Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Rotational

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rotational programme across specials

Mentoring from specialist pharmacists

Ward-based support from medicines team

Personal development opportunities

FT hours or less welcomed

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a senior rotational clinical pharmacist to work across specialties. The role focuses on complex patient care, optimising medicines, and safe transfer of care, with a prescribing function once qualified.

Post-holders rotate through areas such as admissions, cardiology, renal, thoracics and critical care, paediatrics and antimicrobial services, supported by specialist mentors.

Qualifications

• Clinical experience equivalent to a post-graduate clinical diploma.
• Broad post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy.
• Experience delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting.
• Day-to-day supervision and assisting in training of pre-registration pharmacists and/or technicians.
• GPhC registration is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide core clinical pharmacy activities in the relevant clinical specialties.
• Provide complex pharmaceutical care, optimising medicines and ensuring safe and effective transfer of care.
• Prescribe once qualified.
• Rotate through 12-month specialist rotations, including admissions, cardiology, renal, thoracics and critical care, paediatrics, trials, antimicrobials and ePMA.
• Line manage and support junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in medical specialties.
• Mentor junior pharmacists and MPharm students from the University of Nottingham.
• Take full part in the 7-day shift rota and bank holiday duties.
• Contribute to the senior on-call rota, providing back-up to the on-call pharmacist.

Skills

Teamwork

Prioritisation

Education

Post-graduate clinical diploma

Job description

A senior rotational clinical pharmacist post at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, with 12-month rotations across specialties. The work centres on complex patient care, optimising medicines and safe transfer of care, with a prescribing role once qualified. Post-holders rotate through areas such as cardiology, cancer services and paediatrics, supported by specialist mentors, and line manage junior pharmacists and students. The post is commissioned as full-time, and GPhC registration is essential.

What the job involves

• Provide core clinical pharmacy activities in the relevant clinical specialties
• Provide complex pharmaceutical care, optimising medicines and ensuring safe and effective transfer of care
• Prescribe once qualified
• Rotate through 12-month specialist rotations, including admissions, cardiology, renal, thoracics and critical care, paediatrics, trials, antimicrobials and ePMA
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams
• Line manage and support junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in medical specialties
• Mentor junior pharmacists and MPharm students from the University of Nottingham
• Take full part in the 7-day shift rota and bank holiday duties
• Contribute to the senior on-call rota, providing back-up to the on-call pharmacist

What's required

Qualifications

• Clinical experience equivalent to a post-graduate clinical diploma

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration

Experience

• Broad post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
• Experience delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting
• Day-to-day supervision and assisting in training of pre-registration pharmacists and/or technicians

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams
• Able to prioritise own work

Nice to have

• Post-graduate clinical diploma
• Non-medical prescribing
• Experience of audit, research or project work at Trust level, including reporting or presenting it
• Experience of training and education of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Experience of developing medicines and service policies for a specialty

What's offered

• Rotational programme building clinical knowledge and skills across specialties
• Mentoring from specialist pharmacists
• Operational ward-based support from medicines management technicians
• Personal development opportunities
• Applications for less than full-time hours welcomed