Job overview

We are looking for ambitious, highly motivated pharmacists or current foundation trainee pharmacists who want to develop their knowledge and skills and progress their career in Clinical Pharmacy as part of the pharmacy team at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.  

We offer a broad range of clinical services, including Primary Care,  Renal medicine (we are a Regional Centre) and Paediatrics. You will have the opportunity to experience all of these.

Our Foundation Training programme provides excellent senior support, clear progression and the opportunity to undertake a fully funded Pharmacy Clinical Diploma, including Independent Prescribing. The attached document provides further detail.

As a department we have particular strength in supporting pharmacists who come from an overseas background (with the General Pharmaceutical Council OSPAP accreditation)  or who have English as a second language, we welcome these applications. 

Interviews may be held via Microsoft Teams 

Main duties of the job

We provide a supportive learning environment with excellent training and development opportunities. We take your professional and personal development seriously.

Our Senior Pharmacists have experience and practice depth having worked across different practice sectors and in leading teaching hospitals UK wide.

The successful candidate will be encouraged and supported to undertake the post-graduate Clinical Diploma and Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway (if eligible). We also encourage and support our pharmacists to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing Programme, whether as part of or in addition to the Clinical Diploma.

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning, modern hospital situated within easy walking distance of the historic town centre of Dorchester. It employs around 3,000 members of staff, who provide acute hospital services to a population of around 250,000, living within Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset and Purbeck. We also provide renal services for patients throughout Dorset and South Somerset. Dorchester itself is an intriguing mix of historic and the modern, with the new Brewery Square development offering a vibrant and sophisticated leisure and shopping complex. Take a look at Visit Dorset to see what the area has to offer.

Working for our organisation

The purpose-built pharmacy provides a clinical pharmacy service to Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration is in use in the majority of the hospital.

We are an innovative forward-thinking department, a series of trust-wide developments are still underway, giving the opportunity for successful candidates to be involved in dynamic projects which offer professional progression.

Our staff are our most precious resource, and so the growth and development of those that work within this dynamic department is prioritised.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.