Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
At Northumbria, we support our clinical pharmacists in their professional development by utilising a foundation programme of education and training. This includes structured rotations, educational opportunities, and a foundation pharmacist framework.
Our progressive team has a national reputation for innovation and development. We have one of the highest proportions of pharmacist prescribers in the country, using their skills for patients on general wards, in specialist clinics, GP practices, in their own homes, and in care homes. Successful candidates will be supported to undertake the independent prescribing qualification at the soonest possible opportunity, alongside our foundation pharmacist framework for development.
This post is rotational, with an expectation to work at all trust sites. There is a commitment to weekend working and on-call as part of our clinical teams. The Trust's Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is supported by a 7-day clinical pharmacy service. The post holder will be required to work at a range of sites within the Trust and in primary/community care settings. We welcome applications from individuals wishing to work part-time or job share.
Please note that we welcome applications from trainee pharmacists due to qualify in August 2025, or from recently qualified pharmacists looking for the right challenge.
Main duties of the job
You would be expected to:
1. Provide professional and clinical input as a member of a team of pharmacy staff involved in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services, undertaking a wide variety of duties.
2. Contribute to the continuous improvement of medicines use by inputting to clinical governance and risk reduction activities.
3. Participate in clinical audit and practice development activities.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.
High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
As a clinical pharmacist, you would predominantly work across our 4 main clinical sites: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital, and Hexham General Hospital, although there may be an expectation to work at other trust sites, GP practices, care homes, and into patients' homes.
Our current working hours for the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital are 8:15 am - 4:45 pm. For our other sites, it is 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. This may be subject to change in the future based on the needs of the service.
On-call and weekend cover is allocated on a rotational basis.
Job responsibilities
1. To provide a personal clinical and professional contribution to the clinical pharmacy service within allocated or specific wards at an acute site(s).
2. To ensure compliance with medicines policy within allocated or specific wards at an acute site(s).
3. To assist in the provision of advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management on a regular basis.
4. To contribute to the day-to-day operational running of the pharmacy department, e.g., by assuming statutory professional responsibility whilst working in the dispensary.
5. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Vocational master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent).
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Demonstration of competence at pre-registration level.
* Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience.
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society or groups to assist personal and professional development.
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum
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