Specialist Pharmacist

With the integration of independent prescribing into the pharmacy degree; it is necessary to redesign the year 3 placements so that the undergraduate students are exposed to active pharmacist decision making and prescribing in a patient setting and be taught good consultation and counselling skills.

The pharmacy department has a close working relationship with the School of Pharmacy; and the post holder will be encouraged to work closely with the team at the university; assisting with tasks such as OSCE assessments. This would be an ideal role for an individual who is enthusiastic about education and training, with a keen interest in research. The design and implementation of our current placements have been written up and published in educational journals; and we are keen that this legacy is continued. The postholder will be given the opportunity to assist with input into dissertation and MSc projects.

We recognize that ongoing development of the post holders' clinical skills is important and so the post holders will be aligned to a clinical specialty for their ward based work when not supervising the students.

The post holders will be responsible for

As the purpose of these posts is to develop the undergraduate prescribing skills and decision making; it is desirable for the pharmacists to already have their IP qualification.

Post holders will be given opportunity and encouraged to undertake appropriate qualifications in medical education such as PGCert.

Post holders will not be required to contribute to the on call rota; but, in order to maintain clinical pharmacy skills, will need to contribute to the extended hours service through weekend and late night rotas.

The undergraduate placements take place all day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and post holders will be required to work these days.

Post holders will need to manage annual leave around term dates and avoid taking annual leave during term time. The placements start in October 2026.

Term Dates (20262027)

As a department we are supportive of flexible working and would welcome a discussion about this with any potential applicants. We have an embedded culture of 9 day fortnights in many of our clinical roles. The days and term dates of the placements are fixed and any decisions around flexible working would be based around these.

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.

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

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