About this role
Job summary
Are you a registered pharmacist or a trainee due to sit the GPhC registration assessment in December 2026, looking to build a broad clinical foundation?
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust -- one of the UK's leading NHS Trusts -- is recruiting Clinical Support Pharmacists to join our rotational programme base at either Good Hope Hospital or Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
Over a series of 13-week rotations, you will gain hands-on experience across specialties including general medicine, general surgery, cardiology, T&O, healthcare of older people, and extended placements in Acute Medicine -- supported throughout by a dedicated rotation lead and line manager.
You will have the opportunity to work towards a postgraduate clinical diploma or the Pharmacist Enhanced Practice Pathway (PEPP), supported by CPPE, building the skills and confidence to progress your hospital pharmacy career.
Both sites are well connected by public transport and within easy reach of central Birmingham.
If you're a pharmacist, or a trainee due to register soon, and you're ready to develop your clinical skills in a supportive, forward-thinking department, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Join a well-established, friendly pharmacy team, where you'll be supported to grow clinically and professionally from day one.
You will deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service across your rotations, with strong support to develop your clinical and professional skills and progress your career.
We're looking for a highly motivated team player with well-developed communication skills, who is keen to use their knowledge and experience to improve patient care and support colleagues in the safe, effective use of medicines.
As part of our team, you'll contribute to regional initiatives reported to the Medicines Management Advisory Group, helping to improve quality of care across the interface. You'll benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities designed to help you work independently within a specialist team and post-graduate training in pharmacy.
We actively encourage ongoing development and research. You'll have protected learning time built into your working week, support to complete your clinical diploma or the Pharmacist Enhanced Practice Pathway and access to excellent trust-wide wellbeing initiatives and staff networks.
Come and start your hospital pharmacy career with a team that values your growth.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description Job responsibilities Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) * Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Experience Essential
* Experience of working in pharmacy practice * Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team * Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care * Possesses knowledge of available resources to guide clinical decision making
Desirable
* Hospital pharmacy experience in clinical pharmacy services * Possesses relevant clinical knowledge * Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF * Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries * Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital pharmacy and current issues
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)