Job summary
- Main area
- 317 FH Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent: from January 2026
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-28-019
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/09/2025
Employer heading
Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist
Band 8b
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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
An exciting new role has been created for an experienced clinical pharmacist with management experience looking to lead our Cardiothoracic Services pharmacy team to develop and improve our clinical services. The Cardiothoracic Services clinical board is diverse, encompassing adults, paediatrics, wards, outpatients, theatres and both medical and surgical patients (including transplant). As a tertiary referral centre, we are also the specialist unit for a number of conditions.
We are therefore looking for someone with vision who can engage with and influence a range of different leaders and healthcare professionals including medical, nursing and pharmacy staff. Working closely with senior leaders in the Cardiothoracic Services clinical board and the pharmacy leadership team you will be expected to deliver operational and strategic priorities such as delivering cost savings, reducing length of stay and improving patient safety.
We are looking for someone who can ultimately work expertly across the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, research and education so if you want to work towards becoming a Consultant Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Pharmacist of the future, this could be the role for you.
- Interview Date: Monday 8 September 2025
- 37 Hours 30 minutes/week
- 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.
- NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
Key aspects of this role include:
- Deliver and develop clinical pharmacy services to the board
- Provide strategic leadership to deliver quality, safety and cost improvements across the board
- Work closely with the Cardiothoracic Services board and pharmacy leadership teams
- Manage the board clinical pharmacy team
- Network regionally and nationally to develop and share best practice
- Provide regular teaching to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
- Contribute to clinical research and coordinate regular audits and quality improvement projects
- Work as a senior lead clinical pharmacist targeting patients most in need of clinical review
- Contribute to pharmacy operational duties, such as evening and weekend working
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to:
- Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice to clinical healthcare professionals
- Lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services
- Manage, and coordinate the activities of, other pharmacy staff
- Promote the safe, rational, and cost-effective use of medicines by working closely with clinical staff and healthcare managers
- Deliver learning to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
- Perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist
As a flexible working friendly organisation, speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement. Pharmacists wishing to work slightly reduced hours (≥ 30 hours per week) would be welcomed to apply.
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.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
· Freeman Hospital
· Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
· Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
· Newcastle Dental Hospital
· Newcastle Fertility Centre
· Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
· Northern Genetics Service
· Cramlington Manor Walks
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 provide highly specialised pharmaceutical advice relating to use of medicines to senior medical and nursing staff.
To lead, deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services.
To manage other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
To promote the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines by working closely with nursing and medical staff and healthcare managers.
To coordinate the activities of clinical pharmacy staff
To perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration
- Registered Pharmacist
- Clinical Diploma
Desirable criteria
- Independent Prescriber
- Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role
- Clinical Masters
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine
- One to One Communication
- Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, at Band 8a or above for some of these years
- Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge of Perioperative & Critical Care and Cardiothoracic Services
- Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information.
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Basic computer skills
Desirable criteria
- Lecturing skills
- Microsoft office
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Vasey
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2825025
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