Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 September 2025 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9319-25-0811 |
Summary
To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services. To lead on matters pertaining to medicines management, to advise on medicines use (risk management, clinical governance, research and development, formulary, expenditure) and to develop/audit relevant protocols and guidelines. To ensure that there is compliance with medicines legislation. To assist in the provision of advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management (particularly within own area of responsibility). Medicines management encompasses the selection, purchasing, delivery, prescribing, administration and review of medicine to optimise the contribution they make to produce informed and desired outcomes of patient care. To provide excellent patient care, in acute care settings, through direct patient facing activities. To undertake teaching and to supervise less experienced pharmacists, technical staff, students etc. Day to day management of trainee pharmacists and band 6 foundation pharmacists 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.