Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Medway is seeking a Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist to enhance patient care through effective medication management and pharmacy services. The role includes rotations in various clinical settings and responsibilities such as Antimicrobial Stewardship and education of pharmacy staff. Ideal candidates will have a Master's degree in Pharmacy with relevant hospital experience and a passion for collaborative practice.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist in the UK.
• 18 months of post qualification experience within pharmacy.
• Hospital pharmacy experience required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver pharmacy services at Medway Hospital.
• Provide a pharmacy service to wards and departments.
• Participate in Antimicrobial Stewardship and audit.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Master's degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Job summary

Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Band: 7

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Week Commencing 30th June 2025

We are recruiting for Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacists who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will be expected to develop and deliver pharmacy services to patients at Medway Hospital.

As the Rotational Senior Pharmacist you will ensure that patients get the most from their medicine and recive optimal support.

The post is rotational within Pharmacy. Clinical rotations include (but are not limited to) Acute medicine, Admissions, Cardiology, Surgery, Paediatrics and Critical Care (level 2 and level 3).

In addition, the post holder will gain experience in taking on additional areas of responsibility including: Anticoagulation, Aseptic services, Governance and Risk, Research and audit, and Antimicrobials.

The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Trust's and patients' needs.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Details Date posted

03 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

275-2506RSCP

Job locations

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide a pharmacy service to the wards and departments within Trust whilst working alongside other pharmacists, technicians and assistants.

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Work with Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist to review antimicrobial policies and protocols to ensure they reflect current and evidence based practice, and are governed by local resistance information.

To ensure antibiotic guidelines, policies and strategies are all adhered to.

Assist the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist in ensuring the Antimicrobial Prescribing application is managed, maintained and up to date.

To have proactive input into the antimicrobial management of patients with infections/ sepsis and inappropriate antimicrobial use.

To liaise closely with the Infection Management Team and attend meetings to discuss anti-infective issues and ensure that measures to reduce Healthcare acquired infections are adhered to.

To undertake audit to monitor adherence to antimicrobial policies, providing feedback to divisions and individual prescribers where appropriate.

To provide antimicrobial usage and supply information via Defined Daily Dose data and feedback to the Antibiotic Stewardship Group.

To be part of the Antimicrobial stewardship committee, actively promoting stewardship across The Trust.

To act as an antimicrobial resource for all Clinical Staff within the Trust, particularly

on treatment regimens, surgical prophylaxis, defined durations of therapy, use of restricted antimicrobials, guidance of IV to oral switch and TDM.

To engage with the Hospital at Home (H@H) and Surgical Patient Enhanced (SPET) nursing teams ensuring that outpatient antimicrobials and assays are safely managed.

Attend and actively contribute to consultant led antimicrobial ward rounds.

Patient Services

To dispense and check dispensed medication as required.

To provide a link between clinical and patient services, supervising clinical pharmacy practice within the dispensary as required.

Ensure that prescribing policies pertinent to patient services are adhered to including in relation to the use and supply of unlicensed drugs and licensed drugs used outside licence.

Support the Dispensary Management team to ensure that tasks are carried out in accordance with departmental procedures and protocols by all staff working in the dispensary areas and to record and implement measures to reduce dispensing errors.

Education and Training

Be a Practice Supervisor (PS) or an Educational Supervisor (ES) for Foundation

Pharmacists undertaking the postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice.

Be a Practice Supervisor for Pre-Registration Pharmacists and, if appropriate, to be an Educational Supervisor.

Undertake Supervised Learning Events (SLEs) and ward assessments with Foundation Pharmacists.

Participate in the education and training of pharmacy staff, other healthcare professionals and pharmacy students to graduate level.

Supervise the day to day working of Foundation Pharmacists and Pre-Registration Pharmacists.

Maintain an active portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD)

Participate in departmental CPD educational sessions

Policy Development, Financial & Resource Management

To update or write appropriate standard operating procedures.

To support the development and implementation of policies to control drug expenditure and ensure cost-effective prescribing.

To support the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Services and Principal Clinical Pharmacists in monitoring drug expenditure and providing accurate expenditure information, with appropriate analysis, to the Division.

To identify areas of potential cost-savings, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.

To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the division.

Assist the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Services and Principal Clinical Pharmacists to implement local and national directives, policies and procedures e.g. NICE, Patient

Safety Alerts.

Audit and Research

Undertake clinical audit and research work within Pharmacy and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals.

Contribute to the implementation of change arising from audit projects and Quality Improvement projects.

Publish and present the results of such work locally, nationally and internationally.

Supervise audit and other quality improvement projects undertaken by pharmacy students, preregistration pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

General

Report any complaints, incidents or near miss situations via the error reporting

system and your line manager.

To maintain an active portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD)

All pharmacy staff must show confidentiality with regard to any information about

patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (e.g.

drug prices).

To uphold the principles of Clinical Governance within the Trust.

All work will be carried out in accordance with the relevant laws, the guidelines of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the General Pharmaceutical

Council, Trust and departmental procedures and standards of professional practice.

