Clinical Pharmacist

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Pharmacist on a fixed-term, part-time basis (18.75 hours per week) to gain hands-on experience across mental health and community hospitals. The post will be based at St Ann's initially, with scope to provide clinical services to other sites as you gain experience.

You will join the Dorset HealthCare Medicines Team, reviewing prescriptions, ensuring safe and evidence-based practice, supporting ward staff, and helping with

Qualifications

• Vocational masters degree in Pharmacy (4 years or equivalent) plus one year pre-registration training.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Broad clinical pharmacy knowledge.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to interpret medical notes and relate them to patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy support to community and mental health inpatient beds within Dorset HealthCare.
• Review prescription charts for safety, efficacy and evidence-based prescribing.
• Support ward staff and ensure adequate stock levels on allocated wards.
• Compile a drug history to facilitate discharge and continuity of care.
• DBS check is required for this post.

Skills

Pharmacy degree

GPhC registration

Clinical pharmacy knowledge

Organisational skills

Interpreting medical notes

Team player

Independent worker

Postgraduate development

Proactive and innovative

Education

Masters in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

Tools

EPMA Systems

Electronic Patient Records

Job description

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 29 October 2026

This post is a fixed contract is designed for newly qualified GPHC registrants to gain hands on clinical experience across mental health and community hospitals.

The post will initially be based at St Ann's but providing clinical service to other hospital sites will follow on experience.

This is a part time post of 18.75 hours per week on a fixed term contract.

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

To be part of the Dorset HealthCare Medicines Team (DHMT) providing clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation support to patients in the inpatient and patient home setting.

Provide clinical pharmacy support to community and mental health inpatient beds within Dorset HealthCare working closely with the clinicians covering these beds.

Using pharmaceutical expertise, to clinically review all prescription charts following admission of patients to the post-holder's allocated wards/units, ensuring patients are prescribed safe and effective medication. This includes monitoring all prescription charts (paper and electronic) to ensure safe, legal and evidence based prescribing takes place - and safe accurate administration - including clinical screening for drug interactions, overdoses or inappropriate prescribing e.g. renal, liver, cardiac impaired or pregnant patients.

To support the pharmacy technicians and ward/unit staff to ensure that adequate ward/unit pharmacy stock levels are maintained on allocated wards and to regularly review and adjust levels if necessary depending on prescribing trends.

To compile a drug history where possible from patients admitted to Trust services to ensure continuity of their medication and records relevant information in order to facilitate the discharge process.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidates individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [e-mail]

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and training

• Vocational masters degree in Pharmacy (4 years or equivalent) plus one year pre-registration training
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Broad clinical pharmacy knowledge
• Good Organisational Skills
• Ability to interpret medical notes and relate them to patient care

Job specific experience

• Good knowledge and understanding of disease states and their management through completion of undergraduate degree and Preregistration training
• Experience of providing patient information and education either in the 'hospital' or 'community' setting
• Able to communicate with patients
• Experience of providing patient information and education
• Experience of co-ordinating complex activities / programmes of care with other professionals and agencies.
• Experience of working in a hospital Pharmacy
• Self Motivated and confident
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Able to work independently.
• Commitment to excellence and patient and carer support.
• diplomatic
• willingness to undertake self-development , including post graduate qualifications
• Proactive and innovative

Information Technology

• Confident in the use of computer systems, spreadsheets, databases, data collection and coordination, wordprocessing and report writing
• Understanding of information governance, data protection and patient confidentiality in relation to information systems
• Experience of using EPMA Systems
• Experience of Using Electronic Patient Records

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.

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust