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317 FH Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent: from January 2026
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Part time and flexible working requests will be considered)
Job ref
317-2025-30-025
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Freeman Hospital
Town
317 01 Freeman Hospital
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
30/09/2025

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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Band 8a

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

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the surgical pharmacy team based at Freeman Hospital!

The Freeman Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for many regional services and under the direction of the Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist for surgical and associated specialties you will be given the opportunity to expand and enhance the pharmacy cover we provide to urology services within the Trust.

  • Interview Date Tuesday 30 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

  • To organise and develop clinical pharmacy services within agreed clinical area.
  • To undertake an agreed prescribing role within agreed clinical area.
  • To participate in the provision of clinical and 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.

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 around 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

We would expect you to lead the development of new services within the surgical board (with a focus on urology) and also be involved in developing the role of pharmacists as they qualify as independent prescribers.

All our senior pharmacists are expected to take an active role in our various teaching commitments and there are opportunities to be involved with pharmacy and medical undergraduate teaching.  You will also be able to develop your people management and clinical supervision skills as a clinical diploma supervisor, Foundation Trainee Pharmacist mentor or Designated prescribing practitioner.

Within the role you will be involved with service developments to ensure that high risk patients are reviewed promptly to optimise medication therapy and minimise any medicines related harm. This will be achieved by effectively utilising a team of Ward Technicians, and clinical pharmacists. You will also use prescribing skills to facilitate prompt medicines reconciliation and medicines optimisation.

You will be responsible for supervising the training of Foundation Grade Pharmacists and Trainees rotating through your clinical area by setting objectives and providing supervision and support during the working day.

Your role will include support to the clinical boards, answering medication related queries and overseeing the access to medicines used in the clinical areas (e.g by providing information on supply problems, advising on medicines storage and facilitating formulary requests) and identifying areas for quality and cost improvement.

As an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist we would expect you to lead on clinical audit and research within your clinical area and also support education and training of the Pharmacy team and the wider MDT.

All our clinical pharmacists will be expected to participate in our 7 day clinical service (including operational commitments to the inpatient services) and you will be included in our weekend and Bank Holiday rota. You will also support late night and weekend dispensary services on a rota basis.

Part time and flexible working requests will be considered.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
  • Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
  • Clinical Diploma
  • Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
  • 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
  • Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, some at a senior level
  • Demonstrate a developing clinical role
  • Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist knowledge of the clinical area(s) or directorates involved
  • Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor
  • Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
  • One to One Communication
  • Influencing and negotiating skills
  • Basic computer skills
Desirable criteria
  • Lecturing skills
  • Microsoft office

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly Employer

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Lovett
Job title
Lead Clinical Pharmacist for General Surgery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0191 2231458
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