Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
Band 7
Main area Core Clinical Services Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday with one weekend day shift every 6 weekends, late nights as per rota, on-call support as needed by the service) Job ref 339-CCS7505-BAL
Site Pharmacy Department, Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital Town Bristol Salary £49,387 – £56,515 per annum, pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 09/07/2026 23:59
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North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) are working towards merging as one organisation from July 2026.
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Job overview
Are you an ambitious clinical pharmacist looking to take the next step in your career?
Whether you are a Band 6 pharmacist nearing completion of the first year of your clinical diploma or an experienced Band 7 pharmacist seeking to broaden your specialist knowledge, this rotational programme offers an exceptional opportunity to develop your clinical expertise within one of the UK’s largest teaching hospitals.
At North Bristol NHS Trust, our Band 7 Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist programme is designed to support pharmacists in building advanced clinical, leadership and service development skills across a diverse range of specialties. Each rotation lasts six months, allowing you to gain meaningful experience, develop specialist knowledge and contribute to service improvement initiatives while working alongside highly experienced multidisciplinary teams.
Rotations are available across a wide range of clinical services, including:
Through our strong partnerships with the Integrated Care Board (ICB), we are also able to offer a unique Pharmacoeconomics and ICB rotation, providing valuable insight into medicines optimisation and healthcare commissioning.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to develop a diverse portfolio of clinical, leadership and service development experience while helping to deliver outstanding patient care.
As a Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you will:
- Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services to inpatients and outpatients across a variety of clinical specialties.
- Work as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient care and medicines use.
- Support lead specialist pharmacists in the delivery and development of pharmacy services.
- Contribute to medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and quality improvement initiatives.
- Provide expert medicines information and advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Support the education and development of trainee pharmacists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and students.
- Participate in service development projects and contribute to policy, guideline and pathway development.
- Contribute to the pharmacy weekend, late night and on-call services.
We are a large pharmacy department with over 80 pharmacists including; many highly specialist posts, pharmacist-lead clinics, independent prescribers and consultant pharmacists. The clinical ward pharmacy service is well established and provided by clinical pharmacists and medicine management technicians. The pharmacy department is located in the Brunel building, which is a state-of-the-art modern hospital opened in 2014.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- In conjunction with the senior clinical pharmacists provide and develop a specialist pharmaceutical service within North Bristol NHS Trust aligned to the Trust Values.
- Deliver specific improvements in the management of patient’s medication to facilitate the discharge process by utilising ward-based discharges and communication with healthcare colleagues in Primary care with the overall aim to reduce length of patient stays.
- Work closely with the clinical site and Trust operational teams to ensure clear communications about daily patient flow issues.
- Clinically screen prescriptions to ensure the safe, efficient, evidence-based, and rational use of medicines in line with the Trust Formulary and departmental policies so that risks to patients are minimised
- Challenge inappropriate prescribing and elevate as appropriate.
- Support and promote antimicrobial stewardship
- Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources and be involved with achieving CIP targets. In addition, feedback to prescribers.
- Support attainment of medicines related CQUIN and other targets as appropriate
- Ensure that an accurate medication history is obtained for each patient using the appropriate sources (GP, community pharmacist, patient/carer, clinic notes, nursing home)
- Provide advice and information to patients/carers to ensure compliance with treatment
- Work closely with the GPs/community pharmacists where necessary to ensure timely and seamless discharge of patients.
- Provide professional supervision to Patients Services on a sessional basis and be the responsible pharmacist when needed
- Record clinical Pharmacy activity in line with departmental procedures.
- Record interventions in line with departmental procedures.
- Record and investigate incidents in line with Trust procedures.
- Audit and risk manage selected areas of practice to promote continuous quality improvement as required by the directorate, Pharmacy department or the Trust.
- Maintain medicines management systems in conjunction with patients/carers, ward staff and pharmacy staff. Supervise medicines management technicians and/or other dedicated pharmacy staff
- Contribute to the training of pharmacy undergraduates, medical students, trainee pharmacists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medical and nursing staff as appropriate. Train clinical pharmacy diploma students on aspects of rotational specialties
- Supervise medicines management technicians and/or other dedicated pharmacy staff as required.
- Ensure that all procedures are adhered to, reviewed regularly and that all necessary records are completed.
- Update / prepare medication-related policies, protocols and pathways used within rotational specialties.
- Support the Formulary team with new drug requests and shared care protocols where required.
- Support the Pharmacoeconomics team with horizon scanning, monitoring to ensure adherence to NICE guidance, and ensuring appropriate funding is in place for high-cost medication.
- Keep up to date with developments in Pharmacy in order to maintain a high level of professional knowledge and competence. Attend study days and courses as necessary for the development of the service and the individual. Maintain a record of Continuing Professional Development.
- Provide accurate medicines information to nurses, doctors and patients.
- Attend multidisciplinary meetings and specialty-specific meetings as required.
- Participate in on call (emergency duty) out of hours service support to junior pharmacists as required. If staffing levels dictate, contributing to the main pharmacy on-call rota will be required.
Person specification
Education/training/qualifications
- Professional knowledge acquired though vocational master’s degree in Pharmacy (4 years) or equivalent
- 1 year trainee pharmacist placement
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Society
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or other recognised postgraduate qualification to a similar standard
- Experience as a Band 6 hospital pharmacist
- Experience of audit and quality systems
- Hospital pharmacy experience in different clinical specialties
knowledge/skills/abilities
- Able to manage time and prioritise effectively
- Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with pharmacy staff, hospital staff and patients/carers
- Ability to problem solve at a level appropriate to the post
- Proactive approach to the application of pharmaceutical knowledge in order to enhance patient care
- Ability to review, process and present complex information in a clear and concise manner in a variety of formats
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
- Teaching / tutorial and clinical supervisory skills
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151.
North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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.
Application numbers
Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Considering this, if you are interested in this role, please do apply as soon as you can.
Name Tom ClarkeJob title Principal Pharmacist; Urgent and Emergency CareEmail address thomas.clarke@nbt.nhs.ukTelephone number 0117 41 42267Additional information
Alternatively, for further information please contact:
Andrew Parsons (andrew.parsons@nbt.nhs.uk) ; Principal Pharmacist Anaesthetics, Surgery and Critical Care.
Rachael Pilkington / Jess Lloyd (rachael.pilkington@nbt.nhs.uk, jessica.lloyd@nbt.nhs.uk) ; Principal Pharmacists for Neurology and Muscoskeletal.
Tours of the department are available on request.
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