Job summary
- Main area
- 317 RVI Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Other
- Job ref
- 317-2025-37-045
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/10/2025
Employer heading
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 motivated individual to lead the development of an exciting new service to pre-assessment at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. Joining our newly recruited Freeman Hospital pre-assessment team, this post will form part of the new team based at the RVI. Working alongside and managing a band 6 pharmacy technician, this post’s key strategic aims are increasing medicines reconciliation completed within 24 hours and identifying potential efficiency and cost savings within the existing service. It is hoped these new roles will reduce cancelled operations (due to medicines) and improve post-surgery pharmaceutical care, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Working with many surgical specialties across the Trust and, with support from an experienced pharmacy team, you will be able to target the review of high risk patients to ensure medicines are optimised and patient safety is improved. Integration into the multiprofessional team and involvement in their activities will be needed to succeed.
As a senior member of the pharmacy team you will produce guidelines, undertake audits/research and provide support and training to the pharmacy and multiprofessional teams.
This is an exciting time to become part of the NUTH pharmacy team as the team is growing and taking on new roles in other areas of the Directorate. For more information we would strongly encourage interested individuals to get in contact for an informal chat or visit to understand more about this role.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of a coordinated, highly effective Pharmacy service within pre-assessment and day of surgery settings, including:
· Peri-operative support to the pre-assessment unit
· Development of clinical guidelines
· Audit
· Medicines reconciliation
· Discharge facilitation
· Mentoring/support to junior pharmacists, technicians and students
· Acting as a key contact for other Pharmacy staff working within the area and as a specialist in their area of practice.
· Provision of an advanced level clinical pharmacy service in line with Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.
· Ensuring patients are prioritised by using both informed decision making and own professional judgement in accordance with Trust initiatives and procedures.
· Providing ongoing clinical support and guidance to other pharmacy colleagues and the multiprofessional team, contributing to practice within the specific areas of working.
· Assisting senior colleagues in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner.
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
The post holder will be expected to participate in extended hours and weekend working. Flexible working will be considered.
If you are looking to progress your career and demonstrate your clinical and leadership and management abilities, this may be the job for you.
- Interview Date: Friday 24 October 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
- 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.
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
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
- Nicola Corkhill
- Job title
- Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2821547
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