Job summary
CBC Health Federation are looking to recruit Clinical
Pharmacists to work in the local Primary Care Network. We have an exciting
opportunity for proactive pharmacists to join our supportive multidisciplinary
team to improve the quality of general practice within the Network by improving
the patient experience, maximising safety and contributing to resilience. The
successful candidates will be supported by other clinical pharmacists and will
have support from the wider Pharmicus team to enable individual and peer mentoring
to take place.
There is also the opportunity to access and complete NHS
England's accredited primary care pharmacy education pathway, should you not
already hold this qualification. As well as the opportunity to develop as an
Independent Prescriber, which will equip you to practice and prescribe safely
and effectively in a primary care setting; this is not essential and is open to
further discussion.
If you are looking
for an exciting opportunity, we would love to hear from you.
Interviews are planned for 21st August 2025
Please contact us on 0191497 7710 for more information.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on
main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC
Health Federation.
About us
Community Based Care Health Federation Ltd are based on Team
Valley serving Primary Care in Gateshead and the wider Northeast footprint. As
a not-for-profit provider we reinvest any surplus to improve services for our
patients in Gateshead and support our GP's and Primary Care Networks to deliver
the highest quality services.
As a provider of high quality clinical and non-clinical services
we are a respected and proud company that puts patients at the heart of what we
do, whilst valuing and supporting our staff to grow and develop. We have
company values developed by our staff that underpin our work and the way we
work together, and we have a staff culture club to ensure the voice of our
staff is heard at Board level and throughout the senior management team.
Many of our roles are available with the NHS pension scheme and
transferable service is recognised from previous NHS employment as appropriate.
We offer competitive rates of pay and out of hours enhancements and have a
fully integrated reward and recognition system. We have just been awarded our
Silver "Better Health at Work Award" where we have demonstrated our
commitment to supporting our workforce to keep well at work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on
main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC
Health Federation.
Staff Benefits include:
NHS Pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Vivup staff discount scheme
Blue Light Card discounts
Enhanced Wellbeing programme
Up to 33 days annual leave
Free staff parking
Flexible working
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on
main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC
Health Federation.
Staff Benefits include:
NHS Pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Vivup staff discount scheme
Blue Light Card discounts
Enhanced Wellbeing programme
Up to 33 days annual leave
Free staff parking
Flexible working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber or working towards independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence / motivate / persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations /agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
Other
Essential
- Self Motivation
- Adaptable
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Desirable
- Safeguarding adult and children level three
- Information Governance training
- Basic life support training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber or working towards independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence / motivate / persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations /agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
Other
Essential
- Self Motivation
- Adaptable
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Desirable
- Safeguarding adult and children level three
- Information Governance training
- Basic life support training
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
