Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 – 7 progression)
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
3 November 2026
14 days leftJob description
The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer three exciting opportunities for rotational clinical pharmacists to join our pharmacy team: ...
This role offers a broad range of rotational clinical pharmacy experience across multiple specialties within the Trust, alongside opportunities to develop key non-clinical skills.
A flavour of your day to day
You will work in a direct, patient-facing role ensuring the safe and appropriate use of medicines across the Trust.
Through the structured rotation plan you will be exposed to, and work within, a number of clinical areas, including:
- Medical wards
- Surgical wards
- Admissions wards
- Medicines Information
- Aseptic Production
- Palliative care
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Inpatient and outpatient dispensary
The department works on an extended hours, seven day pharmacy service on a rostered basis, as well as providing an on-call service out of hours, which you will be involved in.
We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing and medication record system known as e-Care (Cerner Millennium), which is supporting the pharmacy department to improve and monitor the care that we deliver.
Generally Monday - Friday 08:30-17:00, but will include late, on-call and weekend shifts on a rostered basis
Please view full job description attached for full details of role.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
Education & Qualification
Essential
- M.Pharm/B Pharm/BSc Pharmacy.
- Registered with the GPhC.
- Post Graduate qualification in clinical Pharmacy or nearing completion, or demonstration of equivalent experience - Band 7 only
Desirable: - Membership of RPSGB.; - Independent Prescribing Qualification - Band 7 only
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Post-registration experience with substantial hospital experience -Band 7 only
- Experience in providing a pharmacy clinical service to patients in a range of specialities - Band 7 only
- Experience of delivering a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to a range of clinical specialities -Band 7 only
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working -Band 7 only
- Experience in providing pharmacy education & training, including mentorship - Band 7 only
- Experience of medicines management services to individual patients at the bedside- Band 7 only
- Evidence of on-going revalidation with the GPhC.-Band 7 only
- Specialised knowledge of the treatment of patients in a range of specialities - Band 7 only
- Knowledge of how the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service must meet the needs of local and national priorities Band 7 only
- Knowledge to teach higher-level clinical pharmacy practice. - Band 7 only
- Knowledge of pharmacy-based computer systems.
- Previous hospital/community pharmacy experience
- Knowledge of hospital pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience in the provision of pharmacy expertise to the clinical governance agenda
- Experience of managing or supervising other staff
- Experience of implementing and/or reviewing policies, guidelines, PGDs or equivalent
- Experience of objective setting for other members of staff
- Experience of change management
- Clinical ward experience
- Experience of patient counselling
- Experience of out of hours pharmacy service
- Experience of therapeutic drug monitoring
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients - Band 7 only
- Able to provide specialised advice on the use of medicines to treat patients within a specialist area -Band 7 only
- Able to manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines - Band 7 only
- Able to prioritise and manage workload.- Band 7 only
- Able to demonstrate a specialised level of reasoning and judgment.- Band 7 only
- Able to undertake prescription review of complex medication regimes.- Band 7 only
- Able to apply evidence-based medicine to prescribed regimes and to balance the risks and benefits of prescribed treatments for the individual patient- Band 7 only
- Attention to detail and good problem-solving skills.- Band 7 only
- Proficient computer skills- Band 7 only
- Expected to deal with members of the public and other health care workers in a professional manner
- Close liaison with co-workers in the department and throughout the trust is vital
- Expected to have a broad knowledge of pharmaceutical issues
- Evidence of self-motivated professional development
- Expected to participate in the out of hours rotas
- Able to have a flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Attention to detail
Desirable
- Able to manage difficult or ambiguous situations
- Able to train and supervise staff
- Able to undertake analysis of incidents/complaints
- Ability to travel to all rural locations
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates a professional attitude and understands professionalism.
- Good communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Ability to work calmly and in an organised fashion in a busy environment.
- Demonstrates ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines.
- Approachable and supportive to peers and other staff.
- Good team member.
- Ability to work well on own initiative.
- Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and patients.
- Ability to work to deadlines and achieve agreed objectives.
- Positive attitude towards personal/self-development
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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