Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist

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Due to the promotion of the previous post holder, a vacancy has arisen for an experienced clinical pharmacist with management experience to lead our Medicine pharmacy team and develop  clinical services. 

We are looking for someone with vision, who can engage with and influence a range of different leaders and healthcare professionals including medical, nursing and pharmacy staff.  Working closely with senior leaders in the Medicine and Emergency  clinical board and the pharmacy leadership team, you will be expected to deliver operational and strategic priorities, such as delivering cost savings, reducing length of stay and improving patient safety.  

The successful applicant may get the opportunity to work in a clinical area of their interest.

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Key aspects of this role include:

• Deliver and develop clinical pharmacy services to the clinical board
• Provide strategic leadership to deliver quality, safety and cost improvements across the clinical board
• Work closely with the clinical board and pharmacy leadership teams
• Manage the clinical board clinical pharmacy team
• Network regionally and nationally to develop and share best practice
• Provide regular teaching to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Contribute to clinical research and coordinate regular audits and quality improvement projects
• Work as a senior lead clinical pharmacist targeting patients most in need of clinical review
• Contribute to pharmacy operational duties, such as evening, weekend and bank holiday working 

Job responsibilities

You will be expected to:

• Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice to clinical healthcare professionals
• Lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services
• Manage, and coordinate the activities of other pharmacy staff
• Promote the safe, rational, and cost-effective use of medicines by working closely with clinical staff and healthcare managers
• Deliver learning to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist 

As a flexible working friendly organisation, speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement.  Pharmacists wishing to work slightly reduced hours (≥ 30 hours per week) would be welcomed to apply.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

•         Freeman Hospital

•         Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

•         Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

•         Newcastle Dental Hospital

•         Newcastle Fertility Centre

•         Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

•         Northern Genetics Service

•         Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust