Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Women and Children
Band 7 – £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, flexible working available
Closing date: 20 November 2025
Are you a specialist pharmacist with a passion for women’s and children’s services? Would you like to contribute to advancing pharmaceutical care within women’s services and for our paediatric patients? If this describes you, we invite you to get in touch with us.
Join the pharmacy team at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MKUH). We are a forward‑thinking department, continuously growing. Recent enhancements include a major refurbishment, a pharmacy robot, a new Pharmacy and Aseptic Unit in the Cancer Centre, and a new Outpatient Pharmacy.
Our services are evolving to give pharmacists and pharmacy technicians more time to work alongside patients while supporting clinicians. We ensure every patient receives safe, high‑quality care, placing patients at the heart of our mission.
Main Duties of the Job
You will become part of a growing team of Clinical and Specialist Pharmacists, supporting patient care across a wide range of specialties within the Trust. Working under the Principal Pharmacist for Women’s and Children’s Services, you will:
* Deliver ward‑based clinical pharmacy services within women’s services and paediatrics.
* Provide clinical support to the dispensary.
* Gain experience in supporting and supervising junior staff.
* Carry out quality improvement and audit work.
* Advocate for medicines optimisation and safety initiatives at the ward level.
* Collaborate with the Principal Pharmacist to address medicines‑related issues affecting the services.
* Support pharmacy out‑of‑hours service after induction.
Our standard working hours are four long days (8 am – 6.30 pm) per week, with coverage on Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays on a rota basis.
This role is crucial to the delivery, development, and evaluation of pharmaceutical services across the hospital.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* B.Sc. / B.Pharm. / M.Pharm
* Registered with GPhC
* Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
* Evidence of ongoing CPD (in line with GPhC requirements)
* Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or evidence of equivalent experience (e.g., GLF)
* Member of RPS
* Good understanding of medicines management issues across primary, secondary, and tertiary care interfaces
Experience
* Post‑registration experience in a hospital‑based clinical post.
* Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide patient care.
* Experience of clinical audit work.
* Awareness of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues.
* Experience of Medicines Information.
* Knowledge of medical management of disease across a range of specialties.
* Evidence of influencing medicines use to optimise care and help clinicians manage expenditure.
* Evidence of managing prioritisation in relation to new drugs and new uses for drugs.
* Significant contribution to innovative or developmental roles and activities within pharmacy.
Skills
* Effective and safe pharmaceutical skills.
* Time‑management and ability to work to deadlines.
* Planning, prioritising, and organising self and others, dealing with unexpected demands.
* Computer literacy, word processing, spreadsheet skills.
* Effective communication with staff, patients, and the public.
* Problem‑solving.
* Teamwork and ability to work independently.
* Leadership skills.
* Motivation and role‑modeling.
* Negotiation skills and ability to justify advice when challenged.
* Critical appraisal skills.
* Understanding of clinical risk and governance.
* Innovative thinking.
Personal and People Development
* Experience supervising and developing colleagues.
* Continuous Professional Development to meet GPhC standards.
* Leadership evidence.
Communication
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Team‑working evidence.
* Effective and timely project delivery evidence.
Specific Requirements
* Able to perform duties with reasonable aids and adaptations.
* Flexible, polite, and courteous.
* Dedicated professional attitude.
* Initiative and willingness to take responsibility for own actions.
* Responsibility for own actions and leadership when on call.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equity, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH offers a generous benefits package, including free on‑site parking, tea and coffee, flexible working opportunities, discounted gym membership, lease car scheme, generous annual leave and pension scheme, and an extensive staff health and well‑being programme.
All prospective employees will have their original documents verified using identification scanning technology.
Upon commencement, employees are subject to a six‑month probationary period, extendable to 12 months.
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