Job vacancy: Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 to 7 Step Pathway), University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry

Job summary

Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (+ EDC)
Job ref: 218-HSS-B6-7820288

Employer: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Town: Coventry
Salary: £38,682 - £54,710 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2026 23:59

Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 to 7 Step Pathway)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To participate in Pharmacy clinical services delivery involving any of the following: ensuring accurate drug histories are taken and documented; medicines reconciliation is completed; patients own drugs are reconciled; dispensing for discharge is facilitated; communicate effectively with patients and/or carers to improve medication adherence.
To effectively communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure safe and effective prescribing and administration practice of medicines at the Trust.
To identify patients with complex pharmaceutical needs, propose solutions and refer as needed to more senior staff.
To monitor patients’ response to drug treatments for efficacy and toxicity, prioritise these and take appropriate action to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines.
To identify drug interactions, prioritise these and take appropriate action to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines.
To identify errors on clerking including medication histories and allergies documentation, TTOs or on other prescriptions initiated during the patients’ admission. Appropriately prioritise these and take the best course of action to resolve these to ensure patient safety.
To identify deviations in prescribing from guidelines or formulary standards and take appropriate action to ensure appropriate prescribing practice is maintained at the Trust.
To complete all documentation according to Trust and departmental policies.
To work effectively as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary and Pharmacy environment.
To undertake clinical audit as required by the department.
To undertake peer assessment activities as outlined in the Pharmacy Step Pathway to assess communication and decision-making skills, obtain feedback, and amend practice where necessary.
To support with the delivery of training and education of student placements as required by the department.
To undertake prescribing responsibilities as an independent prescriber in line with the Trust’s Universal Scope of Practice for Pharmacist Independent Prescribing, Standard Operating Procedures, and Clinical Guidelines, or within a defined specialist prescribing scope formally approved through the Medicines Policy and Practice Committee, ensuring safe and effective prescribing practice at all times

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

If you would like any further information please contact a member of the Pharmacy team who will be happy to support your enquiry.

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Kerry Parker
Job title: Lead Pharmacist - Workforce Development
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 02476 966792

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