Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: full time and part time opportunities available. 37.5 hours per week (Full time). Job ref 331-7944385-UHMB.
Site: Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Town Lancaster. Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum pro rata. Closing: 03/06/2026 23:59.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay is committed to strengthening the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all protected groups including BAME, LGBT+, and people with disabilities.
Job overview
We are looking for clinically orientated, enthusiastic, highly motivated and adaptable Pharmacists to join our team. Positions include permanent Band 6 rotational pharmacist, full time and part time, at our Royal Lancaster Infirmary site.
Applications are welcomed from trainee pharmacists due to register shortly and pharmacists with experience in other disciplines within pharmacy, with training to support moving sector provided.
The successful candidate will join our ward‑based clinical team and have opportunities to develop clinical skills through carefully managed rotations in different areas of inpatient specialities including cardiology, respiratory, orthopaedics, paediatrics, general surgery and acute medicine, as well as department‑based specialist roles such as aseptic, oncology, homecare and clinical trials. We encourage all our junior pharmacists to undertake a clinical diploma and will support them with this.
Main duties of the job
Using our trust‑wide Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration tool, you will work alongside our technical team to review medicines reconciliations, optimise patients’ medications and verify discharge prescriptions.
As part of the team of pharmacists you will, on occasion, be the responsible pharmacist in our automated dispensary and progress to taking part in the weekend rota. At this time, Band 6 pharmacists are not required to take part in the on‑call rota.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
- Fulfilment of mandatory Continuous Professional Development requirements
- Willingness to study towards a diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
Experience
- Experience delivering education and training
- Experience in a hospital pharmacy setting
Skills, ability and knowledge
- Working with other professional groups
- Good verbal communication and counselling skills, especially with ill patients and relatives at ward level
- Clinical knowledge of current therapeutics and pharmacy practice
- Information technology skills and good written communication skills
- Accuracy, analytical skillsDecision making and prioritisation skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Interpersonal skills for dealing with stressful situations involving patients, e.g. death of a patient or grieving relative – during ward visits or formal rounds
Benefits and working conditions
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. Anyone newly appointed to the Trust under the Agenda For Change contract will be subject to a satisfactory 6‑month probationary period. The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
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