Specialist Pharmacist (Critical Care)

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Specialist Pharmacist (Critical Care) to join the critical care pharmacy team. You will rotate across adult ICUs, provide expert medicines advice, and support multidisciplinary rounds and board meetings.

The role focuses on safe, effective medicines management, service development, training, and research opportunities, with weekend/extended hours as part of the commitment.

Qualifications

UK-registered pharmacist with current GPhC registration.
MPharm degree or equivalent with pre-registration training.
Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or portfolio.
Experience in hospital pharmacy and specialist cohorts.
Ability to recommend and justify therapeutic options.
Desirable: clinical diploma/masters; independent prescriber.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain clinical pharmacy services in a directorate.
Provide pharmacy patient services and clinical support.
Promote safe, rational, cost-effective medicine use.
Support supervision and collaboration with colleagues.
Involve in research, teaching and audits where possible.
Participate in on-call and extended hours as required.

Skills

Communicate therapeutic options

Interdisciplinary communication

Influence multi-disciplinary staff

Commitment to patient care

Education

UK-registered pharmacist (GPhC)

MPharm degree + pre-registration

GPhC registration

Clinical pharmacy postgraduate qualification

Job description

37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Urgent treatment centres

Employer heading

Specialist Pharmacist (Critical Care)

Band 7

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, we’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 (Shine) 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 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 Tuesday 06 October 2026
37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
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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. 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.

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:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
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

Detailed Job Description And Main 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

Essential criteria

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

Skills

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Teaching skills
Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team

Experience

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within specialist area
Evidence of involvement in clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Clinical Diploma / Clinical Masters
Registered with the GPhc as an independent prescriber

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.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download