# Rotational Clinical Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-clinical-pharmacist/2a90ff2b-8982-4984-a2ce-108750ee6530 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-clinical-pharmacist/2a90ff2b-8982-4984-a2ce-108750ee6530.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Royal Marsden, Chelsea - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum - **Contract type:** 15 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T11:01:25.943Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8296733 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8296733?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe, based across two sites and is ranked as one of the top NHS trusts in the country in the NHS national performance rankings, providing services for patients both locally and across the UK. The Royal Marsden has also been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our hospitals in Chelsea and Sutton offer both NHS and private patients inpatient and outpatient care for solid tumours and haemato-oncology cancers, including transplants, chemotherapy and clinical trials. ### Main duties of the job We have optimised our Band 6 clinical pharmacist programme to focus on patient facing clinical aspects of pharmacy care. This exciting opportunity is to join a team of rotational pharmacists concentrating on providing the best possible ward based pharmaceutical care. Our department strategy is focussed on providing a pioneering and compassionate service while embedding enhanced roles for pharmacy technicians and a maximised non-medical prescribing workforce. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification: a) To provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care, contributing to the multidisciplinary team for clinical units as required, through ward pharmacy services. b) Promote optimal and appropriate drug use and high quality prescribing practice within the Trust. c) To attend all relevant events such as Registrar/Consultant rounds/unit meetings as appropriate. d) To respond appropriately to requests from medical and nursing staff for information and advice about the selection and use of drug therapy. e) Actively participate in audit, drug use reviews and pharmacoeconomic project work. f) Participate in any pharmacy initiatives or working groups as appropriate. g) To support the Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager with the Clinical Governance and Risk Management Strategy within the department and throughout the Trust g) Participate in pharmacy initiatives within the units as appropriate h) Strive for continuous quality improvement through identifying research questions; developing and contributing to research to further the medicines optimisation agenda in cancer ### 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** - NHS Hospital Pharmacy experience **Desirable** - Ward pharmacy experience - Medicines Information experience - Experience of training staff ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Able to work on any Royal Marsden site as required - Ability to participate in out of hours service ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Patient focused - Professional appearance & demeanour - Commitment to continuous improvement of self and service, including progressive and continuing professional development - Enthusiastic, approachable and adaptable - Confident and assertive - Ability to provide emotional and social support whilst promoting dignity and respect - Commitment to providing a high standard of care - Compassionate, Pioneering, Collaborative and determined ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - GPhC registered Pharmacist **Desirable** - Working towards Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent ### Skills/Abilities/Knowledge **Essential** - Good organisational/time management - Contribute to the team - Good communication skills (written and verbal) - Good presentation and problem solving skills - Ability to train/coach other members of staff - Awareness of current developments in clinical pharmacy - Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word and Excel ## Documents - [job features form (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10615519) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 369.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10615518) ## 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.