Rotational Clinical Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and flexible Band 6 Rotational Clinical Pharmacist to join us on a 12-month fixed-term Winter pressure.

About the role

As a key member of our clinical pharmacy service, you’ll help patients get the most from their medicines, provide expert advice to medical and nursing colleagues, and support safe, effective prescribing across a range of clinical areas. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical, leadership and service-improvement skills within a supportive rotational structure.

What we’re looking for

Hospital pharmacy experience – or due to qualify as a pharmacist in August 2026

Community pharmacists are welcome to apply

Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively

Ability to work well under pressure in a busy clinical environment

A proactive approach to professional development

If you’re passionate about high-quality patient care and ready to take the next step in your clinical pharmacy career, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply for this role, you must be registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacist and have some hospital pharmacy experience. Full training and support will be provided

Main duties of the job

To deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services across the Trust by providing patient-centred pharmaceutical care, supporting safe and effective medicines use, and contributing to the development, education, and continuous improvement of pharmacy services. The post holder will rotate through key operational and clinical areas, undertake dispensing and checking duties, provide medicines information and prescribing support, participate in audits and clinical trials work, contribute to training and mentoring, and take part in evening, weekend, bank holiday, and on-call rotas. They must maintain GPhC registration and adhere to all Trust and Pharmacy policies while supporting service provision across all Trust sites.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master’s degree in pharmacy (or equiv)
  • Professional registration in the UK as a Pharmacist through the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Able to demonstrate Continuing Professional Development to meet statutory requirements

Experience

Essential

  • Post-registration work experience as a pharmacist

Desirable

  • Hospital work experience through the Foundation Training year or other means

Skills

Essential

  • The level of competency (clinical ability/ knowledge) necessary for the post
  • Understanding of hospital pharmacy and its future agenda
  • Accurate dispensing/ clinical checking skills
  • Knowledge of medicines legislation
  • Competent in the use of e-mail, word processing, spread sheets, PowerPoint

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Has obtained or is able and willing to undertake postgraduate study for the Clinical Diploma
  • An enthusiastic and flexible team worker
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Willingness to be involved in developing services
  • Sound professional judgement
  • Able to create a rapport with the interview panel

Other

Essential

  • Able and willing to participate in the out-of-hours service
  • Use of motorised transport and insured for business use will be necessary unless willing to come into residence at own expense when on call
  • Able and willing to work on weekday late duties, Saturdays Sundays and Bank holidays (on rota)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 11 September 2026

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