Clinical Rotational Pharmacist

Cambridge University Hospitals; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

On-site facilities

Travel subsidies

Parking subsidies

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic Pharmacists to join our Clinical Rotational Pharmacist team. This 12-month rotation programme covers five divisions, offering diverse clinical pharmacy experiences and opportunities for leadership development.

We provide a structured development pathway with exposure to hepatology, elderly care, infectious diseases, transplant, neurology, and more.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy and GPhC registration.
• Post-graduate preregistration year completed.
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) mandatory.
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice (Year 1) and Year 2 studies.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy and clinical rotations desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to ward areas.
• Deliver designated performance objectives for each rotation.
• Participate in extended rotations across hospital specialties.
• Contribute to medicines optimisation and clinical governance.

Skills

Organisation

Time management

Teamwork

Communication

Teaching

Education

Masters degree in Pharmacy

Pre-registration year

GPhC registration

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Year 1

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Year 2

Tools

Pharmacy computer systems training

Job description

Main area Division B-Pharmacy Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (1 in 6 weekends and 2 late duties in 4 weeks. Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-B-264215-RE4

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B Town Cambridge Salary £49,387 - £56,515 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic Pharmacists to join our team of Clinical Rotational Pharmacists. Our excellent programme offers a diverse range of development opportunities for Pharmacists with an interest in honing their clinical knowledge, as well as taking strives into leadership and management opportunities.

Our team of Clinical Rotational Pharmacists participate in 12 month rotations working across all 5 divisions within the trust giving the post holder the opportunity to experience an unrivalled breadth of clinical pharmacy practice and professional development.

Main duties of the job

To provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to ward(s) within specialist area.

To deliver designated performance objectives specific to the allocated rotation area(s).

Our Clinical Rotational Pharmacists participate in extended clinical rotations in a vast range of specialties across the hospital.

Our rotations include:

• Hepatology
• Elderly care
• Infectious diseases
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Neurosciences:
• Neurology and Stroke
• Neurosurgery
• Cardiology, Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Paediatrics
• Women’s Health

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ’outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ’Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 2nd November 2026.

Interviews are due to be held week commencing 9th November 2026.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 1. Masters level degree in pharmacy.
• 2. Post-graduate preregistration year.
• 3. Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• 4. Completed Certificate (Year 1) of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice and studying for completion of year 2*.
• 1. Completed year 1 and year 2 of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice)*.
• 2. MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)*.
• 3. Qualified and registered as an Independent prescriber.
• 5. Professional and final accuracy checking

Experience

• 1. Moderate post-registration hospital experience including prescription screening, medicines reconciliation, medicines information, experience of preparative services either TPN/chemotherapy.
• 2. Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of specialities. Medicine including elderly care, acute medicine and other specialist medicine and Surgery including general surgery and other surgical specialities
• 3. Documentation in medical notes.
• 4. Writing or assisting in writing drug policies and guidelines/PGD development.
• 5. Evidence of having conducted a clinical audit
• 1. Recent post-registration hospital experience, ideally including previous experience in a teaching hospital and experience of more than one hospital.
• 2. Experienced clinical pharmacist (at band 7)
• 3. Evidence of having written pharmaceutical and/or educational publications.
• 4. Experience as a personal tutor to a range of staff groups.
• 5. Drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
• 6. Horizon scanning.

Knowledge

• 1. Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within general medicine and surgery.
• 2. Knowledge of NICE and NPSA guidance and subsequent examples of local implementation
• 3. Knowledge of Health care systems and NHS changes.
• 4. Computer literate with experience of Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• 5. Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
• 6. Pharmacy computer systems training.

Skills

• 1. Good organisation skills/time management.
• 2. Able to prioritise workload and target efforts appropriately
• 3. Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• 4. Good written and verbal communication skills.
• 5. Able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students
• 6. Able to produce written reports.
• 8. Proven ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
• 9. Able to work well in a team
• 10. Ability to listen and act on direction from senior pharmacists
• 1. Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
• 2. Able to produce written support materials for training.
• 3. Proven ability to teach and train a range of staff groups.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.