Senior Dispensary Pharmacist | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 September 2025 |
| Location: | Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE |
| Company: | North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7382180/345-PHA7282180 |
Summary
*Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached*
As an experienced pharmacist with extensive hospital dispensary experience, you will lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and medication use within the pharmacy dispensaries across North Tees & Hartlepool.
You will support medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.You will manage and deliver services in accordance with relevant professional, ethical and legal standards and locally agreed policies, procedures and guidelines. The post holder will make essential contributions to the delivery of the daily workflow in the inpatient dispensaries, ensuring outstanding quality services for patients, hospital staff and other service users.
Through excellent leadership skills, you will be expected to co-ordinate and participate in the day to day management of the pharmacy dispensaries, contributing to professional, clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions received into the pharmacy, providing advice to service users, leading on investigations of errors and implementing service improvements when necessary. Working within and leading a small pharmacy team, you will use appropriate skill mix within the team to ensure that key performance metrics are met and the service runs safely and efficiently.
The modernisation, improvement and development of medicines supply, as an aspect of medicines management, is the key to achieving our vision for the future of pharmacy services. We will achieve this through the extensive use of digital technologies and IT solutions, and by developing and valuing our colleagues. This post leads on and delivers pharmacy services via the Trust dispensaries, providing error management, intervention feedback, procedure formulation and training.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
See full job description/person specification attached.
· Lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and medication use within the pharmacy dispensary services, supporting medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.
· Manage and deliver services in accordance with relevant professional, ethical and legal standards and locally agreed policies, procedures and guidelines.
· Make essential contributions to the delivery of the daily workflow in the inpatient dispensaries, ensuring outstanding quality services for patients, hospital staff and other service users.
· Co-ordinate and participate in the day to day management of the pharmacy dispensaries, contributing to professional, clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions received into the pharmacy, providing advice to service users, leading on investigations of errors and implementing service improvements when necessary.
· Working within and leading a small pharmacy team, use appropriate skill mix within the team to ensure that key performance metrics are met and the service runs safely and efficiently.
· The modernisation, improvement and development of medicines supply, as an aspect of medicines management, is the key to achieving our vision for the future of pharmacy services. We will achieve this through the extensive use of digital technologies and IT solutions, and by developing and valuing our colleagues.
· This post leads on and delivers pharmacy services via the Trust dispensaries, providing error management, intervention feedback, procedure formulation and training.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Aug 2025