Band 7
Main area
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
Hours
Full time hours per week (seven day working, late duty and first line on-call commitment)
Job ref
FM-AG-R-VCG-A
Site
St Helier and Epsom Hospital
Town
Carshalton and Epsom
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 Pro-rata pa inc Outer (HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/02/2026 23:59
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated individuals to join our team as a Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist. If you're an ambitious and forward-thinking individual seeking to enhance your clinical expertise while honing your management skills, then this position is tailor-made for you.
But that's not all - As one of South West London's largest teaching hospitals, we offer a unique opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge. Our status as an Acute Trust ensures you'll be exposed to a diverse range of medical conditions, allowing our pharmacists to develop a breadth of clinical expertise. Additionally, we're home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, and our dedicated paediatric hospital at St Helier provides a valuable opportunity to work with a diverse patient population and encounter an extensive array of medical conditions.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you'll work across a number of different rotations, including critical care, paediatrics, surgery, and a variety of medical specialties. Your daily responsibilities will encompass ward-based tasks, chart reviews, clinical interventions, working closely with the medical team to optimise medication regimens, patient education on medications, screening discharge prescriptions, and supporting junior or trainee pharmacists. In addition, you'll take the lead in conducting audits and driving quality improvement initiatives.
During 6-monthly rotations you will provide a comprehensive pharmaceutical service, working towards expert level knowledge during 6-monthly rotations. You will also be supported to develop managerial skills and expertise by working towards agreed objectives.
This position is full-time with a requirement for 37.5 hours of work per week, including participation in seven-day working and on-call rotas. However, we are open to applications from individuals seeking part-time, job-share, or flexible working arrangements.
If you'd like to be a part of a team that offers a supportive and collaborative environment fostering growth and development, where your contributions are valued and recognised, we invite you to apply
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In the full job description, you will see clearly the full range of duties within these roles that will enable you to work as part of the pharmacy team and with the clinicians and ward based teams to provide patient focused, individual care for our patients. Tell us in your application how you meet the criteria in the attached person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Professional qualification – General Pharmaceutical Council registration
* Certificate in clinical pharmacy (at least 12 months complete and working towards 18 months)
Desirable criteria
* MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent. Management training
* Full Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
* Management training
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post registration UK hospital experience (min 18 months)
* Experience of providing services to a broad variety of patients
* Demonstrate evidence of good clinical knowledge and skills.
Desirable criteria
* Management of staff/ Staff appraisal
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
* Good organisational skills, self and others.
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Drug usage review/evaluation/audit experience
Desirable criteria
* Clinical governance and risk management
* Experience of contributing to or leading on the writing of trust guidelines, policies and procedures
Your recruitment team
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Your application
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Closing date
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Shortlisting
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Applicant requirements
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Application numbers
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