Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Leigh on Sea; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Leigh on Sea is seeking a Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist to deliver clinical pharmacy services across various departments. The role includes diverse responsibilities, such as attending clinical meetings, providing drug information, and supporting the on-call service. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and necessary pharmacy qualifications. This position offers opportunities for career development in a vibrant environment focused on patient care.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Have a diploma in Clinical/General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent.
• Experience in NHS Hospital Pharmacy is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services to various departments.
• Attend clinical ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Monitor medication usage and provide drug information.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Education

Registration as Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Diploma in Clinical/General Pharmacy Practice

Hospital-based clinical education/training

Tools

Pharmacy Wellsky computer system

Job description

Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 31 December 2025

A position has become available within the Clinical Pharmacist team at the Southend Hospital site.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open‑minded and dynamic pharmacist to support the delivery of our clinical pharmacy service.

The current clinical pharmacists team currently comprises a welcoming, forward‑thinking and vibrant group of individuals, always seeking to improve current ways of working to benefit the patients we serve and promote a harmonious working environment.

The successful candidate will therefore need to be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal / relationship‑building skills. In return, we will offer you a range of career development opportunities, both on the Southend Hospital Site and the wider Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

The post will involve rotations within varied specialist clinical areas including general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, department of medicine for the elderly and technical services, as well as contributing to the provision of the ‘on‑call’ service.

So, if this sounds like the right role for you – please apply today.

Main duties of the job

• Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge service, outpatients, technical services unit and other service users.
• Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate.
• Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities.
• Provide specialist pharmaceutical information to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
• Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs.
• Counsel and advise patients on use of medicines.
• Take part in the emergency ‘On‑call’ Pharmacist rota working alone as the on‑call Pharmacist providing medicines information, advice and supply out of hours and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers.
• To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk Governance Pharmacist with the medicine's optimisation and governance agenda.
• Ensure clinical incidents e.g. dispensing or administration errors are reported promptly according to current risk management procedures.
• Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards.
• Facilitate implementation of local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE.
• Keep accurate patient medication and drug issue records using the Pharmacy Wellsky computer system.
• Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward‑based technicians.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job responsibilities

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description. We look forward to your application!

Person Specification

Qualification

• Registration as Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Clinical/General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent post‑graduate qualification commenced
• Evidence of Hospital‑based clinical education/training

Experience

• Demonstrable recent Pharmacy experience (can include pre‑registration year)
• NHS Hospital Pharmacy experience
• Dispensary final checking experience as a Pharmacist

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)