Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, Band 7

Overview Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, Band 7 - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 February 2026

We are looking for enthusiastic, patient-orientated clinical pharmacists to join our supportive clinical pharmacy team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will become an integral member of our clinical pharmacy team, ensuring safe and effective prescribing and management of medication. Working across both our hospitals, Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General, you will be able to rotate through a wide-variety of clinical specialities.

Please contact the Clinical Pharmacist Leads for more information: , or . Telephone or . The proposed interview date is: 25th February

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical pharmacy service as part of a rotation to one or more specific clinical areas in order to promote safe, rational, effective and economic use of medicines.
• To act as deputy to the Clinical Pharmacist Leads for Medicine/Surgery
• Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to a clinical area(s) and provide clinical pharmacy cover to other areas as required
• Participation in the oncall, weekend and bank holiday pharmacy service rota as we move towards 7-day working.
• Undertake teaching and clinical supervision of pharmacists, foundation pharmacists, Medicines Optimisation Technicians and undergraduate pharmacy students.
• Undertake audits and service improvement projects within clinical pharmacy.
• Impact upon pay and non-pay budgets: The post-holder is expected to exert a downward influence upon drug expenditure within the trust and demonstrate actual cost savings on individual wards by improving the efficiency of the prescribing and dispensing process.
• Some day-to-day supervision of band 6 Pharmacists covering wards (1-2 staff) and Medicines Optimisation technicians (1-2 staff)

About us With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. Both hospitals are located in the city centres with access to shops and cafes.

The pharmacy department has approximately 240 staff. The 2 sites provide dispensary services to inpatients & outpatients, medicines information, procurement services and full clinical service to wards.

Pharmacy is at the forefront of many exciting projects including an award-winning service provided by pharmacist prescribers in orthopaedic pre-admission clinic.

Within the department are specialist clinical teams; the Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy facilitates delivery of Specialist services for Mental Health & Learning Disabilities. The cancer services team provide a pharmacy service at both sites for oncology & haematology and satellite pharmacy.

We are a friendly, inclusive department who nurture and develop our staff at all grades, from a mentoring programme for band 6 pharmacists to the development of pharmacist prescribers.

Within the Pharmacy department at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT, we are committed to supporting the South West Inclusive Pharmacy Practice manifesto ( )

Job responsibilities Provision of Clinical Services/Clinical Responsibilities

Collecting, interpreting and documenting details of medication taken at home (the medication history).

Confirming details of the medication history with the patient, carer(s), GP Receptionist, the GP (occasionally), and by reviewing the patients own drugs from home if available, working alongside the Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians.

Confirming and documenting important factors affecting the patients ability to manage their medicines at home (e.g. sight, hearing, manual dexterity, and use of a compliance aid).

Resolving any discrepancies and problems identified as a prescriber, to complete medicines reconciliation.

Review prescriptions to ensure they are legal, safe, cost-effective, clinically necessary and appropriate, accurate, and complete.

Undertake Medicines Optimisation

Arrange for drugs to be supplied to patients, ward(s) or department(s).

Provide information and advice to nursing staff on a daily basis, about drugs, doses, administration and potential side-effects.

Provide information and advice to junior medical staff on a daily basis, and to Consultants as and when needed, including suggestions for initiating and modifying treatment.

Educate patients as appropriate about changes to their medication, and how to take specific medicines (e.g. warfarin, inhaler devices).

Access and interpret clinical information for specific patients (e.g. e-PMA system (Sunrise Clinical Manager), Patient Administration system (TrakCare), Pharmacy computer system (EMIS) as well as case notes and Summary Care Record (SCR , and use it to individualise and monitor treatment.

Document relevant clinical and pharmaceutical information during in-patient stay which may be used to prepare discharge prescription and/or communicated to patient, carer(s) or GP.

Review discharge prescriptions written by medical staff, using professional judgement to make a final decision about content and appropriateness of discharge prescriptions when a suitable prescriber cannot be contacted.

Participate in Consultant ward rounds as appropriate, providing pharmaceutical advice and information to medical staff, nursing staff, and patients as part of a multi-professional team.

Undertake risk management and ensure compliance with legislation and relevant national policies and guidelines, along with local policies and procedures including the Trust Formulary.

Work in an effective team with technicians involved in Trust Medicines Management scheme on designated wards.

Usually work unsupervised, although the post-holder can seek advice from a range of colleagues as and when required.

Act as link between pharmacy and designated clinical speciality or directorate.

Responsibilities include:

To monitor drug expenditure in your area of responsibility and prepare reports as required by the Clinical Pharmacy leads on drug usage and expenditure within a clinical area.

Collect relevant data to monitor and develop the clinical pharmacy service including:

- clinical intervention monitoring

- clinical pharmacy performance indicators/quality issues (e.g. missed doses and cost savings)

- multidisciplinary audit

Monitor prescribing in order to make suggestions to clinicians for ensuring rational and cost-effective prescribing within the clinical area

Develop, implement, monitor and revise policies and procedures relating to drug use within designated area of responsibility

Represent the service, and occasionally the department, as part of multi-professional teams, and at meetings within the designated area of responsibility whilst acting as deputy for the Clinical Pharmacist Leads for Medicine/Surgery.

General Duties

Maintain safe systems of work at all times, being responsible for the quality and accuracy of all work undertaken.

Be one of the escalation points for dispensary queries.

Promote positive and effective communication within the Pharmacy Department.

Maintain sensitivity to the needs of patients, staff and other users of the service.

Contribute to the ongoing operational provision of the pharmacy service, as per department rotas, to meet the needs of the service.

Maintain sensitivity to the various problems and needs of patients, staff and other users of the service ensuring that services are safe and meet their needs.

Carry out any other reasonable duty at the request of the Associate Pharmacy Director(s) as part of service provision and ensuring a safe and efficient Pharmacy and medicines optimisation service.

Checking the dispensing performed by other pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants.

Contribute to the provision of 7 day working.

Based on the needs of the service and at the discretion of the Associate Pharmacy Director(s), the post-holder may be required to work at either the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital or Cheltenham General Hospital sites.

Other duties within Pharmacy Department

The post-holder will work in the dispensary, as the sole Pharmacist on some occasions per week. Duties include:

Clinical Validation of in-patient prescription charts, out-patient and discharge prescriptions for legality, safety and suitability of medication. Resolving issues with the prescriber as necessary

Maintaining the workflow of the department and problem-solving when required

Checking the dispensing performed by other pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants

Participate in the departments development programme for pharmacy staff through the provision of teaching sessions.

Support clinical placements for undergraduate pharmacy students and participate in the programme through support during their dispensary experience

Participation in the Emergency Duty Service and 7-day working

The post-holder will provide emergency out of hours cover for the pharmacy department (On Call) . click apply for full job details