County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Dermatology

The closing date is 06 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, forward thinking and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to be an integral part of the CDDFT Dermatology Service.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people.

Our teams aim to provide high quality and joined-up care to our patients and we pride ourselves on our clinical pharmacy teams being able to spend the majority of their time providing direct patient care.

You will be an integral member of the dermatology MDT at University Hospital North Durham where the post holder will have the opportunity to build the clinical pharmacy service and further develop existing multi-disciplinary team relationships. Attendance at other sites, including Darlington Memorial Hospital may be required in order to deliver key objectives.

You will belong to a team that is committed to supporting staff health and well-being as well as professional development in order to help you to achieve your full potential.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will will work as an essential member of the Dermatology MDT to deliver the trust values of safe, compassionate and joined up care. Our mission is 'right first time, every time'.

You will demonstrate leadership in the dermatology specialty and provide specialist advice on medicines use. This will include professional collaboration to develop services and to support the team with evidence-based practice and pharmaceutical issues.

You will work collaboratively between the dermatology service, pharmacy and the wider health economy to ensure best use of medicines through supporting governance, teaching, quality improvement, service development and sustainability. The successful candidate will be supported to develop clinical assessment skills and access mentoring and development opportunities including practicing as an independent prescriber, advanced/ consultant portfolio development and other further education opportunities.

You will provide leadership to other Trust staff and will support the development of other team members. You need to be able to work autonomously, whilst motivating others and being a team player.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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For the most up-to-date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.

From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two years of experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to consider sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and have a current visa expiring within 3 months).

Details

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

C9439-2526-0948

Job locations

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX


University Hospital Of North Durham

North Road

Durham

DH1 5TW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Flexible working conversations are welcomed.

We encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about the role

Key responsibilities:

Be responsible for managing the delivery of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management services to a defined group of patients and service users through development of effective professional relationships, including managing workload of pharmacy and other staff.

To provide and support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicine management services within the trust, including involvement in research and audit

To maintain and develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level commensurate with a senior pharmacist.

To provide expert advice in their specialist field to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.

To employ models of practice that recognises the needs of patients and carers whilst maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation and patient safety

To supervise, support and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required

To monitor the practice of other healthcare providers, including medical staff, to ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients. This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.

Be responsible for ensuring the planning and delivery of safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy and medicine management services to an agreed standard to a designated group of patients and service users.

Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy and medicine management services, represents the directorate at specialty meetings and provides specialist advice and expertise to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.

Work closely with patients and healthcare professionals including consultant staff and Care Group leads to ensure services are developed and delivered in a manner that is consistent with the priorities and needs of patients and other service providers.

Liaise with other pharmacy teams, healthcare professionals and agencies both within and external to the Trust to consider medicine management issues across boundaries

Influence local practice to ensure safe medication use, and to ensure that their own practice and the practice of others effectively acknowledge good prescribing practice, patient safety and risk minimisation.

Contribute to the development and planning of the dermatology pharmacy service and support senior pharmacy managers and the Dermatology Leadership Team in the delivery of strategic plans and the medicines management strategy. .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Flexible working conversations are welcomed.

We encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about the role

Key responsibilities:

Be responsible for managing the delivery of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management services to a defined group of patients and service users through development of effective professional relationships, including managing workload of pharmacy and other staff.

To provide and support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicine management services within the trust, including involvement in research and audit

To maintain and develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level commensurate with a senior pharmacist.

To provide expert advice in their specialist field to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.

To employ models of practice that recognises the needs of patients and carers whilst maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation and patient safety

To supervise, support and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required

To monitor the practice of other healthcare providers, including medical staff, to ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients. This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.

Be responsible for ensuring the planning and delivery of safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy and medicine management services to an agreed standard to a designated group of patients and service users.

Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy and medicine management services, represents the directorate at specialty meetings and provides specialist advice and expertise to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.

Work closely with patients and healthcare professionals including consultant staff and Care Group leads to ensure services are developed and delivered in a manner that is consistent with the priorities and needs of patients and other service providers.

Liaise with other pharmacy teams, healthcare professionals and agencies both within and external to the Trust to consider medicine management issues across boundaries

Influence local practice to ensure safe medication use, and to ensure that their own practice and the practice of others effectively acknowledge good prescribing practice, patient safety and risk minimisation.

