Specialist Pharmacist

Specialist Pharmacist

The closing date is 03 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic pharmacists to join our team of pharmacists and medicines management technicians across the departments at Friarage Hospital.

This is a challenging and dynamic role that will allow successful applicants to strengthen their clinical knowledge and expertise, whilst also enhancing their consultation and assessment skills. Additionally you will also be able to develop your negotiation, influencing, leadership and management skills. In doing so, you will be required to;

• Act as a positive role model for medicines management and medicines optimisation for pharmacy colleagues and other health care professionals
• Utilise transcribing or prescribing skills effectively to enhance patient care and patient safety
• Continually monitor performance and productivity, developing and piloting new ways of working to improve efficiency and patient outcomes
• Be involved in the preparation of policies and procedures
• Be involved in risk reporting and management
• Provide relevant and up to date education and training to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals

Main duties of the job

The pharmacy department at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be dedicated to your development, supporting you in your new role with various internal and external educational opportunities available to help you further develop both your clinical and professional skills.

The department hosts over 200 members of staff across both sites and provides a stimulating, friendly, and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their clinical expertise and professionalism.

The successful candidate will work full time hours 8.30am-5pm Monday - Friday, and will also be included in extended hours, weekend and on-call rotas, which are currently;

• 2 day weekend working (half days) once every 5 weeks (reimbursed with a weekday off the following week)
• On call duties on a rolling rota basis, approximately 1 in 40

South Tees NHS Foundation Trust is situated in the Tees Valley just a step away from the North Yorkshire Moors and coast and is well connected nationally and regionally by road, rail and air. Hospital services are provided from two main sites, the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. The James Cook University Hospital is designated as a Major Trauma Centre and as a Tertiary Care centre.

If you have any questions regarding this post, we would love to discuss with you more!

Please note that this post may close at sufficient applicants

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviour
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to clinical practice
• Knowledge of medicines information resources

Qualifications and Training

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent relevant postgraduate clinical qualification (or actively working towards)
• Evidence of CPD and ongoing education
• Pharmacist independent prescribing accreditation (or actively working towards)

Experience

• Wealth of experience in clinical pharmacy within a hospital setting
• Experience of providing directorate level pharmacist services e.g. budgetary reports, drug usage reviews
• Developments of protocols and policies
• Experience of developing strong professional relationships with other healthcare professionals
• Experience of leading and contributing to relevant research, audit and service improvement projects
• Experience of involvement in multidisciplinary service development
• Staff leadership and management experience
• Experience in mentorship and training for other staffTeaching experience in clinical and classroom setting

Additional Experience

• Effective team work
• Exceptional communication
• Positively respond and adapt to change
• Analytical, judgemental and problem solving
• Role model and leadership (including supervision of staff)

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust