Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

We have an exciting opportunity

for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to join our pharmacy team. We pride

ourselves in working at the leading edge of clinical pharmacy practice and

medicines optimisation, with our teams winning national recognition for

innovative, high-quality patient care. This rotational post based at either

Darlington Memorial Hospital or the University Hospital of North Durham however

the successful applicant may be required to work across any of the Trust

hospital sites.

As part of one of

Englands largest integrated care providers, you will work alongside

multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver safe, compassionate and joined up care,

supporting our mission of getting it right first time, every time.

Main duties of the job

We pride ourselves on the

quality of the pharmaceutical care we provide for patients. The successful

candidate will be expected to deliver a high standard of near-patient

specialist pharmaceutical care to our patients. In addition, they will support

the pharmacy team to deliver governance, education, training and service

improvement to their rotational area. They will help shape the strategic

direction of pharmacy by supporting the development of innovative new services.

To achieve this we will support the successful candidate with mentoring and

development opportunities including independent prescribing, RPS portfolio

development and other further education opportunities. Applicants need to be

able to work autonomously, be a team player whilst motivating others. We welcome

applications from forward thinking, motivated pharmacists who share the values

of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants currently

undertaking a postgraduate Clinical Diploma may be eligible for financial

support to continue this with us.

Pharmacists that do

not have an independent prescriber qualification will be supported to undertake

and complete the course as part of their professional development

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

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Details

Date posted

15 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Part-time

Reference number

C9439-2627-RP-N112

Job locations

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

University Hospital Of North Durham

North Road

DURHAM

DH1 5TW

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Deputising for the Pharmacist Advanced for

their area and in so doing will be required to supervise a team of clinical

pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers, ensuring the

delivery of safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy and medicines

management services to an agreed standard and to a designated group of patient

and service users

Providing medicines management, medicines

optimisation and medicines reconciliation services to help achieve department

priorities and targets on a designated ward or group of wards, day case units

or clinics as decided by the Lead Pharmacist

Helping to develop and implement local policies

and guidelines on good prescribing practice.

Influencing local practice to ensure safe

medication use, and to ensure that their own practice and the practice of

others effectively acknowledges good prescribing practice, patient safety and

risk minimisation.

Being a point of contact for nursing and

clinical staff regarding medicine management issues.

Providing medicines information to healthcare

professionals and new drug reviews as appropriate utilising the range of

information resources available, including the library and the internet, and to

make an informed decision on the appropriate response required.

Being involved in providing clinical pharmacy

service to designated multidisciplinary team structures e.g. out patient

clinics, pre assessment.

Providing

high quality patient

education on medicines

use in both

in-patient and outpatient

settings.

Engaging in activities relating to clinical

effectiveness including: drug use review, clinical audit and clinical

self-audit and to contribute to ongoing measures of service evaluation.

Supporting the planning and implementation of

service changes and new treatments, as agreed within the pharmacy service.

Acting as a professional checker in the

dispensary and/or chemotherapy service

Participating in the

weekend, late night, on call and bank holiday rotas to meet the needs of the

service.

Job responsibilities

Deputising for the Pharmacist Advanced for

their area and in so doing will be required to supervise a team of clinical

pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers, ensuring the

delivery of safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy and medicines

management services to an agreed standard and to a designated group of patient

and service users

Providing medicines management, medicines

optimisation and medicines reconciliation services to help achieve department

priorities and targets on a designated ward or group of wards, day case units

or clinics as decided by the Lead Pharmacist

Helping to develop and implement local policies

and guidelines on good prescribing practice.

Influencing local practice to ensure safe

medication use, and to ensure that their own practice and the practice of

others effectively acknowledges good prescribing practice, patient safety and

risk minimisation.

Being a point of contact for nursing and

clinical staff regarding medicine management issues.

Providing medicines information to healthcare

professionals and new drug reviews as appropriate utilising the range of

information resources available, including the library and the internet, and to

make an informed decision on the appropriate response required.

Being involved in providing clinical pharmacy

service to designated multidisciplinary team structures e.g. out patient

clinics, pre assessment.

Providing

high quality patient

education on medicines

use in both

in-patient and outpatient

settings.

Engaging in activities relating to clinical

effectiveness including: drug use review, clinical audit and clinical

self-audit and to contribute to ongoing measures of service evaluation.

Supporting the planning and implementation of

service changes and new treatments, as agreed within the pharmacy service.

Acting as a professional checker in the

dispensary and/or chemotherapy service

Participating in the

weekend, late night, on call and bank holiday rotas to meet the needs of the

service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified pharmacist in a clinical setting.
• Experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision

Desirable

• Experience of delivering education and training sessions.
• Hospital pharmacy trainee or qualified pharmacist experience.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to trainee pharmacists

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Post graduate clinical qualification or working towards (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Pharmacist prescriber or able to undertake the training within 12 months of commencing employment.