Contribute to the development and planning of the dermatology pharmacy service and support senior pharmacy managers and the Dermatology Leadership Team in the delivery of strategic plans and the medicines management strategy. .

Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

  • Able to work with colleagues and to influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way.
  • Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to manage, monitor, advise and review medicines reconciliation for patients.
  • Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
  • Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
  • Able to motivate self to achieve goals.
  • Able to improve quality within limitations of service.
  • Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals where possible).
  • Able to plan and prioritise a pharmacy teams day-to-day clinical service which is a complex and changing environment.
  • Demonstrates a good understanding of pharmacys role in governance processes.
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of evidence-based medicines information resources and the ability to interpret the information.
  • Demonstrates understanding of the implications of local and national priorities and pressures for the team and/or service.

Desirable

  • Able to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice.
  • Able to motivate individuals and/or the team.
  • Able to successfully manage a project at team and/or service level.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
  • Relevant post graduate clinical qualification (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
  • Evidence of CPD.
  • Pharmacist Independent Prescriber or currently working towards.
  • Have successfully undertaken, or be willing to complete, a physical assessment skills qualification.

Desirable

  • Supervision, leadership or management training.
  • Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity.
  • Additional training or qualification relevant to the post eg. PGCert.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of providing pharmacy services in a clinical setting at an advanced level.
  • Regular experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision.
  • Experience of using computer software to produce reports or presentations to healthcare professionals.
  • Involvement in development of clinical guidelines or protocols.
  • Participation in the delivery of education and training in a clinical setting.
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacists.

Desirable

  • Relevant experience for this role.
  • Experience of supporting staff through HR processes.
  • Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services e.g. drug reviews, providing specialist drug information.
  • Experience of service development, research or quality improvement.
  • Experience of presenting an audit or research at a conference.
  • Experience of being a Prescribing or Educational supervisor to Foundation pharmacist trainees.
  • Experience of teaching healthcare professionals in a classroom setting.

Statutory Registration

Essential

  • Registered as a Practicing Pharmacist with the GPhC

Desirable

  • Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.
Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

  • Able to work with colleagues and to influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way.
  • Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to manage, monitor, advise and review medicines reconciliation for patients.
  • Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
  • Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
  • Able to motivate self to achieve goals.
  • Able to improve quality within limitations of service.
  • Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals where possible).
  • Able to plan and prioritise a pharmacy teams day-to-day clinical service which is a complex and changing environment.
  • Demonstrates a good understanding of pharmacys role in governance processes.
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of evidence-based medicines information resources and the ability to interpret the information.
  • Demonstrates understanding of the implications of local and national priorities and pressures for the team and/or service.

Desirable

  • Able to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice.
  • Able to motivate individuals and/or the team.
  • Able to successfully manage a project at team and/or service level.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
  • Relevant post graduate clinical qualification (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
  • Evidence of CPD.
  • Pharmacist Independent Prescriber or currently working towards.
  • Have successfully undertaken, or be willing to complete, a physical assessment skills qualification.

Desirable

  • Supervision, leadership or management training.
  • Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity.
  • Additional training or qualification relevant to the post eg. PGCert.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of providing pharmacy services in a clinical setting at an advanced level.
  • Regular experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision.
  • Experience of using computer software to produce reports or presentations to healthcare professionals.
  • Involvement in development of clinical guidelines or protocols.
  • Participation in the delivery of education and training in a clinical setting.
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacists.

Desirable

  • Relevant experience for this role.
  • Experience of supporting staff through HR processes.
  • Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services e.g. drug reviews, providing specialist drug information.
  • Experience of service development, research or quality improvement.
  • Experience of presenting an audit or research at a conference.
  • Experience of being a Prescribing or Educational supervisor to Foundation pharmacist trainees.
  • Experience of teaching healthcare professionals in a classroom setting.

Statutory Registration

Essential

  • Registered as a Practicing Pharmacist with the GPhC

Desirable

  • Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX


Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX


Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Pharmacist

Rachel Smith

Rachel-e.smith@nhs.net

01325743477

Details

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

C9439-2526-0948

Job locations

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX


University Hospital Of North Durham

North Road

Durham

DH1 5TW


Supporting documents

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