Job summary
Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 to 7 progression)
Are you a registered pharmacist with a passion for clinical pharmacy or about to sit the November registration assessment and due to register by the end of 2025?
Would you like to contribute to advancing the pharmaceutical care for patients across a wide range of clinical specialities while broaden your own experience and continuing your learning journey? If your answer to these questions is yes, we invite you to get in touch with us.
Now is an excellent time to become part of the pharmacy team at MKUH; we are a friendly, forward-thinking department who continue to grow in both size and influence. At an organisational level, we are keen to embrace technology and the digital agenda to enhance working practices and have a well established electronic patient record which incorporates a full electronic prescribing and medicines administration system. At a departmental level, we have been fortunate to receive significant investment in recent years, which in addition to growing our team, has led to a major departmental refurbishment, the replacement of our Pharmacy Robot, the creation of a new Pharmacy and Aseptic Unit in the Cancer Centre, and the opening of a new Outpatient Pharmacy.
For additional information about this post, please contact:
Zainab Ahmad (Principal Pharmacist - Education & Training): zainab.ahmad@mkuh.nhs.uk
Interview date: Week commencing 8 December 2025.
Main duties of the job
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This role is a compelling career opportunity for a skilled and dedicated pharmacist to join our hardworking, forward-looking, and innovative pharmacy team. It would be ideal for a newly qualified pharmacists looking for an opportunity to develop their career within a hospital setting.
You will join our team in a Band 6 role and following the successful completion of your probationary period you will agree a number of objectives with your line manager and the Pharmacy Education Team which you will need to achieve in order to progress into a Band 7 role; these objectives will include both workplace tasks and self-directed learning with a suitable academic education programme.
You will become part of a growing team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians who support patient care across a wide range of clinical specialties within the Trust. With the support of our Specialist Clinical Pharmacists and our Principal Pharmacists across a range of clinical specialities, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
Our standard working hours now consist of four long days (8 am to 6.30 pm) per week; Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays are worked on a rota basis. After a period of induction and training, you will contribute to the pharmacy out-of-hours service.
About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards - and the recently approved Women and Children's Centre, set to open by 2030.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Trust Responsibilities
To support the effective and safe use of medicines within the CSUs, in line with agreed Trust priorities, and in line with pharmacys activities to optimise medicines management across the Trust and at the interfaces with primary and tertiary care.
To be part of the Pharmacy team and work with staff within the pharmacy department and across the Trust, to enable the objectives of the Trust to be achieved.
Professional Responsibilities
To deliver safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy services; to contribute appropriately to the training and development of staff in pharmacy and within the CSUs to promote safer medicines use in line with Trust priorities.
To assist the Principal Pharmacists in all medicines related matters which reflect the needs of the services and the Trust; to support the Principal Pharmacist to deliver their full portfolio to meet the overall needs of the Trust.
Clinical Practice Role
To practice in compliance with the General Pharmaceutical Council code of professional conduct within the scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for own decisions, actions and omissions.
To demonstrate a critical understanding of broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and within the limits of own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information.
Operational
To contribute to the day to day pharmacy activities and be part of the team providing dispensary, Saturday and Bank Holidays rota service cover and provide an on call service in line with the On-Call Procedure.
To participate in clinical screening & accuracy checking within the dispensary.
Human Resource Management
Specialist Pharmacists (band7) do not have line management responsibility for any staff. However, all posts with responsibility for managing and supporting staff in operational delivery are expected to lead, motivate, develop and reward staff and are required to comply with the Trust's Policies and Manager's Code of Conduct e.g. in the following areas:
To utilise systems of effective communication.
Education and Training
To contribute to the development of training packages for junior staff undertaking rotations; to support the Principal Pharmacists in their roles in training and education.
To contribute to the clinical training and assessment of rotational pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and pre-registration pharmacist trainees.
Development and Planning
To contribute to the planning and future development of all aspects pharmacy services at Milton Keynes University Hospital
To support the agreed strategy, aims and objectives for provision of pharmacy services liaising with both pharmacy and directorate teams.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Trust Responsibilities
To support the effective and safe use of medicines within the CSUs, in line with agreed Trust priorities, and in line with pharmacys activities to optimise medicines management across the Trust and at the interfaces with primary and tertiary care.
To be part of the Pharmacy team and work with staff within the pharmacy department and across the Trust, to enable the objectives of the Trust to be achieved.
Professional Responsibilities
To deliver safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy services; to contribute appropriately to the training and development of staff in pharmacy and within the CSUs to promote safer medicines use in line with Trust priorities.
To assist the Principal Pharmacists in all medicines related matters which reflect the needs of the services and the Trust; to support the Principal Pharmacist to deliver their full portfolio to meet the overall needs of the Trust.
Clinical Practice Role
To practice in compliance with the General Pharmaceutical Council code of professional conduct within the scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for own decisions, actions and omissions.
To demonstrate a critical understanding of broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and within the limits of own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information.
Operational
To contribute to the day to day pharmacy activities and be part of the team providing dispensary, Saturday and Bank Holidays rota service cover and provide an on call service in line with the On-Call Procedure.
