Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you looking for a challenge in a new clinical area across Tees Valley and Darlington? This split post will be based across Middlesbrough and Darlington delivering services to wards across West Park Hospital and Roseberry Park Hospital. The successful candidate will be delivering the in-patient service with the support of pharmacy technicians. They will be supported by a very experienced team of senior pharmacists across both sites.

Our pharmacists make a real difference to the mental health of the people who most need support across our communities. The roles are patient facing with time to develop advanced clinical skills whilst caring for those in need as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Our pharmacists can work flexibly within the needs of the service. Use of flexi-time is standard for all staff, we can offer flexible working arrangements to support your well-being and a healthy work-life balance. Weekend working is limited to half days on only 1 or 2 weekends per year. There are no late nights, and the on-call rota is currently covered with pharmacists opting in.

There are many benefits to working for TEWV including free access to well-being support, free car parking, lease car schemes and excellent annual leave entitlements.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced pharmacist, fixed term (12 months) wishing to specialise in mental health having already developed through their newly qualified pharmacist pathway. You should have enthusiasm, confidence and drive to make a real difference to the lives of patients with mental illness. Previous mental health experience is desirable, but training will be provided; however, you should be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of other areas of pharmacy and of mental health conditions and the medication used for them.

You should have experience of patient counselling, prescription screening/checking and have underpinning clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge. Excellent communication skills are essential.

In addition to this, the postholder should have experience of providing clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services in a hospital setting. You should have experience of patient counselling, prescription screening/checking and have underpinning clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge, ideally demonstrated through current study of, or attainment of a clinical diploma.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
  • Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or currently studying.
  • Postgraduate qualification in psychiatric pharmacy; or currently studying for or willing to work towards.

Experience

Essential

  • Recent significant and relevant experience in community or hospital pharmacy, delivering medicines management activities to patients

Desirable

  • Experience of mental health pharmacy

Skills

Essential

  • IT skills
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
  • Confident and articulate communicator both written and verbal

Desirable

  • Critical appraisal skills
  • To use the internet to provide useful information and search bibliographic databases
  • Understanding of health service issues in primary and secondary care
  • Medicines Information skills

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact and Trust Values and Behaviours.
  • Professional in approach and manner
  • Motivation to develop clinical pharmacy skills and specialist mental health knowledge
  • Good interpersonal and social skills
  • Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
  • Self-aware and committed to continual professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision.
  • Committed to promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities
  • Committed to promoting a positive image of Pharmacy department and the wider Trust

Desirable

  • Assertive and innovative
  • Ability to plan and organise workload

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: 11 October 2026

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