Rotational Pharmacist
The closing date is 21 May 2026
We are looking for highly motivated and adaptable pharmacists who can demonstrate that they meet our Trust Values. You must be able to work as part of the Pharmacy and wider multi-disciplinary team to deliver excellent pharmaceutical care and services to our patients.
Main duties of the job
To provide pharmaceutical services as required in each section of the rotation.
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to allocated wards.
To undertake postgraduate studies appropriate to the level of competence and availability of funding as appropriate.
Job 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, have successfully completed your course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment, or the Trust has agreed that it will sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment. This vacancy will close at midnight on 21st May 2026.
Interview date – 3rd June 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
Qualifications
* MPharm or equivalent EU qualification
* Registered with GPhC
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
* Post-graduate preregistration training recognised by GPhC
* Proven ability to work as part of a team to deliver a service
* Proven ability to take decisions independently
* Experience of working in a UK hospital pharmacy
Knowledge
* Knowledge and practical experience of clinical audit
* Knowledge of ward pharmacy in at least one clinical speciality
* Knowledge of and ability to follow national protocols and guidance as well as Trust policies
* Knowledge of research and audit methodologies
Skills
o Good communicator – written and verbal skills
o Good interpersonal skills
o Able to act independently or as part of a team
o Able to recognise own limitations
o Able to cope under pressure
o Able to solve problems
o Able to act on own initiative
o Flexible and adaptable
o Skilled in the application of clinical knowledge to optimise patient care/safety, relative to the level expected of a Band 6 rotational pharmacist
Additional Requirements
o The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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