To participate in clinical screening & accuracy checking within the dispensary.
Human Resource Management
Specialist Pharmacists (band7) do not have line management responsibility for any staff. However, all posts with responsibility for managing and supporting staff in operational delivery are expected to lead, motivate, develop and reward staff and are required to comply with the Trust's Policies and Manager's Code of Conduct e.g. in the following areas:
To utilise systems of effective communication.
Education and Training
To contribute to the development of training packages for junior staff undertaking rotations; to support the Principal Pharmacists in their roles in training and education.
To contribute to the clinical training and assessment of rotational pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and pre-registration pharmacist trainees.
Development and Planning
To contribute to the planning and future development of all aspects pharmacy services at Milton Keynes University Hospital
To support the agreed strategy, aims and objectives for provision of pharmacy services liaising with both pharmacy and directorate teams.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- B.Sc. / B.Pharm. / M.Pharm
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) (Band 7)
- Evidence of on-going CPD (in line with GPhC requirements)
Desirable
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) (Band 6)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent eg. NQP/GLF)
- Member of RPS
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a hospital-based clinical pharmacy post (Band 7)
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Experience of clinical audit work. (Band 7)
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues. (Band 7)
- Experience of Medicines Information. (Band 7)
- Knowledge of the medical management of disease in a range of the specialties
- Evidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care. (Band 7)
Desirable
- Post registration experience in a hospital-based clinical pharmacy post (Band 6)
- Experience of clinical audit work. (Band 6)
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues. (Band 6)
- Experience of Medicines Information. (Band 6)
- Evidence of influencing medicines use to optimise care and help clinicians manage expenditure
- Evidence of experience managing prioritisation in relation to the use of new drugs and new uses for drugs
- Evidence of significant contribution to innovative or developmental roles and activities within pharmacy
- Evidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care. (Band 6)
Skills
Essential
- Effective and safe pharmaceutical skills
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others and deal effectively with unexpected demands
- I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and members of the public
- Good presentation skills. (Band 7)
- Good written communication skills
- Problem solving (Band 7)
- Good team work and ability to work alone
- Evidence of leadership skills (Band 7)
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model (Band 7)
Desirable
- Good presentation skills. (Band 6)
- Problem solving (Band 6)
- Evidence of leadership skills (Band 6)
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model (Band 6)
- Good negotiation skills and ability to justify advice given should this be challenged
- Critical appraisal skills
- Evidence of understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Innovative Thinking
Personal and people development
Essential
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues (Band 7)
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development to meet GPhC standards
- Evidence of leadership (Band 7)
Desirable
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues (Band 6)
- Evidence of leadership (Band 6)
Communication
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Evidence of team working
- Evidence of effective and timely project delivery (Band 7)
Desirable
- Evidence of effective and timely project delivery (Band 6)
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
- Flexible, polite and courteous
- Dedicated professional attitude
- Able to take the initiative
- Ability and willingness to take responsibility for own actions and lead, when required, including when on call.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- B.Sc. / B.Pharm. / M.Pharm
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) (Band 7)
- Evidence of on-going CPD (in line with GPhC requirements)
Desirable
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) (Band 6)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent eg. NQP/GLF)
- Member of RPS
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a hospital-based clinical pharmacy post (Band 7)
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Experience of clinical audit work. (Band 7)
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues. (Band 7)
- Experience of Medicines Information. (Band 7)
- Knowledge of the medical management of disease in a range of the specialties
- Evidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care. (Band 7)
Desirable
- Post registration experience in a hospital-based clinical pharmacy post (Band 6)
- Experience of clinical audit work. (Band 6)
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues. (Band 6)
- Experience of Medicines Information. (Band 6)
- Evidence of influencing medicines use to optimise care and help clinicians manage expenditure
- Evidence of experience managing prioritisation in relation to the use of new drugs and new uses for drugs
- Evidence of significant contribution to innovative or developmental roles and activities within pharmacy
- Evidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care. (Band 6)
Skills
Essential
- Effective and safe pharmaceutical skills
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others and deal effectively with unexpected demands
- I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and members of the public
- Good presentation skills. (Band 7)
- Good written communication skills
- Problem solving (Band 7)
- Good team work and ability to work alone
- Evidence of leadership skills (Band 7)
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model (Band 7)
Desirable
- Good presentation skills. (Band 6)
- Problem solving (Band 6)
- Evidence of leadership skills (Band 6)
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model (Band 6)
- Good negotiation skills and ability to justify advice given should this be challenged
- Critical appraisal skills
- Evidence of understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Innovative Thinking
Personal and people development
Essential
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues (Band 7)
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development to meet GPhC standards
- Evidence of leadership (Band 7)
Desirable
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues (Band 6)
- Evidence of leadership (Band 6)
Communication
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Evidence of team working
- Evidence of effective and timely project delivery (Band 7)
Desirable
- Evidence of effective and timely project delivery (Band 6)
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
- Flexible, polite and courteous
- Dedicated professional attitude
- Able to take the initiative
- Ability and willingness to take responsibility for own actions and lead, when required, including when on call.
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).
