Job summary
Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 to 7 progression)
Department: Pharmacy
Band 6 to 7 progression, £39,959 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata.
Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Are you a registered pharmacist with a passion for clinical pharmacy? Would you like to contribute to advancing the pharmaceutical care for patients across a wide range of clinical specialities while broaden your own experience and continuing your learning journey? If your answer to these questions is yes, we invite you to get in touch with us
Now is an excellent time to become part of the pharmacy team at MKUH; we are a friendly, forward-thinking department who continue to grow in both size and influence. At an organisational level, we are keen to embrace technology and the digital agenda to enhance working practices and have a well established electronic patient record which incorporates a full electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.
At a departmental level, we have been fortunate to receive significant investment in recent years, which in addition to growing our team, has led to a major departmental refurbishment, the replacement of our Pharmacy Robot, the creation of a new Pharmacy and Aseptic Unit in the Cancer Centre, and the opening of a new Outpatient Pharmacy.
'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'
Interview date: 28 July 2026

Main duties of the job
Our services are evolving to provide our Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians with more time to work alongside patients while supporting our medical and nursing colleagues. Our commitment is to ensure that every patient receives safe, high-quality care, placing our patients at the heart of our mission.
This role is a compelling career opportunity for a skilled and dedicated pharmacist to join our hardworking, forward-looking, and innovative pharmacy team. It would be ideal for a newly qualified pharmacists looking for an opportunity to develop their career within a hospital setting. You will join our team in a Band 6 role and following the successful completion of your probationary period you will agree a number of objectives with your line manager and the Pharmacy Education Team which you will need to achieve in order to progress into a Band 7 role; these objectives will include both workplace tasks and self-directed learning with a suitable academic education programme.

About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre. We have just opened the Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards.
Further investment is underway, including the recently approved Women and Children's Centre, set to open by 2030.
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Job responsibilities
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You will become part of a growing team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians who support patient care across a wide range of clinical specialties within the Trust. With the support of our Specialist Clinical Pharmacists and our Principal Pharmacists across a range of clinical specialities, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. In addition to delivering ward-based pharmaceutical care and providing clinical support to the dispensary, you will have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of medicines optimisation and medicines safety activities as part of your wider medicines management role.
This role is crucial to the delivery, development, and evaluation of pharmaceutical services across the hospital. It plays a key part in helping divisions optimise medicines use within available resources.
Our standard working hours now consist of four long days per week; Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays are worked on a rota basis. After a period of induction and training, you will contribute to the pharmacy out-of-hours on-call service.

Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential

• B.Sc. / B.Pharm. / M.Pharm
• Registered with GPhC
• Evidence of on-going CPD (in line with GPhC requirements)

Desirable

• Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent eg. NQP/GLF)
• Member of RPS

Experience
Essential

• Experience working as part of a multi disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Knowledge of the medical management of disease in a range of the specialties

Desirable

• Post registration experience in a hospital-based clinical pharmacy post
• Experience of clinical audit work.
• An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues.
• Experience of Medicines Information.
• Evidence of influencing medicines use to optimise care and help clinicians manage expenditure
• Evidence of experience managing prioritisation in relation to the use of new drugs and new uses for drugs
• Evidence of significant contribution to innovative or developmental roles and activities within pharmacy
• Evidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care

Skills
Essential

• Effective and safe pharmaceutical skills
• Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others and deal effectively with unexpected demands
• I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and members of the public
• Good written communication skills
• Good team work and ability to work alone

Desirable

• Good presentation skills.
• Problem solving
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model
• Good negotiation skills and ability to justify advice given should this be challenged
• Critical appraisal skills
• Evidence of understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
• Innovative Thinking

Personal and people development
Essential

• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development to meet GPhC standards

Desirable

• Experience of supervising and developing colleagues
• Evidence of leadership

Communication
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Evidence of team working

Desirable

• Evidence of effective and timely project delivery

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).