a dedicated Specialist Pharmacist to join their critical care team. This role involves providing expert advice, developing pharmacy services, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should be UK-registered pharmacists with experience in hospital pharmacy, and the ability to develop and deliver service improvements. Full training is provided for candidates without critical care experience. The position requires participation in extended hours and weekend services.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training opportunities

Research involvement

Qualifications

• Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice.
• Significant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy.
• Registered with the GPhC as an independent prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain clinical pharmacy services in a specialist area.
• Promote the safe and cost-effective use of medicines.
• Work closely with nursing and medical staff.

Skills

Excellent communication

Prioritisation

Negotiation skills

Teaching skills

Presentation software

Education

UK-registered pharmacist (GPhC)

MPharm degree

Clinical Diploma / Clinical Masters

Tools

Spreadsheet software

Database software

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Pharmacist

The closing date is 25 August 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our friendly team providing clinical pharmacy services to critical care. The Trust is a tertiary referral centre with a wide range of specialities, including cardiothoracics, transplant, haematology-oncology, neurosciences, burns and trauma. Our well-established and integrated pharmacy team promote medication safety and optimise medicines use in critically ill patients, including attending ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings. You will rotate through the Trust's four adult critical care units, gaining skills and knowledge across a variety of specialist areas, in addition to assisting with service provision to theatres and supporting the Perioperative & Critical Care board.

• Interview Date 9 September 2025
• 37 hours, 30 minutes/week (applicants

  wishing to work slightly reduced hours (>= 30 hours per week) would be welcomed to apply.

• 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

Based in the adult critical care units across both sites of the Trust, you will collaborate with medical, nursing, pharmacy and the wider interprofessional team to deliver person-centred care and provide expert advice and training. You will work to develop and deliver service improvement strategies which promote the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines. Departmental links with the School of Pharmacy in Newcastle will allow for further opportunities to be involved in research and teaching, plus there are opportunities to develop your clinical supervision skills.

You will be a team-player with excellent communication, prioritisation, influencing and negotiating skills. Some previous experience in critical care is preferable, but not essential, as full training will be provided, and we welcome applications from both internal and external candidates.

There is an ongoing commitment of working regular weekends, and successful candidates will be expected to participate in the pharmacy directorate's extended hours and on call service.

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.

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

o Freeman Hospital

o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

o Newcastle Dental Hospital

o Newcastle Fertility Centre

o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

o 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

Job responsibilities

• To develop and maintain clinical pharmacy services in a specialist area or directorate within the overall Trust clinical pharmacy strategy.
• To participate in the provision of other pharmacy patient services functions.
• To promote the safe, rational and cost effective use of medicines by working closely with nursing and medical staff and health care managers.
• To perform the professional role of a Registered Pharmacist, including advice, supervision and co-operation with colleagues, particularly in relation to support/cover for absent colleagues.
• To support patients to achieve their health goals in relation to medicines by providing person centred care.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice
• Demonstrable evidence of competence in speciality

Skills

• 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

Experience

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust