Job overview
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
Department: Pharmacy
Band: 7, £49,387-56,515pa, pro rata
Hours: Part time; 30 hours per week (0.8 of full-time-equivalent), plus on-call, weekends & bank holiday rota.
Note: All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Are you a pharmacist with experience and passion for clinical pharmacy? Would you like to contribute to advancing pharmaceutical care for patients across a wide range of clinical specialities? If this describes you, we invite you to get in touch with us. Now is an excellent time to become part of the pharmacy team at MKUH; we are a friendly, forward-thinking department who continue to grow in both size and influence.
Our services are evolving to provide our pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with more time to work alongside patients while supporting their medical and nursing colleagues. Our commitment is to ensure that every patient receives safe, high-quality care, placing our patients at the heart of our mission. This role is a compelling career opportunity for a skilled and dedicated pharmacist to join our hardworking, forward-looking, and innovative pharmacy team.
'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'
Interview date: 18 August 2026
Main duties of the job
You will become part of a growing team of Clinical Pharmacists and Specialist Pharmacists, who support patient care across a wide range of clinical specialties within the Trust. With the support of the Principal Pharmacists, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within your chosen area of expertise. You will also have the opportunity to gain experience in supporting and supervising junior staff, undertaking quality improvement and audit work, advocating for medicines optimisation and safety initiatives at the ward level, and collaborating with the Principal Pharmacists to address any medicines related issues affecting the ward teams. This role is crucial to the delivery, development, and evaluation of pharmaceutical services across the hospital. It plays a key part in helping divisions optimise medicines use within available resources. This role is a rotational post designed to give a broad experience in a number of the following clinical specialties including acute medicine, surgery, elderly care, orthopaedics, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, stroke, cardiology, paediatrics and maternity. This position (0.8FTE) consists of four days (8 am to 4 pm) per week, with coverage on one weekend every 6 weeks, and Bank Holidays on a rota basis. After a period of induction and training, you will contribute to the pharmacy out-of-hours service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
NHS Staff Survey: Motivation and Involvement scores are among the highest in our peer group, showing that our people feel inspired and included in decision-making. .
If successful, you will be part of a supportive and learning environment that encourages both professional and personal development. Are you the person to help us make this happen? If so, we look forward to hearing from you.
Some main duties and responsibilities.
To support the effective and safe use of medicines within the CSUs, in line with agreed Trust priorities, and in line with pharmacy’s activities to optimise medicines management across the Trust and at the interfaces with primary and tertiary care.
To be part of the Pharmacy team and work with staff within the pharmacy department and across the Trust, to enable the objectives of the Trust to be achieved.
To contribute to the Trust complying with Trust and Pharmacy Procedures, Medicines Management Standards and the Clinical Governance and Risk Management agendas.
Please refer to attached Job description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Effective and safe pharmaceutical skills
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others and deal effectively with unexpected demands
- I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and members of the public
- Good presentation skills.
- Good written communication skills
- Problem solving
- Good team work and ability to work alone
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
Desirable
- Good negotiation skills and ability to justify advice given should this be challenged
- Critical appraisal skills
- Evidence of understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a hospital-based clinical post
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Experience of clinical audit work.
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues.
- Experience of Medicines Information
- Knowledge of the medical management of disease in a range of the specialtiesEvidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care
Desirable
- Evidence of influencing medicines use to optimise care and help clinicians manage expenditure
- Evidence of experience managing prioritisation in relation to the use of new drugs and new uses for drugs Evidence of significant contribution to innovative or developmental roles and activities within pharmacy
Communication
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Evidence of team working
- Evidence of effective and timely project delivery
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- B.Sc. / B.Pharm. / M.Pharm
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Evidence of on-going CPD (in line with GPhC requirements)
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or evidence of equivalent experience e.g. GLF
- Member of RCPharm
Personal and people development
Essential
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development to meet GPhC standards
- Evidence of leadership
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