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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Late night working, on call, weekend and bank holiday working required on a rota basis)
Job ref
230-28553990-CSS-E1
Employer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
George Eliot NHS trust
Town
Nuneaton
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust logo

Rotational Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

NHS AfC: Band 7

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour aren’t as likely to apply unless they meet every qualification of non specialist roles.

We’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and meet our values, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything in the Job Description or Person Specification– apply anyway or email the Recruiting Manager to discuss the role further 

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community. We are a Veteran Aware and Reservist Friendly organisation and welcome applications from Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Instructors, and family members of serving personnel. 

 

Job overview

Rotational Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

37.5 hours per week (Late night working, on call, weekend and bank holiday working required on a rota basis)

Permanent

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Closing Date: 22nd June 2025

Interview Date: 27th June 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. 

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more

#JoinTeamEliot

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team as a Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 7) at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. In this role, you will provide patient-centred pharmaceutical care across a range of clinical specialities, helping to ensure safe, effective, and optimal use of medicines. As an acute trust we are able to offer a unique and friendly training experience with greater exposure to both the operational and clinical aspects of hospital pharmacy.

We welcome pharmacists looking to move from General Practice or Community Pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you will:

  • Deliver clinical pharmacy services to allocated wards/departments on a rotational basis.
  • Perform medicines reconciliation, clinical screening, medication reviews, discharge planning, and patient counselling.
  • Ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines, adhering to Trust policies and national guidance.
  • Proactively advise prescribers on optimising treatment, including challenging inappropriate prescriptions.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote medicines optimisation and patient safety within your speciality
  • Rotate through a range of specialities, contributing to service improvements, audits, and governance activities.
  • Supervise and mentor junior pharmacists and trainees; contribute to teaching and education.
  • Participate in service continuity and quality improvement activities in the form of QI projects and clinical audits.
  • Engage in CPD and personal development plans to support continuous improvement and professional growth

One of the highlights of this role is the variety of clinical rotations on offer. You will gain experience across, a broad range of specialities, which may include: Critical care,  Oncology and Haematology, Acute Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology,  Respiratory, General & Emergency Surgery, Care of the Elderly and Gastroenterology.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care’  takes centre stage.  An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.  Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:  On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus  bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To assist the other pharmacists in ensuring that the work carried out in the department is performed in accordance with the recommendations contained in the guide to good pharmaceutical manufacturing practice and its supplements, COSHH and the safe systems of work documentation.
  • To assist in the distribution of medicines to patients, wards, and departments and to assist in maintaining systems for the control of drugs in accordance with current legislation.
  • Support diploma students and trainee pharmacists when undertaking study and application to practice.
  • To support trainee pharmacists and qualified pharmacists undergoing Prescribing qualification as Designated Prescribing Practitioner when required.
  • To assist the medical staff in the undertaking of such clinical trials as has been approved by the research and ethics committee and to arrange under the direction of senior members of staff of the pharmaceutical department, the necessary supplies and aspects of trial protocol affecting the pharmaceutical services.
  • To monitor and report medicines related causes of admission and ensure corrective measures are taken to prevent re-occurrences.
  •  To undertake “out of hours” emergency duty commitments as rostered.
  • To provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary so as to ensure compliance with statutory and ethical standards when rostered in the area.

The post holder will be expected to take part in weekend, bank holiday, late night  and emergency duty rota.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Broad clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge gained in hospital environment, relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost- effective use of medicines or experience in specialist fiel
  • At least six months hospital experience
  • Committing to continuing professional development and education
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of project and audit management
  • Experience of advising patients with complex pharmaceutical needs or non-compliance with medication

Qualification and Professional Training

Essential criteria
  • Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
  • 1 year pre-registration training and experience
  • Job related post-graduate qualification, e.g. post-graduate clinical pharmacy certificate/diploma, or equivalent vocational experience
Desirable criteria
  • Independent Prescribing Qualification

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work alone & within a team
  • High degree of self-motivation to organise and implement change and to develop ideas into practice
Desirable criteria
  • IT skills (Microsoft word, Powerpoint, Excel etc.)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.CTP The Ministry of Defence partnering with Right ManagementDisability confident employerStep into healthPride In Veterans

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elizabeth Japal
Job title
Principal Pharmacist - Clinical services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07920380484
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