Job summary
Rotational Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
37.5 hours per week (Late night working, on call, weekend and bank holiday working required on a rota basis)
Permanent
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Closing Date: 15th June 2025
Interview Date: 27th June 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team as a Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. In this role, you will provide patient-centred pharmaceutical care across a range of clinical specialities, helping to ensure safe, effective, and optimal use of medicines. As an acute trust we are able to offer a unique and friendly training experience with greater exposure to both the operational and clinical aspects of hospital pharmacy.
We welcome pharmacists looking to move from General Practice or Community Pharmacy.
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you will:
- Deliver clinical pharmacy services to allocated wards/departments on a rotational basis.
- Perform medicines reconciliation, clinical screening, medication reviews, discharge planning, and patient counselling.
- Ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines, adhering to Trust policies and national guidance.
- Proactively advise prescribers on optimising treatment, including challenging inappropriate prescriptions.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote medicines optimisation and patient safety within your speciality
- Rotate through a range of specialities, contributing to service improvements, audits, and governance activities.
- Supervise and mentor junior pharmacists and trainees; contribute to teaching and education.
- Participate in service continuity and quality improvement activities in the form of QI projects and clinical audits.
- Engage in CPD and personal development plans to support continuous improvement and professional growth
One of the highlights of this role is the variety of clinical rotations on offer. You will gain experience across, a broad range of specialities, which may include: Critical care,Oncology and Haematology, Acute Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Respiratory, General & Emergency Surgery, Care of the Elderly and Gastroenterology.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist the other pharmacists in ensuring that the work carried out in the department is performed in accordance with the recommendations contained in the guide to good pharmaceutical manufacturing practice and its supplements, COSHH and the safe systems of work documentation.
- To assist in the distribution of medicines to patients, wards, and departments and to assist in maintaining systems for the control of drugs in accordance with current legislation.
- Support diploma students and trainee pharmacists when undertaking study and application to practice.
- To support trainee pharmacists and qualified pharmacists undergoing Prescribing qualification as Designated Prescribing Practitioner when required.
- To assist the medical staff in the undertaking of such clinical trials as has been approved by the research and ethics committee and to arrange under the direction of senior members of staff of the pharmaceutical department, the necessary supplies and aspects of trial protocol affecting the pharmaceutical services.
- To monitor and report medicines related causes of admission and ensure corrective measures are taken to prevent re-occurrences.
- To undertake out of hours emergency duty commitments as rostered.
- To provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary so as to ensure compliance with statutory and ethical standards when rostered in the area.
The post holder will be expected to take part in weekend, bank holiday, late night and emergency duty rota.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist the other pharmacists in ensuring that the work carried out in the department is performed in accordance with the recommendations contained in the guide to good pharmaceutical manufacturing practice and its supplements, COSHH and the safe systems of work documentation.
- To assist in the distribution of medicines to patients, wards, and departments and to assist in maintaining systems for the control of drugs in accordance with current legislation.
- Support diploma students and trainee pharmacists when undertaking study and application to practice.
- To support trainee pharmacists and qualified pharmacists undergoing Prescribing qualification as Designated Prescribing Practitioner when required.
- To assist the medical staff in the undertaking of such clinical trials as has been approved by the research and ethics committee and to arrange under the direction of senior members of staff of the pharmaceutical department, the necessary supplies and aspects of trial protocol affecting the pharmaceutical services.
- To monitor and report medicines related causes of admission and ensure corrective measures are taken to prevent re-occurrences.
- To undertake out of hours emergency duty commitments as rostered.
- To provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary so as to ensure compliance with statutory and ethical standards when rostered in the area.
The post holder will be expected to take part in weekend, bank holiday, late night and emergency duty rota.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Broad clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge gained in hospital environment, relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost- effective use of medicines or experience in specialist fiel
- At least six months hospital experience
- Committing to continuing professional development and education
Desirable
- Experience of project and audit management
- Experience of advising patients with complex pharmaceutical needs or non-compliance with medication
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- 1 year pre-registration training and experience
- Job related post-graduate qualification, e.g. post-graduate clinical pharmacy certificate/diploma, or equivalent vocational experience
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work alone & within a team
- High degree of self-motivation to organise and implement change and to develop ideas into practice
Desirable
- IT skills (Microsoft word, Powerpoint, Excel etc.)
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Broad clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge gained in hospital environment, relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost- effective use of medicines or experience in specialist fiel
- At least six months hospital experience
- Committing to continuing professional development and education
Desirable
- Experience of project and audit management
- Experience of advising patients with complex pharmaceutical needs or non-compliance with medication
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- 1 year pre-registration training and experience
- Job related post-graduate qualification, e.g. post-graduate clinical pharmacy certificate/diploma, or equivalent vocational experience
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work alone & within a team
- High degree of self-motivation to organise and implement change and to develop ideas into practice
Desirable
- IT skills (Microsoft word, Powerpoint, Excel etc.)
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.
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.
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).
