Clinical Pharmacist

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Smith Job title: Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Workforce Development Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 0191 2932729

Kate Smith: Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Workforce Development - [email protected]

Charlotte Scott: Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Workforce Development - [email protected]