# Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist (STEP-Up Programme) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-senior-clinical-pharmacist-step-up-programme/99ad9db9-b469-449f-b28b-06c6a3d28ff4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-senior-clinical-pharmacist-step-up-programme/99ad9db9-b469-449f-b28b-06c6a3d28ff4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Walsall Manor Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 6, Band 7 - **Salary:** per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Contributes to Emergency Duty Commitment and late night, weekend and bank holiday rotas) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T09:40:38.384Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Walsall/Walsall_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8341760 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8341760?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for self-motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our pharmacist rotational programmes. With the current & future landscape for pharmacy professionals we have aligned our clinical pharmacy strategy to develop a pharmacy team that can excel in balancing patient care and service demand with their own professional development. You will have rotational opportunities across several specialties along with daily opportunities to work as part of an MDT and develop your interpersonal, professional & clinical skills. We are very supportive of pharmacy professionals putting forward their own ideas for service improvements and are committed to developing a strong Quality Improvement ethos, with a formal Quality, Service Improvement and Redesign accreditation also on offer. PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS. ### Main duties of the job - Participates in the provision of a comprehensive pharmaceutical service to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and to those organisations with which the Trust has a contract for supply of pharmaceutical services. - Undertakes clinical pharmacy duties to delegated wards, advising junior & senior medical staff and nurses on effective and safe prescribing and administration of medicines. - Provides training and support to the undergraduate, pre-registration pharmacists & less experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and, where requested, other ward staff. - Undertakes risk assessments and implements risk reducing measures, where appropriate reviewing and updating safe systems of work on a regular basis. - Post holders will be required to undertake weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Participates in the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust rotational training programme for training grade pharmacists. As part of the rotational training programme, the post holder will provide ward based clinical services, supporting safe prescribing and administration of medicines in the allocated wards/departments of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, ensuring clinical practice is evidence based, shared, and, wherever possible, patient focused. Will also provide patient counselling and assist in the provision of Medicines Information as part of their role. Professionally checks prescriptions in the dispensary, including those for cytotoxic drugs, clinical trials and controlled drugs, and assists in dispensing and final checking as required. Complies with the Clinical Pharmacy Service Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures, ensuring that the Chief Pharmacist is made aware of any circumstances that would, or may, militate against safe standards of clinical practice. Reports, and encourages other to report, all Adverse Drug reactions in-line with departmental guidelines. Promotes awareness of and assists in the implementation of the Trust’s Medicines Management Group decisions, including the current contents of the formulary and Trust Pharmacy Policies, and assists medical and prescribing nursing staff to adjust prescribing practices in line with the evidence base and formulary requirements. Will comply with the requirement of Clinical Pharmacy productivity tools and audits assigned and maintain full records of clinical activity and interventions using pharmacy electronic systems. Post-holder will be required to undertake late night, weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis. ### 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** - Skilled at identify and manage risk associated with the use of medicines to best meet patient needs within the multidisciplinary team. - Able to interpret national guidelines within specialist area(s), and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines related to specialist area(s). - Skilled at using reference sources, journals, the internet and on-line information sources to prepare evaluated medicines information for consultants and other health-care professionals. - Skills for providing relevant specialist pharmacy services - Skills in clinical audits and projects - Witten and communication skills appropriate to the level required for this role - Skills for setting priorities, meeting deadlines and manage time effectively - Skills for problem identification and solving - Skills for utilising resources cost-effectively and highlighting any savings - Competent to clinically check prescriptions - Competent to dispense medicines accurately without making errors. - Competent to check medicines dispensed by others and to detect any errors that have been made - Skills to minimise any risk to patients, the public and other staff from Healthcare Associated Infection **Desirable** - People management, team work and interpersonal skills appropriate to this role - Skills for teaching and supervising junior pharmacists and technical staff - Skills for using Microsoft Office to produce word-processed documents e.g. SOPs for specialist areas, patient care plans (MS Word), record research and audit data (MS Excel) and prepare and deliver training (MS Powerpoint - Standard key-board skills for using the Pharmacy Computer System, and other software, to prepare reports, analyses, label medicines ### Knowledge **Essential** - Up to date knowledge of specialist field and general knowledge of other medicines actions and usage - Up to date knowledge and understanding of Safe Systems of Working in hospital pharmacy services - Up to date knowledge of Medicines Legislation including the Medicines Act, and Misuse of Drugs Act as they apply to pharmacy service SOPs and the legal requirements for dispensing and supplying medicines **Desirable** - Understanding of both the current and longer term issues facing pharmacy services within the NHS - Knowledge and understanding of medicines management in clinical pharmacy services - Up to date knowledge of Health and Safety at Work including COSHH, Manual Handling, Information Governance as well as Safeguarding Children and Adult ### Experience **Essential** - Appropriate experience of clinical pharmacy or equivalent hospital experience. - Experience in carrying out audits and projects. - Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff. - Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. **Desirable** - Participation in training as an Independent prescriber. Participate in Independent and/or supplementary prescribing and prescribe within legal requirements and own competency in the area of practice. - Broad range of experience of working as a clinical pharmacist, including provision of ‘Out of hours’ Pharmaceutical Services, medicines information and drug utilisation review. ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent academic qualification. - Completed Pre-Registration year leading to Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council - Current membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council - Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) or currently studying for it. **Desirable** - Independent Prescribing qualification ## Documents - [flexible working document (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2426) - [band 6 rotational clinical pharmacist jd (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665981) - [band 6 rotational clinical pharmacist ps (pdf, 856.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665982) - [band 7 rotational senior clinical pharmacist ps (pdf, 864.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665980) - [band 7 rotational senior clinical pharmacist jd (pdf, 1016.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665979) ## 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.