Senior Rotational Pharmacist

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the City of London is seeking a Senior Rotational Pharmacist to join their team. This role offers unique opportunities in a rotational programme focusing on cardiovascular medicine, requiring significant hospital experience and a postgraduate diploma. Candidates will gain hands-on experience while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The salary ranges from £53,751 to £60,651 per annum plus HCA.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with GPhC is necessary.
• Significant post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy is required.
• Experience working in a ward-based environment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in consultant-led ward rounds and outpatient clinics.
• Oversee training for junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Contribute to quality improvement and medication safety initiatives.

Skills

Clinical screening of prescriptions

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Ability to manage workload

Education

MPharm degree

Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Rotational Pharmacist

The closing date is 07 December 2025

We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists with demonstrable competencies in hospital pharmacy practice and a commitment to high quality pharmaceutical care to join our team at Harefield Hospital as part of our Advanced Rotational Band 7 Programme.

Harefield Hospital has been recognised as one of the top 100 hospitals in the world for heart services and one of the 10 best hospitals in the UK for cardiology and cardiac services. We are located just inside the M25 near Uxbridge and situated in extensive grounds in the countryside.

The rotational programme offered by the Pharmacy department at Harefield Hospital offers the unique opportunity to gain specialist experience within the fields of cardiovascular medicine closely supported by our expert pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.

As you progress through the programme which includes rotations in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and transplantation medicine, you will gain the knowledge, skills and experience to develop and prepare you as you look towards credentialing your advanced practice.

Main duties of the job

This programme builds on the knowledge, skills and experience gained at a foundation level and encourages pharmacists to take an active role in their experiential learning and development.

This programme is aimed at pharmacists with significant hospital experience who have completed their Postgraduate Clinical Diploma (or equivalent) and are looking to develop their skills in specialist areas within cardiovascular medicine.

You will be working closely alongside the multidisciplinary team working in a range of care settings including attendance on the consultant led ward rounds, out-patient clinics and ambulatory services.

About us

As well as delivering clinical pharmacy services, candidates will have the opportunity to undertake Trust-based management courses, team and organisational responsibilities (i.e. staff planning, rostering and business planning), taking on a leadership role (i.e. project supervision, training, mentoring and appraisal of junior staff members) and support service development (i.e. quality improvement, medication safety and financial management).

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description which provides information on our organisation and the programme.

Person Specification

Knowledge/qualifications

• MPharm degree (or equivalent to allow GPhC registration)
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Successful completion of a Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent and comparable experience)
• Membership of relevant professional groups (i.e. UKCPA / RPS / BOPA / NPPG)
• Working at or towards credentialing with the RPS at Advanced Stage 1

Experience

• Significant post registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy practice
• Significant experience of working in a ward-based environment, with specific clinical experience within Medical and Surgical specialties
• Experience of working in a Patient Services / Dispensary environment
• Experience of overseeing the organisation and management of the training of students, Trainee and Junior Pharmacists and / or Pharmacy Technicians
• Experience in the design and / or delivery of local education and training across the MDT
• Experience in medication safety with the investigation and learning from errors
• Experience in undertaking and leading clinical audit, quality improvement, research and/or service development
• Experience of working within an ambulatory or clinic-based environment and managing patient case load independently
• Experience of providing clinical pharmacy services to specialist clinical areas
• Experience of rotating through Medicines Information or Technical Services
• Accredited Practice Supervisor i.e. completion of appropriate recognised training
• Experience of acting as a Designated Supervisor for Trainee Pharmacists
• Experience in the design and / or delivery of education and training at undergraduate level
• Experience in identifying trends and taking forwards learning from medication errors
• Experience in recruitment and selection
• Experience of writing policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Experience in medicines finance review and management
• Experience in medicines governance i.e. management of unlicensed requests

Skills

• Demonstrable skills and ability to safely clinically screen a range of prescriptions including complex and high risk medicines
• Ability to communicate complex pharmaceutical information effectively to members of the MDT
• Able to work independently, when required
• Able to effectively solve own and others clinical and operational issues to best support patient care
• Able to manage their own workload effectively and elevate for support, when required
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work in, sometimes, emotionally challenging and evocative situations
• Able to work under pressure
• Experience of working with Electronic Patient Records and digital prescribing systems

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearp.a inc. HCA (Outer)