Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 – 7 progression)
Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 4 days ago
The Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a full-time, 12-month fixed-term rotational pharmacist to join our pharmacy team.
This role offers a broad range of rotational clinical pharmacy experience across multiple specialties within the Trust, alongside opportunities to develop key non-clinical skills.
This fixed-term position is open to candidates seeking either a Band 6 or Band 7 rotational clinical pharmacist role, with starting band determined by individual experience, skills, and prior competency. Newly qualified or recently registered pharmacists will typically commence at Band 6 , while those with relevant experience may be appointed directly at Band 7 level.
A flavour of your day to day
You will work in a direct, patient-facing role ensuring the safe and appropriate use of medicines across the Trust.
Through the structured rotation plan you will be exposed to, and work within, a number of clinical areas, including:
We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing and medication record system known as e-Care (Cerner Millennium), which is supporting the pharmacy department to improve and monitor the care that we deliver.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexis Marcos Job title: Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Services Email address: alexis.marcos@wsh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01284 712929
- Have you recently registered as a Pharmacist?
- Are you an experienced Pharmacist keen to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care within a hospital setting using electronic prescribing and patient record systems?
- Are you looking to work in a supportive and educational environment?
This role offers a broad range of rotational clinical pharmacy experience across multiple specialties within the Trust, alongside opportunities to develop key non-clinical skills.
This fixed-term position is open to candidates seeking either a Band 6 or Band 7 rotational clinical pharmacist role, with starting band determined by individual experience, skills, and prior competency. Newly qualified or recently registered pharmacists will typically commence at Band 6 , while those with relevant experience may be appointed directly at Band 7 level.
A flavour of your day to day
You will work in a direct, patient-facing role ensuring the safe and appropriate use of medicines across the Trust.
Through the structured rotation plan you will be exposed to, and work within, a number of clinical areas, including:
- Medical wards
- Surgical wards
- Admissions wards
- Medicines Information
- Aseptic Production
- Palliative care
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Inpatient and outpatient dispensary
We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing and medication record system known as e-Care (Cerner Millennium), which is supporting the pharmacy department to improve and monitor the care that we deliver.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexis Marcos Job title: Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Services Email address: alexis.marcos@wsh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01284 712929
