Job summary
- Main area
- Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 1 in 4 weekends and late nights
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-0011-DIR-A
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/06/2025
Employer heading

Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The pharmacy department at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust comprises of approximately 450 staff working across 5 sites delivering care to patients from all over the country.
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated pharmacist to join the rotational clinical pharmacist team, across specialist areas such as oncology, admissions, neurosciences, orthopaedics, ENT, cardiology, critical care, infectious diseases, antimicrobials, renal and neonatology/women’s services.
You will work alongside Advanced Clinical pharmacists, medicine management technicians, medicine management assistants and be a valued member of the multi-disciplinary team. The role offers opportunities to develop and grow into a fantastic clinical pharmacist and ability to develop your clinical skills, including service evaluation and leadership whilst working through the Advanced pharmacy framework (in house training).
You will also need good interpersonal, communication, time management and analytical skills. In addition, you will contribute to pharmacy services in the evenings and weekends, thus maintaining your basic skills and competence. You will need to have a minimum of 60 credits passed of a certificate in clinical pharmacy by August 2025.
Main duties of the job
Provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to a ward, or group of wards in accordance with the Clinical Pharmacy Standards and Guidelines.
Communicate with patients, carers or other healthcare professionals regarding medication issues.
Contribute to departmental audits.
Produce and implement guidelines, protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Contribute to service development projects.
Participate in the education and training of pre-registration pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.
Mentor and support the band 6 post-registration pharmacists.
Contribute to the departmental weekend, bank holiday, late night rota.
Work as an independent pharmacist prescriber (will be supported to undertake the prescribing course if not currently an independent prescriber).
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
As well as a great job, Sheffield provides the perfect mix of vibrant city life but with the beautiful Peak District countryside also on the doorstep. Known as the outdoor city, it is a lovely place to make your home. - https://brilliantplace.sth.nhs.uk/the-outdoor-city.html
Please note this advertisement can be appointed as either a full time or part time opportunity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
- Independent pharmacist prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience in hospital, community or primary care
- Experience in a wide range of clinical pharmacy specialities
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy
- Experience of working within service development projects
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Achievement of dispensing and checking competency
- Have excellent communication skills; non-verbal, verbal and written in order to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from directorate managers to members of the public).
- Ability to communicate empathetically with patients
- IT competency
- Professional independence and initiative.
- Critical evaluation skills
- Ability to prioritise tasks and time.
Desirable criteria
- Completed all clinical & professional sections of the Medicines Learning Portal required of Foundation Audit
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Saima Annett
- Job title
- Principal pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2713773
- Additional information
Vicky Goodall
Email: [email protected]
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