Northumbria supports 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.
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. You will be required to work at a range of sites within the Trust and in primary/community care settings. As a flexible employer we welcome applications from individuals wishing to work part time or job share.
We welcome applications from trainee pharmacists due to qualify in August 2026, or from recently qualified pharmacists.
We have a band 6 clinical pharmacist flexible working plan which is facilitated trustwide and can be discussed at interview.
We have both a permanent and a fixed term role available
Full time and part time hours may be considered.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
You would be expected to:
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 of variety of duties. This includes, where appropriate prescribing medication as part of the developments within the profession to include prescribing upon qualification.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of medicines use by inputting to clinical governance and risk reduction activities
Participate in clinical audit and practice development activities
There will be an expectation for successful candidates to complete continuous professional development aligned with the RPS Foundation Pharmacist Pathway and to complete post-qualification training as required.
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.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.
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 8:15am - 16:45pm. For our other sites it is 8:30-17:00. 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.
To provide a personal clinical and professional contribution to the clinical pharmacy service within allocated or specific wards at an acute site(s).
To ensure that there is compliance with medicines policy within allocated or specific wards at an acute site(s).
To assist in the provision of advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management on a regular basis. Medicines management encompasses the selection, procurement, delivery, prescribing, supply, administration and review of medicines to optimise the contribution they make to produce informed and desired outcomes of patient care.
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.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries
Please note: that there will be clinical scenario discussions as part of the interview process. We will also expect you to share and discuss evidence from your portfolio of practice. This may be your trainee pharmacist portfolio, RPS foundation pharmacist portfolio or a portfolio specific to your current organisation. Further details will follow prior to the interview.
