Specialist Pharmacist (Critical Care)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing clinical pharmacy services to critical care units across the Trust's sites, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective medicine use. The specialist pharmacist will develop and deliver service improvement strategies, offer expert advice, and contribute to training. Opportunities for research and teaching are available, alongside participation in extended hours and on-call services. Some critical care experience is preferable but not essential.
Key responsibilities
- To develop and maintain clinical pharmacy services in a specialist area or directorate within the overall Trust clinical pharmacy strategy.
- To participate in the provision of other pharmacy 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.
- To support patients to achieve their health goals in relation to medicines by providing person centred care.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in speciality
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Demonstrated commitment to enhancing the quality of patient care
- Significant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
- Experience of working in a hospital environment
- Demonstrable post-graduate experience in pharmacy
- Experience of working with specialist patient cohort
- UK-registered pharmacist (GPhC)
- Completion of MPharm degree (or an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy with relevant experience) plus pre-registration training and experience
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence as demonstrated in a practice portfolio of evidence
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
- Experience of working within specialist area
- Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
- Clinical Diploma / Clinical Masters
- Registered with the GPhc as an independent prescriber
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Pharmacist (Critical Care)
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our friendly team providing clinical pharmacy services to critical care. The Trust is a tertiary referral centre with a wide range of specialities, including cardiothoracics, transplant, haematology-oncology, neurosciences, burns and trauma. Our well-established and integrated pharmacy team promote medication safety and optimise medicines use in critically ill patients, including attending ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings. You will rotate through the Trust's four adult critical care units, gaining skills and knowledge across a variety of specialist areas, in addition to assisting with service provision to theatres and supporting the Perioperative & Critical Care board.
- Interview Date Tuesday 06 October 2026
- 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
Main duties of the job
Based in the adult critical care units across both sites of the Trust, you will collaborate with medical, nursing, pharmacy and the wider interprofessional team to del
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