Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Integrated Care
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 32.5
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a part-time permanent Lead Clinical Pharmacist role within the Newcastle Inner West Primary Care Network. The successful candidate will join an established team, providing patient-facing support in primary care, focusing on medication safety and patient outcomes. The role involves structured medication reviews, contributing to prescribing schemes, and supporting patients with their health goals. Candidates will be supported by senior pharmacists and GPs, working to improve patient care and reduce health inequalities.
Essential criteria
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- Clinical Diploma or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescriber
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use and the therapeutics of long term conditions
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine
- Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy or primary care pharmacy, some at a senior level.
- Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Basic computer skills
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Masters
- RPS Membership
- RPS Faculty Membership
- RPS Credentialing
- Specialist knowledge of the designated patient population or directorates
- Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor.
- Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role
- Post registration primary care experience
- Lecturing skills
- Medicines information skills
- NHSBSA ePACT2
- Primary care record systems e.g Emis, SystemOne
- Advanced consultation skills including Health Coaching and Shared Decision Making
- Leadership Skills
- All Criteria for Band 7
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- RPS Membership
- Significant post registration experience in Hospital Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy or Primary Care Pharmacy.
- Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
- 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.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
- One to One Communication
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Basic computer skills
- Clinical Diploma/Masters
- Independent Prescriber
- Faculty membership
- Specialist knowledge of the clinical area(s) or directorates involved.
- Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor.
- Teaching skills
- Microsoft office
- Consultation skills
- All Criteria for Band 8a
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- Clinical Diploma or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescriber
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use and the therapeutics of long term conditions
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine
- Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy or primary care pharmacy, some at a senior level.
- Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Basic computer skills
- Clinical Masters
- RPS Membership
- RPS Faculty Membership
- RPS Credentialing
- Specialist knowledge of the designated patient population or directorates
- Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor.
- Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role
- Post registration primary care experience
- Lecturing skills
- Medicines information skills
- NHSBSA ePACT2
- Primary care record systems e.g Emis, SystemOne
- Advanced consultation skills including Health Coaching and Shared Decision Making
- Leadership Skills
- All Criteria for Band 7
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- RPS Membership
- Significant post registration experience in Hospital Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy or Primary Care Pharmacy.
- Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
- 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.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
- One to One Communication
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Basic computer skills
- Clinical Diploma/Masters
- Independent Prescriber
- Faculty membership
- Specialist knowledge of the clinical area(s) or directorates involved.
- Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor.
- Teaching skills
- Microsoft offic
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £64,750 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Integrated Care
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
We are delighted to offer this exciting, part-time permanent post in the Newcastle Inner West Primary Care Network. The successful candidate will be joining an established team of friendly, innovative and enthusiastic Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and other healthcare professionals in a patient facing role supporting patients in primary care across the city. You will make a real difference for patients at risk of medication related harm following major health events and transfer of care between settings.
You will be supported in practice by a named Senior Clinical Pharmacist and GP, as well as our talented, research-active multidisciplinary teams.
Our ideal candidate will have already completed or enrolled on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway with CPPE and be an experienced Independent Pharmacist prescriber already working at Band 8a level.
Candidates who demonstrate all the competencies required of Advanced Stage 1 of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF) will be appointed at AfC Band 8a. Candidates working toward those competencies will be appointed at Band 7 and supported to achieve those competencies. If AfC Band 8a competence is not achieved within two years of appointme
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