Desirable

• Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Good understanding of medicines reconciliation and how it fits into the larger function of clinical pharmacy practice.
• Able to apply evidence-based clinical knowledge to make suitable recommendations or take appropriate actions.
• Aware of where to seek appropriate information to solve problems and make decisions.
• Able to assimilate and communicate complex medicines information to patients and healthcare professionals across the multidisciplinary team using appropriate language and different mediums.
• Aware of and able to inform others about, the clinical, legal and governance aspects of medicines.
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner in all areas of pharmacy practice.
• An understanding of current pharmacy and NHS issues.

Desirable

• Awareness and understanding of the pharmacy teams role in governance processes

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Able to build strong relationships across the multidisciplinary team; working in partnership to promote positive outcomes.
• Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
• Able to prioritise own workload in a busy and changing environment.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified pharmacist in a clinical setting.
• Experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision

Desirable

• Experience of delivering education and training sessions.
• Hospital pharmacy trainee or qualified pharmacist experience.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to trainee pharmacists

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Post graduate clinical qualification or working towards (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Pharmacist prescriber or able to undertake the training within 12 months of commencing employment.

Desirable

• Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Good understanding of medicines reconciliation and how it fits into the larger function of clinical pharmacy practice.
• Able to apply evidence-based clinical knowledge to make suitable recommendations or take appropriate actions.
• Aware of where to seek appropriate information to solve problems and make decisions.
• Able to assimilate and communicate complex medicines information to patients and healthcare professionals across the multidisciplinary team using appropriate language and different mediums.
• Aware of and able to inform others about, the clinical, legal and governance aspects of medicines.
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner in all areas of pharmacy practice.
• An understanding of current pharmacy and NHS issues.

Desirable

• Awareness and understanding of the pharmacy teams role in governance processes

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Able to build strong relationships across the multidisciplinary team; working in partnership to promote positive outcomes.
• Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
• Able to prioritise own workload in a busy and changing environment.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Deputising for the Pharmacist Advanced for

their area and in so doing will be required to supervise a team of clinical

pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers, ensuring the

delivery of safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy and medicines

management services to an agreed standard and to a designated group of patient

and service users

Providing medicines management, medicines

optimisation and medicines reconciliation services to help achieve department

priorities and targets on a designated ward or group of wards, day case units

or clinics as decided by the Lead Pharmacist

Helping to develop and implement local policies

and guidelines on good prescribing practice.

Influencing local practice to ensure safe

medication use, and to ensure that their own practice and the practice of

others effectively acknowledges good prescribing practice, patient safety and

risk minimisation.

Being a point of contact for nursing and

clinical staff regarding medicine management issues.

Providing medicines information to healthcare

professionals and new drug reviews as appropriate utilising the range of

information resources available, including the library and the internet, and to

make an informed decision on the appropriate response required.

Being involved in providing clinical pharmacy

service to designated multidisciplinary team structures e.g. out patient

clinics, pre assessment.

Providing

high quality patient

education on medicines

use in both

in-patient and outpatient

settings.

Engaging in activities relating to clinical

effectiveness including: drug use review, clinical audit and clinical

self-audit and to contribute to ongoing measures of service evaluation.

Supporting the planning and implementation of

service changes and new treatments, as agreed within the pharmacy service.

Acting as a professional checker in the

dispensary and/or chemotherapy service

Participating in the

weekend, late night, on call and bank holiday rotas to meet the needs of the

service.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified pharmacist in a clinical setting.
• Experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision

Desirable

• Experience of delivering education and training sessions.
• Hospital pharmacy trainee or qualified pharmacist experience.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to trainee pharmacists

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Post graduate clinical qualification or working towards (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Pharmacist prescriber or able to undertake the training within 12 months of commencing employment.

Desirable

• Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Good understanding of medicines reconciliation and how it fits into the larger function of clinical pharmacy practice.
• Able to apply evidence-based clinical knowledge to make suitable recommendations or take appropriate actions.
• Aware of where to seek appropriate information to solve problems and make decisions.
• Able to assimilate and communicate complex medicines information to patients and healthcare professionals across the multidisciplinary team using appropriate language and different mediums.
• Aware of and able to inform others about, the clinical, legal and governance aspects of medicines.
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner in all areas of pharmacy practice.
• An understanding of current pharmacy and NHS issues.

Desirable

• Awareness and understanding of the pharmacy teams role in governance processes

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Able to build strong relationships across the multidisciplinary team; working in partnership to promote positive outcomes.
• Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
• Able to prioritise own workload in a busy and changing environment.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.