Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Job overview

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Department: Pharmacy

Band 7 £49,387-56,515 per annum (pro rata if Part-time)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, plus on-call, weekends & bank holiday rota, 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: 19 November 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

"80% of this group reported that their managers actively encourage them at work, supporting a team working environment." (NHS Staff Survey 2024)

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.

• 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 details.

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.