Placement Supervisor University

Placement Supervisor Sunderland University

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 18 September 2026

Building on our successful relationship with Sunderland university weare expanding our placements to a cohort of year 3 and a cohort of year 4students at both UHND and DMH. We are looking for pharmacists with a desire to guide and inspire tomorrows pharmacists to act as placement facilitators.

Opportunities for this role are available at both UHND and DMH. You will provide classroom teaching and feedback and working with pharmacist colleagues will coordinate ward placements.

To be a point of contact forstaff at Sunderland University School of Pharmacy

To be a point of contact for students at Sunderland University assigned to placements at CDDFT.

To provide classroom based orientation and teaching as specified by Sunderland University

To coordinate placements onwards at CDDFT and ensure that colleagues are aware and are engaging with the objectives and activities set for the students

To inspire undergraduate pharmacists and promote CDDFT as a career option by modelling exemplary pharmacist behaviours knowledge and values.

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.

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Working with Sunderland University and other pharmacy placement supervisors at CDDFT you will plan and deliver the undergraduate placement programme to an allocated cohort of 12 students from Sunderland university.

You will inspire and attract undergraduate pharmacists to acareer in hospital pharmacy by demonstrating your clinical input and pharmaceutical knowledge.

You will deliver classroom based learning and drive student engagement with learning objectives using materials provided by Sunderland university and ensure that students understand the application of classroom concepts toward based clinical work.

You will review assessments of entrustable activities ensuring that colleagues understand the assessments and that they are appliedin a uniform way on our wards

You will provide timely feedback to students and university staff as required by Sunderland university

You will keep accurate registers and ensure that these are available to both Sunderland university staff and lead E&T pharmacist for costing purposes

You will work withroom bookings to ensure that appropriate teaching space is available to support the students.

• -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.

• -Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• -Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

• -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…