Rotational Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

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Job overview

1. 5 hours per week (Late night working, on call, weekend and bank holiday working required on a rota basis)

Permanent

Interview Date: 27th June 2025

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As an acute trust we are able to offer a unique and friendly training experience with greater exposure to both the operational and clinical aspects of hospital pharmacy.

We welcome pharmacists looking to move from General Practice or Community Pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you will:

• Deliver clinical pharmacy services to allocated wards/departments on a rotational basis.
• Perform medicines reconciliation, clinical screening, medication reviews, discharge planning, and patient counselling.
• Ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines, adhering to Trust policies and national guidance.
• Proactively advise prescribers on optimising treatment, including challenging inappropriate prescriptions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote medicines optimisation and patient safety within your speciality
• Rotate through a range of specialities, contributing to service improvements, audits, and governance activities.
• Supervise and mentor junior pharmacists and trainees; contribute to teaching and education.
• Participate in service continuity and quality improvement activities in the form of QI projects and clinical audits.
• Engage in CPD and personal development plans to support continuous improvement and professional growth

One of the highlights of this role is the variety of clinical rotations on offer. You will gain experience across, a broad range of specialities, which may include: Critical care, Oncology and Haematology, Acute Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Respiratory, General & Emergency Surgery, Care of the Elderly and Gastroenterology.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

• To assist the other pharmacists in ensuring that the work carried out in the department is performed in accordance with the recommendations contained in the guide to good pharmaceutical manufacturing practice and its supplements, COSHH and the safe systems of work documentation.
• To assist in the distribution of medicines to patients, wards, and departments and to assist in maintaining systems for the control of drugs in accordance with current legislation.
• Support diploma students and trainee pharmacists when undertaking study and application to practice.
• To support trainee pharmacists and qualified pharmacists undergoing Prescribing qualification as Designated Prescribing Practitioner when required.
• To assist the medical staff in the undertaking of such clinical trials as has been approved by the research and ethics committee and to arrange under the direction of senior members of staff of the pharmaceutical department, the necessary supplies and aspects of trial protocol affecting the pharmaceutical services.
• To monitor and report medicines related causes of admission and ensure corrective measures are taken to prevent re-occurrences.
• To undertake “out of hours” emergency duty commitments as rostered.
• To provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary so as to ensure compliance with statutory and ethical standards when rostered in the area.

The post holder will be expected to take part in weekend, bank holiday, late night and emergency duty rota.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Broad clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge gained in hospital environment, relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost- effective use of medicines or experience in specialist fiel
• At least six months hospital experience
• Committing to continuing professional development and education

• Experience of project and audit management
• Experience of advising patients with complex pharmaceutical needs or non-compliance with medication

Qualification and Professional Training

• Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• 1 year pre-registration training and experience
• Job related post-graduate qualification, e.g. post-graduate clinical pharmacy certificate/diploma, or equivalent vocational experience

• Independent Prescribing Qualification

Skills and Abilities

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work alone & within a team
• High degree of self-motivation to organise and implement change and to develop ideas into practice

• IT skills (Microsoft word, Powerpoint, Excel etc.)

Please note:

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.