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Job summary
The Pharmacy team would like to invite rotational pharmacists (Band 6) who believe that they could undertake a senior rotational pharmacist role and who meet the person specification to apply for this role. Candidates who do not currently meet the person specification but who will do within the next 6 months are also invited to apply.
Main duties of the job
The principal requirements of the Senior Rotational Pharmacist role are as follows:
Role
Deputise for B8a pharmacists for short periods when necessary. This would include being able to confidently lead a team of pharmacy professionals on a day-to-day basis, delegating work and escalating concerns as appropriate.
Mentor, teach and supervise trainee pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and more junior pharmacists
Take ownership of a non-core speciality/topic area as link pharmacist. Roles include diabetes, pain management, stroke, etc.
Person Specification
We ask that B7 Pharmacists:
Hold (or have completed at least 1 year of) a Clinical Diploma or equivalent
Have experience working in a hospital pharmacy environment.
Further detail can be found in the role profile document.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Details
- Date posted: 14 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
- Reference number: 175-2627-PH1909
- Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience working in a hospital pharmacy environment
- Experience of good foundation in clinical pharmacy practice and providing pharmaceutical service to a specialty
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good personal organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work unsupervised, under pressure, manage self and motivate others
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Has a professional attitude and is able demonstrate adaptability and innovation in work practice
- Familiar with the use of a range of IT systems and functions.
Desirable
- Good negotiation and persuasive skills
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (or equivalent qualification)
- Registered Pharmacist
- PgD in Pharmacy Practice (or working towards)*
- Further detail can be found in the role profile document.
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- * Candidates who can demonstrate completion of 120 Level 7 credits in a relevant discipline are considered to have met this criterion, regardless of whether a post-graduate diploma has been awarded. Candidates who have completed 60 Level 7 credits and who are committed to completing 120 credits in total are considered "working towards" the award.
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This advert is for Senior Rotational Pharmacist with Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 to £56,515 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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