# Band 6 Rotational Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-rotational-pharmacist/f7b0fcde-7d8d-465a-bbfb-b175baddad1f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-rotational-pharmacist/f7b0fcde-7d8d-465a-bbfb-b175baddad1f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T14:52:09.906Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8269254 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8269254?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Royal Free London is looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Junior Pharmacists to join our pharmacy team. All trainee pharmacists, newly qualified, or pharmacists considering a sector change are welcome to apply. You will be part of our band 6 rotational Foundation Training programme, which is aimed at helping you develop your knowledge and skills. You will have the exciting opportunity to partake in a huge variety of rotations designed to provide a sound development of clinical foundation in your pharmacy careers and potentially work cross site. The rotations include technical services/manufacturing, medicine, care of the elderly, surgery (including vascular, orthopedics, hepatobiliary surgeries), renal, patient services, obstetrics and gynaecology, medicines advice, PITU (Planned Investigation and Treatment Unit) and HIV. ### Main duties of the job To provide professional and clinical input to the pharmaceutical services in all relevant areas of the pharmacy department on a rotational basis. The successful candidate(s) will complete a comprehensive training programme in these rotations: patient services, renal, acute medicine, surgical, HIV services, manufacturing services and medicines information. All post holders will undertake a post-graduate diploma within the first year of employment supported by an internal structured training and mentorship programme. Key duties of the role include: Provision of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for the Royal Free London hospital you are appointed to work at Provision of screening, dispensing, and checking services through the main or satellite dispensaries Provision of medicines advice to other health professionals and patients Provision of a technical pharmacy service including final product release Opportunities to partake in audits, service improvement, high-cost drug applications and drug usage reviews as you progress through your training Annual leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays. You will also be expected to participate in the out of hours, weekend and bank holiday service including responsibility for the securing of the department. Outside of working hours the on-call pharmacist is solely responsible for providing a pharmacy service to the hospital including advice on medicines and emergency supply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Comprehensive foundation training year - Experience of screening, dispensing and checking prescriptions - Experience of medication counselling **Desirable** - Hospital experience ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Good clinical decision making and patient prioritisation skills - Good written and verbal communication skills - Good interpersonal skills - Ability to manage time effectively - Ability to communicate with patients and staff of all levels - Ability to work alone and as part of a team - Computer literate - Ability to work under pressure - Good general pharmaceutical knowledge - Ability to carry out day to day responsibilities and deal effectively with unpredictable/acute demands - Ability to follow standard operating procedures - Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged - Understanding of NHS national and local priorities - Audit and QI experience - Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ### Personal Qualities & attributes **Essential** - Reliable to work weekends, bank holidays, late nights and oncall. - Enthusiastic/positive attitude, self motivated and, hardworking - Accurate/meticulous - Reliable with good attendance record ### Education & professional Qualifications **Essential** - Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) - GPhC (GB) registration ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10584110) - [rotational pharmacist jd (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10584108) - [rotational pharmacist ps (pdf, 216.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10584109) - [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.