Job summary
- Main area
- 201065 WCH Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS Afc: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7419631
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Specialist Surgical Care
NHS Afc: Band 8a
Job overview
Advanced Pharmacist - Specialist Surgical Care
Are you looking to develop your skills in expert clinical practice as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team?
An opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Pharmacy team, supporting our Specialist Surgical Care Collaborative, with the opportunity to specialise in Trauma and Orthopaedics. The post holder would act as a key pharmacy contact for the directorate, supporting a range of clinical and operational projects, whilst also acting as part of the senior pharmacist team supporting the wider Surgical Collaboratives.
We are looking for someone with extensive clinical pharmacy skills and experience; you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with a strong team spirit and the ability to motivate others. You must demonstrate confidence as an advanced clinical pharmacist, and a role model to early career and trainee pharmacists.
This post is based at the Cumberland Infirmary site, although there is an expectation that the post holder will have cross-site responsibilities and work closely with colleagues across the wider Trust, in developing and delivering pharmacy services.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
- Work closely with Clinicians and Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines within the relevant surgical directorates as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources.
- Lead, deliver, and develop pharmacy services to relevant surgical directorates in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.
- Work as a pharmacist prescriber developing the role for designated areas of clinical practice
- Support the development of early career and trainee pharmacists.
- Act as a senior member of the surgical pharmacy team assisting with management of day-to-day operational duties as required.
- Act as a line manager for designated band 6 or 7 pharmacists.
- Actively participate within regional and national network forums to develop and improve clinical practice and share learning.
- The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
· Being a clinically led organisation
· Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
· A positive patient experience every time
· A great place to work
· Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies
· Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
· If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy degree (Masters or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Higher pharmacy professional/post graduate qualification
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- On the practicing register of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPS)
- Pharmacist prescribing qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive specialist therapeutic and clinical knowledge relevant to the post and collaborative
- Expert knowledge and understanding of relevant pharmacy/medicines standards, legal requirements and guidelines
- Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies/policy
- Knowledge of current and planned developments in the pharmacy profession
- Understanding of NHS managerial and financial frameworks
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of successful change management
- Understanding of ePACT and other prescribing data
- Knowledge of primary care prescribing and medicines management arrangements
- Extensive experience in a secondary care role
- Experience of reviewing patient group directions
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Promote equality and value diversity
- Ability to drive or have access to transport to travel within region
- Commitment to develop a culture to promote trust values
- Excellent attendance record
- Ability to participate in on-call rota and 7 day working
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate teams to deliver objectives
- Ability to prioritise competing demands; work under pressure and deliver against a background of change and uncertainty
- Ability to make judgements in highly complex situations
- Ability to critically review, analyse and interpret clinical literature, and medicines legislation
- Appropriate IT skills to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases and other software to improve patient care
- Computer literate and ability to use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint competently
- Enthusiastic, self motivating, good organisational skills
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and within a team
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Co-operative and flexible working style with Trust wide teams
- Friendly, approachable, able to convey messages with empathy and diplomacy
- Competent and confident to deliver complex presentations and training sessions
Desirable criteria
- Understanding and experience of putting evidence into practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jan Forlow
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist - Surgical and Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07966735254
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