Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Burton upon Trent; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in Burton upon Trent is seeking a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist on a fixed-term contract for 12 months. The role supports the ward clinical service and includes mentoring duties for junior pharmacists. Candidates must be GPhC registered and possess a postgraduate clinical diploma. The position offers flexible working hours including full-time and part-time options, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development. Join us to make a real difference in patient care.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC and possess a postgraduate clinical diploma.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy and mentoring junior staff.
• Evidence of influencing and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the ward clinical service ensuring safe medication delivery.
• Mentor trainee and junior pharmacists.
• Participate in the weekend and on-call service.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy experience

Communication skills

Mentoring skills

Organizational skills

Education

GPhC Registered Pharmacist

Post graduate clinical Diploma

Job description

Main area Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 months minimum - to cover leave) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Additional on call requirement and weekend cover on a rota) Job ref 320-CDCS-BUR-3897

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queens Hospital Burton Town Burton on Trent Salary £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 21/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/01/2026

Band 7

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats or you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

This exciting role will allow you to develop your skills as a specialist rotational pharmacists, within a friendly supportive team at Queens Hospital Burton, you will have the opportunity to rotate through other clinical areas at Queens hospital.

Your knowledge will enable you to support the trainee and band 6 pharmacists and there will be the opportunity to become a mentor and potentially a trainee pharmacist tutor if you are interested.

If you are not already an Independent prescriber, we will support you to complete the course.

Main duties of the job

To provide support and cover as a specialist rotational pharmacist.

To support the ward clinical service at Queens Hospital to ensure safe delivery of medicines across the whole hospital. In addition to this you will have two fixed days at Samuel Johnson Hospital

In addition to this, you may be asked to support the service at Samuel Johnson Hospital (SJH) in Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel hospital (SRP) in Tamworth as rota required.

To support the training of trainee and junior pharmacists through mentorship. There may be the opportunity, if interested to become a pre-registration tutor.

To support the weekend and on call service for Queens, SJH and SRP. All pharmacists are expected to be part of this rota.

There might be an opportunity for some cross site working at Derby hospital, Additionally, some training will take place at Derby to ensure a wide range of patients are seen.

Closing date of applications: 21 December 2025

Interview date: 7 January 2026

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Qualifications

• GPhC Registered Pharmacist
• Post graduate clinical Diploma
• Demonstrable experience in clinical pharmacy

Communication

• Evidence of communication with a broad spectrum of people
• Evidence of influencing skills
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Training in leadership skills

Planning & Organisation

• Evidence of ability to work on own and within a team
• Evidence of ability to prioritise own workload and that of others

Experience

• Evidence of involvement in developing policies, procedures or patient information
• Evidence of audit related work and presentation
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• Previous experience of working as part of an Multidisciplinary Team
• Experience of mentoring, tutoring, managing etc. other staff

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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Name Nida Halim Job title Advanced pharmacist - Acute medicine Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01283 511511 Additional information Extension : 5633 - if calling for further information