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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Competencies
Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
- Skills and Competencies
Excellent communication skills with demonstrable ability to present complex or sensitive information to clinicians and senior pharmacists.
- Skills and Competencies
Good planning, prioritisation and time management skills.
- Skills and Competencies
Good analytical and judgemental skills.
- Skills and Competencies
Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to deliver high quality work to deadline.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience in providing clinical pharmacy services
- Knowledge and Experience
12 months post registration experience
- Education and Qualification
Registration with General
- Education and Qualification
MPharm or equivalent first degree in Pharmacy
- Education and Qualification
Evidence of commitment to CPD as a minimum to meet the mandatory requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of hospital pharmacy
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working within a mental healthcare setting
- Education and Qualification
Working towards postgraduate clinical qualification Or Evidence of portfolio working towards RPS post registration foundation pharmacist curriculum
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic patient-focussed clinical pharmacist looking to develop their clinical knowledge and skills working into our inpatient areas and providing clinical pharmacist support to our community treatment teams across a range of mental health specialities. This post is a 2 year fixed term position.
Based at locality sites in Morpeth.
Main duties of the job
Applicants should have excellent communication and team working skills and self-motivation to contribute to the development and delivery of the pharmacy service. We welcome applications from pharmacist colleagues working in all sectors of the profession. Prior working experience in mental health is not essential, as a comprehensive programme of education, training and clinical supervision will be provided. We will support you to provide high quality services to patients and healthcare professionals.
Across our Trust, pharmacy staff are fully integrated into and regarded as valued members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Our clinical pharmacy services include:
- Medicines reconciliation and review on admission and discharge
- Supporting patients and carers with the management of their medicines
- Optimising medicines, taking a holistic view of both mental and physical healthcare needs
- Physical health and wellbeing advice
- Discharge planning and liaison with primary care
- To personally work and encourage others to work within standards, legislation and guidelines in keeping with professional registration requirements
To act as a role model for other staff and to demonstrate personal conduct in a manner in keeping with being a registered professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 27th August 2026
Closing date : 20th September 2026
We welcome your application.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialist Clinical Pharmacist with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is 2 years (fixed term contract). The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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