Job overview

Sessional Pharmacists (BANK) 
Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) - Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) 
Band 8a 

 We are recruiting sessional pharmacists to join our CAS to work as an expert resource for medicines, toxicology, medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care aspects of the multidisciplinary team workload. We are looking for individuals who are qualified independent prescribers to assess and respond appropriately to medication requests, in addition to prescribing for acute conditions within the context of their competence and experience.   

The CAS is a team of multidisciplinary clinicians including Pharmacists, Doctors and Advanced Practitioners providing patient support through the 111 service.  

 You will be required to undertake telephone assessment of patients in all aspects of care relating to pharmaceutical advice, undertaking minor ailments triage and providing self-care advice.   

 You will maintain high quality standards and governance and work to ensure the most appropriate patient journey. 

 Shifts are Monday-Friday evenings 6pm to 10pm and weekend shifts are between 8am-8pm (shift time/length can be specified).  

 Staff must work a minimum of 8 hours per month to maintain competencies and can pick up as many shifts as they wish depending on availability.  

 Shifts are undertaken on site at either Newburn, Hebburn or Wynward; home working may be an option depending on kit availability. 

 If you would like any further information, please contact Lauren Reay  

Main duties of the job

You will work as a fully integrated member of the clinical multi-disciplinary IUC/CAS team, having access to other healthcare professionals, specialist medicines resources, service record systems, access to admin/office support and training/development opportunities and will undertake unsocial hours.

The role requires excellent organisational skills, leadership skills, a patient-centered approach, strong communication and influencing skills, along with resilience, and an ability to secure engagement from staff and service users.

If you would like any further information or an informal conversation regarding this position, please contact

Clare Bannister – Head of IUC CAS [email protected]                     

Rosie England – Chief Pharmacist [email protected] 

Working for our organisation

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.