Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Diabetes and Endocrinology: Sponsorship Available

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Advanced Pharmacist – Diabetes and Endocrinology

Are you looking to develop your skills in expert clinical practice as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team?

An opportunity has arisen to join our Community Care Collaborative, with the opportunity to specialise in Diabetes and Endocrinology. The post holder would act as a key pharmacy contact for the directorate, supporting a range of clinical and operational projects, whilst also acting as part of the senior pharmacist team supporting the wider Collaborative.

We are looking for someone with extensive clinical pharmacy skills and experience; you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with a strong team spirit and the ability to motivate others. You must demonstrate confidence as an advanced clinical pharmacist, and a role model to early career and trainee pharmacists.

This post is based at theNorth Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) Hospital site, although there is an expectation that the post holder will have cross-site responsibilities and work closely with colleagues across the wider Trust, in developing and delivering pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

  • Work closely with Clinicians and Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines within the relevant directorates as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources.
  • Lead, deliver, and develop pharmacy services to relevant community care directorates in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.
  • Work as a pharmacist prescriber developing the role for designated areas of clinical practice
  • Support the development of early career and trainee pharmacists.
  • Act as a senior member of the pharmacy team assisting with management of day-to-day operational duties as required.
  • Act as a line manager for designated band 6 or 7 pharmacists.
  • Actively participate within regional and national network forums to develop and improve clinical practice and share learning.
  • The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Pharmacy degree (Masters or equivalent)
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Higher pharmacy professional/post graduate qualification
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

  • On the practicing register of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPS)
  • Pharmacist prescribing qualification
  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive specialist therapeutic and clinical knowledge relevant to the post and collaborative
  • Expert knowledge and understanding of relevant pharmacy/medicines standards, legal requirements and guidelines
  • Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies/policy
  • Knowledge of current and planned developments in the pharmacy profession
  • Understanding of NHS managerial and financial frameworks

Desirable

  • Evidence of successful change management
  • Understanding of ePACT and other prescribing data
  • Knowledge of primary care prescribing and medicines management arrangements
  • Extensive experience in a secondary care role
  • Experience of reviewing patient group directions

Other requirements

Essential

  • Promote equality and value diversity
  • Ability to drive or have access to transport to travel within region
  • Commitment to develop a culture to promote trust values
  • Excellent attendance record
  • Ability to participate in on-call rota and 7 day working

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Ability to motivate teams to deliver objectives
  • Ability to prioritise competing demands; work under pressure and deliver against a background of change and uncertainty
  • Ability to make judgements in highly complex situations
  • Ability to critically review, analyse and interpret clinical literature, and medicines legislation
  • Appropriate IT skills to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases and other software to improve patient care
  • Computer literate and ability to use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint competently
  • Enthusiastic, self motivating, good organisational skills
  • Demonstrate ability to work independently and within a team
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Co-operative and flexible working style with Trust wide teams
  • Friendly, approachable, able to convey messages with empathy and diplomacy
  • Competent and confident to deliver complex presentations and training sessions

Desirable

  • Understanding and experience of putting evidence into practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 1 October 2026

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