About this role
Job summary
Interview Date: 10th July 2026
Due to team expansion we are looking for 1.0WTE enthusiastic and driven Band 7 Senior Rotational Pharmacist.
Our Pharmacy department has a strong clinical presence in all areas. We have an establishment of over 100 members and enjoy an excellent reputation within the Trust where we provide patient-centred Clinical Pharmacy Services to inpatients and outpatients, in the form of Pharmacist-led Clinics, at Barnsley Hospital.
Our highly respected and well embedded Clinical Pharmacy Service with ward-based Clinical Pharmacists, Medicines Management Technicians and Medicines Management Support Workers will ensure that you have maximal patient contact with a minimal supply role.
We are an innovative and forward-thinking department who over recent years has invested in a host of technical improvements. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding. This is an exciting time to be joining the team as electronic prescribing and medicines administration EPMA is fully embedded and we are using Quality Improvement QI methodology to reprofile and optimise all aspects of the pharmacy service, and we welcome and routinely implement ideas around doing things differently.
Main duties of the job
As a Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you will gain wide ranging experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy, and you will be integral to providing a Clinical Pharmacy Service to our core wards on a rotational basis. Alongside all of our other Pharmacists you will help provide our remote On-Call Service as well as working late nights, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Clinical rotations (may be subject to change) will include:
Cardiology, Respiratory
Care of the Elderly
Gastroenterology, Endocrinology
General Surgery, Orthopaedics
Admissions
Aseptics, including haemato-oncology
You will have regular meetings with the Lead Pharmacist for each speciality in order to facilitate learning objectives and to provide clinical support where needed.
You should be an excellent communicator with the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team. You will be working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy and in your second year you will be encouraged to obtain a qualification as a Pharmacist Prescriber.
We welcome applications from existing Band 6 Pharmacists (who have completed or working towards completion of the 1st year of the PGDip) or from current Band 7 Pharmacists looking for a rotational role.
For an informal chat or to arrange a visit contact:
Umar Patel, Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader CBU 2 & 3 (Surgery, Womens, Childrens & Clinical Support Services)
Phone: 01226 431928 Email: [email protected]
About us
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work.
We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone.
We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities.
There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation.
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.
For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility.
The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.
Please note we reserve the right to close positions early
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Description forSenior Rotational Pharmacist
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Supporting Documents
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Person Specification
Trust Values Essential
Please describe in around 100 words: What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important. Please describe in around 100 words: How you live the values at the current organisation that you work for. Please describe in around 100 words: A time when you had to deliver on a commitment that was difficult for you.
Experience Essential
Experience of hospital pharmacy service delivery, either from employment within the hospital service, or by working closely with it. Continuing Professional Development to the mandatory requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council. Training and experience include dispensary services, clinical pharmacy and medicines information. Practical application of Clinical Governance, Medicines Management, Clinical Risk Management and Health & Safety. Use of a pharmacy software programme, and a range of office functions such as MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Desirable
Previous pharmacy teaching experience.
Skills and Abilities Essential
Able to dispense accurately and to undertake clinical and accuracy checking of work undertaken by others. Able to communicate effectively with patients, medical, nursing and other staff as well as with primary care practitioners, pharmaceutical companies and other agencies, verbally and in writing. Able to communicate complex or contentious information to individuals or groups and deal with challenges. Able to influence and persuade patients and professionals with respect to safe, economical and effective use of medicines. Able to prepare effective policy, procedure and guideline documents. Able to communicate complex and specialist information appropriately. Able to negotiate solutions to problems. Able to deliver specialist training to groups of staff, including pharmacy, medical and nursing staff. Ability to identify and report clinical risks in relation to the prescribing and administration of medicines and to promote safe practice. Ability to analyse drug usage and expenditure data and identify relevant issues for action by the speciality or directorate. Able to undertake and teach accurate calculation of drug dosage by all relevant means. Ability to plan, prioritise and reorganise daily, weekly and monthly workload in the face of changing and completing demands on time. Able to enlist help of others when necessary. Able to organise and implement training sessions, audits and other service development projects and to meet agreed deadlines. Ability to co-ordinate activities of junior staff to ensure appropriate outcomes, e.g. in anticoagulant and discharge management. Analysis and critical appraisal and of published clinical evidence. Analysis and appraisal of prescribed medication regimes for individual patients with respect to the patients clinical condition and ability, while taking account of safety, economy and effectiveness. Problem solving skills. Analysis of pharmacotherapeutic monitoring data such as for anticoagulation.
Desirable
Computer literate Able to affect and manage change
Qualifications Essential
Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy. Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Working towards postgraduate qualification (PG Diploma) in pharmacy or equivalent relevant to post.
Desirable
Junior (supervisory) management training. Non-medical prescribing qualification. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Knowledge and Awareness Essential
Knowledge of Medicines & Pharmacy Legislation, professional ethics, Health and Safety and the wider Health Service. Knowledge of Clinical Governance, Medicines Management, Risk Management, NICE guidance, National Service Frameworks, Shared Care Guidelines and the modernisation agenda relevant to the post. Knowledge of theoretical and practical issues, including professional guidelines, related to use of medicines and practice of pharmacy in the specialist areas. Understanding and practical experience of audit
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.
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 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Pogmoor Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 2EP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)