South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Perioperative Medicine

The closing date is 12 February 2026

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist within Perioperative Medicine, Theatres & Ophthalmology to join the Pharmacy team at South Tees Hospitals.

The post-holder will be required to innovatively develop the role, and work on their own initiative. They will work closely with Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Technician for perioperative medicine, as well as within the Ophthalmology and Theatres multidisciplinary teams and wider pharmacy team, ensuring that services are provided in accordance with relevant professional, ethical, legal and locally agreed policies, procedures, guidelines and standards.

The post-holder will be a key member of the clinical pharmacy team, making major contributions to the development and delivery of pharmacy medicines management strategies and the implementation of development plans for pharmacy services

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver safe, effective, and optimum clinical pharmacy services to patients at South Tees Hospitals in addition to providing expert advice, guidance and information on treatment choices, medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues to senior staff and mangers within the services.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

29 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CSS-7753969-LJ

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Experiance

Essential

Wealth of experience in clinical pharmacy within a hospital setting
Experience of providing directorate level pharmacist services e.g. budgetary reports, drug usage reviews
Developments of protocols and policies
Experience of developing strong professional relationships with other healthcare professionals
Experience of leading and contributing to relevant research, audit and service improvement projects
Experience of involvement in multidisciplinary service development

Desirable

Experience in mentorship and training for other staff

Qualifications

Essential

Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Pharmacist independent prescribing accreditation or actively working towards qualification
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent relevant postgraduate clinical qualification
Evidence of CPD and ongoing education

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to ward/clinic based situations
Strong knowledge of medicines information resources
Involvement in development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, polices and protocols

Person Specification

Experiance

Essential

Wealth of experience in clinical pharmacy within a hospital setting
Experience of providing directorate level pharmacist services e.g. budgetary reports, drug usage reviews
Developments of protocols and policies
Experience of developing strong professional relationships with other healthcare professionals
Experience of leading and contributing to relevant research, audit and service improvement projects
Experience of involvement in multidisciplinary service development

Desirable

Experience in mentorship and training for other staff

Qualifications

Essential

Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Pharmacist independent prescribing accreditation or actively working towards qualification
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent relevant postgraduate clinical qualification
Evidence of CPD and ongoing education

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to ward/clinic based situations
Strong knowledge of medicines information resources
Involvement in development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, polices and protocols

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

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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