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Job overview
Are you an early-career pharmacist looking to develop your knowledge, skills and experience for a fast-track, hands-on journey that blends clinical excellence with real-world impact? We are looking for pharmacists with a passion for learning and patient care with a drive to join our team and contribute to our leading clinical services.
Join our core rotational programme provided by the one of the largest and most dynamic pharmacy departments, working across our diverse sites where from your first day, you will be immersed in a high-impact environment, supported by our expert teams and developed with the confidence, competence and experience in your journey to step in to more specialist and senior roles.
We offer a diverse range of rotations across inpatient and outpatient settings that support both patient care and service development. There will be structured opportunities for both personal and professional development with the roles designed to enable pharmacists to use their growing expertise to deliver excellent patient care working in close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
To accommodate flexible working and diverse career paths, we are offering roles on a 6-month fixed term contract. We welcome applications from pharmacists who are newly qualified as well as those with prior experience at band 6 or band 7 level looking for the next stage in their development or simply looking for a new challenge.
Main duties of the job
See attached Job Description and Personal Specification document as part of the application page which details and provides more information with regards to this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable skills and ability to safely clinically screen a prescription request for the supply of a medicine
- Ability to communicate pharmaceutical information effectively to members of the MDT
- Able to work independently, when required
- Able to manage their own workload effectively and escalate for support, when required
- Excellent attention to detail
- Able to work in, sometimes, emotionally challenging and evocative situations
- Able to work under pressure
Desirable
- Demonstrable skills and ability to safely clinically screen a range of prescriptions including complex and high risk medicines
- Able to effectively solve own and others clinical and operational issues to best support patient care
- Experience of working with Electronic Patient Records and digital prescribing systems
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in providing clinical pharmacy services
- Experience of working in a Patient Services / Dispensary environment
- Experience of providing out-of-hours pharmacy services
- Experience of supervision and management of the training of students, trainee and junior pharmacists and/or pharmacy technicians
- Involvement with clinical audit, quality improvement, research and/or service development projects
Desirable
- Experience in hospital pharmacy practice
- Experience of providing clinical pharmacy services in ward-based settings for medical and surgical patients
- Experience of working within Medicines Information or Technical Services
- Completion of recognised Educational or Practice Supervisor training
- Experience in the design and/or delivery of local education and training across the MDT
- Experience in leading clinical audit, quality improvement, research and/or service development
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm degree (or equivalent to allow GPhC registration)
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional groups (i.e. UKCPA, RCPharm, BOPA, NPPG)
- Successful completion of a Post-Graduate Certificate in General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent and comparable experience)
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-Motivated
- Appreciate the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Able to inspire and motivate others
- Able to support the department's out of hours and emergency services
- Recognises limitations
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Take responsibility for own action
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This advert is for Rotational Pharmacist (Band 6 and Band 7) with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Cross-Site). It is listed as a Band 6 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £65,261 Inclusive of Inner London High Cost Area Supplement. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed Term Contract). The application deadline is 31 Aug 2026.
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