Senior Rotational Pharmacist | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking an experienced Senior Pharmacist for a rotational role across various specialty services. The successful candidate will provide clinical support, manage junior staff training, and contribute to the department's operations. Opportunities for leadership and professional development through diverse rotations are available. Join a dedicated team providing essential healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy roles is preferred.
• Ability to manage teams and deliver educational sessions.
• Independent Prescribers training will be incorporated.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support in rotation through main pharmacy services.
• Assist day-to-day operations within department.
• Support training for junior pharmacists.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Pharmacist responsibilities

Teaching and training

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

Overview

Would you like to join an innovative department and participate in an interesting senior rotational post? If you want to broaden your experience of hospital Pharmacy, whilst contributing towards the work of a busy department, then this is the job for you.

We are a department that believe in equipping our Band 7 Pharmacists with skills to carry out senior roles to aid their career progression. Rotations have been developed to ensure leadership roles are key with a high emphasis on delivering teaching and training to a wide range of healthcare professionals as well as managing teams. You will be able to develop senior roles and responsibilities and we encourage individuals to take on any new responsibilities to meet their development needs.

The Trust is incorporating Independent Prescribing training into the Senior Pharmacist rota from April 2023.

Working in partnership with our senior pharmacist team, the post holder will have the opportunity to spend a rotation in each of the main pharmacy services, depending on the site the post holder is working on.

Rotations

• Specialist Gastroenterology
• Medicines Information
• Infectious Diseases
• Respiratory Medicine
• Cardiology
• Endocrine & Rheumatology
• Cancer services
• Elderly care & rehabilitation
• Acute Medicine
• Patient Services
• Medication Safety
• Surgery & ITU
• HIV & Antimicrobials

The post holder provides clinical and professional support and assists the day-to-day operation of the section of the department they are rotating through, as well as a clinical service to the wards, both on- and off-site. The post holder provides and supports Trainee and Junior Pharmacist training.

About London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

Sites and services

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025