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Job overview

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: 22nd August 2024
• 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.

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 deliver person-centred care and provide expert advice and training.  You will work to develop and deliver service improvement strategies which promote the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines.  Departmental links with the School of Pharmacy in Newcastle will allow for further opportunities to be involved in research and teaching, plus there are opportunities to develop your clinical supervision skills. 

You will be a team-player with excellent communication, prioritisation, influencing and negotiating skills.   Some previous experience in critical care is preferable, but not essential, as full training will be provided, and we welcome applications from both internal and external candidates. 

There is an ongoing commitment of working regular weekends, and successful candidates will be expected to participate in the pharmacy directorate’s extended hours and on call service for a period of 12 months.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.