To undertake any other relevant duties as may be required by the Chief Pharmacist

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide a pharmacy service to the wards and departments within Trust whilst working alongside other pharmacists, technicians and assistants.

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Work with Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist to review antimicrobial policies and protocols to ensure they reflect current and evidence based practice, and are governed by local resistance information.

To ensure antibiotic guidelines, policies and strategies are all adhered to.

Assist the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist in ensuring the Antimicrobial Prescribing application is managed, maintained and up to date.

To have proactive input into the antimicrobial management of patients with infections/ sepsis and inappropriate antimicrobial use.

To liaise closely with the Infection Management Team and attend meetings to discuss anti-infective issues and ensure that measures to reduce Healthcare acquired infections are adhered to.

To undertake audit to monitor adherence to antimicrobial policies, providing feedback to divisions and individual prescribers where appropriate.

To provide antimicrobial usage and supply information via Defined Daily Dose data and feedback to the Antibiotic Stewardship Group.

To be part of the Antimicrobial stewardship committee, actively promoting stewardship across The Trust.

To act as an antimicrobial resource for all Clinical Staff within the Trust, particularly

on treatment regimens, surgical prophylaxis, defined durations of therapy, use of restricted antimicrobials, guidance of IV to oral switch and TDM.

To engage with the Hospital at Home (H@H) and Surgical Patient Enhanced (SPET) nursing teams ensuring that outpatient antimicrobials and assays are safely managed.

Attend and actively contribute to consultant led antimicrobial ward rounds.

Patient Services

To dispense and check dispensed medication as required.

To provide a link between clinical and patient services, supervising clinical pharmacy practice within the dispensary as required.

Ensure that prescribing policies pertinent to patient services are adhered to including in relation to the use and supply of unlicensed drugs and licensed drugs used outside licence.

Support the Dispensary Management team to ensure that tasks are carried out in accordance with departmental procedures and protocols by all staff working in the dispensary areas and to record and implement measures to reduce dispensing errors.

Education and Training

Be a Practice Supervisor (PS) or an Educational Supervisor (ES) for Foundation

Pharmacists undertaking the postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice.

Be a Practice Supervisor for Pre-Registration Pharmacists and, if appropriate, to be an Educational Supervisor.

Undertake Supervised Learning Events (SLEs) and ward assessments with Foundation Pharmacists.

Participate in the education and training of pharmacy staff, other healthcare professionals and pharmacy students to graduate level.

Supervise the day to day working of Foundation Pharmacists and Pre-Registration Pharmacists.

Maintain an active portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD)

Participate in departmental CPD educational sessions

Policy Development, Financial & Resource Management

To update or write appropriate standard operating procedures.

To support the development and implementation of policies to control drug expenditure and ensure cost-effective prescribing.

To support the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Services and Principal Clinical Pharmacists in monitoring drug expenditure and providing accurate expenditure information, with appropriate analysis, to the Division.

To identify areas of potential cost-savings, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.

To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the division.

Assist the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Services and Principal Clinical Pharmacists to implement local and national directives, policies and procedures e.g. NICE, Patient

Safety Alerts.

Audit and Research

Undertake clinical audit and research work within Pharmacy and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals.

Contribute to the implementation of change arising from audit projects and Quality Improvement projects.

Publish and present the results of such work locally, nationally and internationally.

Supervise audit and other quality improvement projects undertaken by pharmacy students, preregistration pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

General

Report any complaints, incidents or near miss situations via the error reporting

system and your line manager.

To maintain an active portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD)

All pharmacy staff must show confidentiality with regard to any information about

patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (e.g.

drug prices).

To uphold the principles of Clinical Governance within the Trust.

All work will be carried out in accordance with the relevant laws, the guidelines of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the General Pharmaceutical

Council, Trust and departmental procedures and standards of professional practice.

To undertake any other relevant duties as may be required by the Chief Pharmacist

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Master's degree in Pharmacy and registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligble to be)
• Diploma fully complete (1 point) only party complete or certificate only (1 point)

Experience Essential

• 18 months of post qualification experience within pharmacy
• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Evidence of MDT working

Knowledge Essential

• Evidence of good core therapeutic knowledge
• Evidence of Understanding of medicines management
• Demonstrates an understanding of medicines safety

Skills Essential

• Evidence of excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients.
• Methodical and able to prioritise workload
• Evidence of leading/mentoring/coaching
• Demonstrates problem solving

Values Based Question Essential

• Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Master's degree in Pharmacy and registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligble to be)
• Diploma fully complete (1 point) only party complete or certificate only (1 point)

Experience Essential

• 18 months of post qualification experience within pharmacy
• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Evidence of MDT working

Knowledge Essential

• Evidence of good core therapeutic knowledge
• Evidence of Understanding of medicines management
• Demonstrates an understanding of medicines safety

Skills Essential

• Evidence of excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients.
• Methodical and able to prioritise workload
• Evidence of leading/mentoring/coaching
• Demonstrates problem solving

Values Based Question Essential

• Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)