Clinical Rotational Pharmacist

Main area Division B-Pharmacy Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (1 in 6 weekends and 2 late duties in 4 weeks. Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-B-264215-RE3

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B Town Cambridge Salary £49,387 – £56,515 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic Pharmacists to join our team of Clinical Rotational Pharmacists. Our excellent programme offers a diverse range of development opportunities for Pharmacists with an interest in honing their clinical knowledge, as well as taking strives into leadership and management opportunities.

Our team of Clinical Rotational Pharmacists participate in 12 month rotations working across all 5 divisions within the trust giving the post holder the opportunity to experience an unrivalled breadth of clinical pharmacy practice and professional development.

Main duties of the job

To provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to ward(s) within specialist area.

To deliver designated performance objectives specific to the allocated rotation area(s).

Our Clinical Rotational Pharmacists participate in extended clinical rotations in a vast range of specialties across the hospital.

Our rotations include:

• Hepatology
• Elderly care
• Infectious diseases
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Neurosciences:
• Neurology and Stroke
• Neurosurgery
• Cardiology, Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Paediatrics
• Women’s Health

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrookes Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 18th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held week commencing 26th October 2026.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 1. Masters level degree in pharmacy.
• 2. Post-graduate preregistration year.
• 3. Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• 4. Completed Certificate (Year 1) of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice and studying for completion of year 2*.
• 1. Completed year 1 and year 2 of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice)*.
• 2. MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)*.
• 3. Qualified and registered as an Independent prescriber.
• 5. Professional and final accuracy checking

Experience

• 1. Moderate post-registration hospital experience including prescription screening, medicines reconciliation, medicines information, experience of preparative services either TPN/chemotherapy.
• 2. Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of specialities. Medicine including elderly care, acute medicine and other specialist medicine and Surgery including general surgery and other surgical specialities
• 3. Documentation in medical notes.
• 4. Writing or assisting in writing drug policies and guidelines/PGD development.
• 5. Evidence of having conducted a clinical audit
• 1. Recent post-registration hospital experience, ideally including previous experience in a teaching hospital and experience of more than one hospital.
• 2. Experienced clinical pharmacist (at band 7)
• 3. Evidence of having written pharmaceutical and/or educational publications.
• 4. Experience as a personal tutor to a range of staff groups.
• 5. Drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
• 6. Horizon scanning.

Knowledge

• 1. Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within general medicine and surgery.
• 2. Knowledge of NICE and NPSA guidance and subsequent examples of local implementation
• 3. Knowledge of Health care systems and NHS changes.
• 4. Computer literate with experience of Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• 5. Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
• 6. Pharmacy computer systems training.

Skills

• 1. Good organisation skills/time management.
• 2. Able to prioritise workload and target efforts appropriately
• 3. Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• 4. Good written and verbal communication skills.
• 5. Able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students
• 6. Able to produce written reports.
• 8. Proven ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
• 9. Able to work well in a team
• 10. Ability to listen and act on direction from senior pharmacists
• 1. Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
• 2. Able to produce written support materials for training.
• 3. Proven ability to teach and train a range of staff groups.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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