# Rotational Pharmacist with STEP Up Development Programme to Band 7

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £56,515 per annum/pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (9 day fortnight working pattern to include weekend, evenings and bank holidays)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T11:10:46.790Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Rotational_pharmacist/Rotational_pharmacist-v8345745
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8345745?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have vacancies to join our friendly team of Rotational Pharmacists at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, where you will gain experience in all the main clinical and therapeutic areas.

With a strong focus on ward based patient centred clinical care, you will be working within and helped by a team of pharmacists and medicine management technicians who are well integrated at ward level. In our aseptic suite you will be involved in the clinical aspects and final release of parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals. Candidates will be encouraged and funded to undertake the postgraduate diploma.

This post introduces the STEP Up programme, an in-house structured progression of skills, knowledge and pay advancement from band 6 to band 7 after phase 3 of STEP Up programme linked to the Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway and completion of postgraduate modules.

There will be a requirement to participate in extended hours working including weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

### Main duties of the job

- To carry out duties in Clinical Pharmacy Services at ward and department level. Work closely with Consultants and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines.
- To provide technical support in the preparation of a broad range of aseptically prepared medicinal products (PN, Cytotoxic Chemotherapy, Radiopharmaceuticals etc).
- To study for, and successfully complete the Postgraduate Clinical Diploma.

This is an exciting time that will lead to much improvement for our patient’s care – if you want to make a difference; NOW is the time to join SaTH Pharmacy.

What can SaTH Pharmacy offer you?

- Patient focused service
- Supportive and friendly team
- Opportunities for personal development
- A department open to new ways of working

Our vision is simple

To provide excellent care to our communities we serve.

We’re looking for people who want to help us achieve this vision, who will help us make a difference.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

### 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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Honours Degree in Pharmacy / M.Pharm.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council or undertaking pre-registration training where registration must be in place before starting the position
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice

### Experience, skills and knowledge

**Essential**

- Good clinical knowledge
- Highly developed critical appraisal skills to evaluate drug treatments and place in therapy
- Experience of audit
- Good communication skills both written and oral

**Desirable**

- Relevant experience in hospital pharmacy

## Documents

- [step up programme (pdf, 478.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10670558)
- [ai use in recruitment (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2345)
- [relocating to shropshire? (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2313)
- [job pack - rotational pharmacist step up 6 to 7 (pdf, 581.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10670557)

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