Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Redhill; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist. The role offers rotations through various clinical specialties and supports career development with opportunities for full funding of a clinical diploma. The successful candidate will need flexibility and a patient-centered approach to care.

Benefits

Fully funded clinical diploma

Support for further qualifications

Qualifications

• Evidence of essential experience for the role.
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional clinical registration.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through different clinical specialties every three months.
• Support through bespoke rotation workbook and objectives.
• Assist in providing emergency and non-emergency services.

Skills

Good standard of written English

Adaptability to new situations

Patient centered

Education

Necessary mandatory professional clinical registration

Job description

Site East Surrey Hospital Town Redhill Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 16/07/2025

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join the SaSH clinical pharmacy team. This role is suitable for a trainee pharmacist due to qualify in July 2025, a pharmacist looking for a career change, or a band 6 pharmacist looking for progression.

Our team has more than 100 staff, half of whom are pharmacists. The successful applicant will rotate through a different clinical specialty every three months, including acute, cardiology, endocrine, elderly, surgery, respiratory, paediatrics, and medicines information. Each speciality has a mini-team, led by a Band 7 pharmacist, is comprised of Band 6 pharmacists and MMTs. The lead pharmacists will support you through each bespoke rotation workbook and specific objectives.

We are a friendly and progressive department with a strong emphasis on training and development, we support our pharmacists to undertake a fully funded three-year clinical diploma including the opportunity to become a prescribing pharmacist.

Progression from a band 6 to a band 7 post is automatic once relevant milestones have been achieved.

The successful candidate should be adaptable to new situations, capable of using their own initiative and patient centred at heart.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Additional information

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.

Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we’re delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our planhere .

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.

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