Job Description

We are recruiting for a Rotational Pharmacist Specialist - Pharmacy Lister who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a highly motivated pharmacist to join our award winning, innovative, patient-centred pharmacy team. We are a friendly department and will support you to become an outstanding clinical pharmacist and help you fulfil your full potential.
We offer a structured rotational program which includes specialities such as ED, acute medicine, critical care, endocrinology, respiratory, Frailty, gastroenterology, vascular surgery, aseptic oncology / haematology and a renowned renal services unit, working with a Consultant Renal Pharmacist.
We will fully fund and support you to undertake relevant post-graduate training including the prescribing qualification and leadership training.
We will develop your portfolio of skills to prepare you for more senior roles within the department through involvement in directorate and project work focused on improving quality of clinical services and patient-focused care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join the multidisciplinary team and provide expert pharmacy services to a variety of inpatient wards.
Within the role, you will utilise specialist pharmaceutical skills to drive innovation and continuous improvement within selected specialties.
You will also support Pharmacy Team Leads for Unplanned Care and Planned Care, in directorate reporting, audits, guideline/policy updates and financial and medicines information.
The successful candidate will be a clinical mentor and guide junior pharmacists, foundation trainee pharmacists throughout their training programmes.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Details
Date posted
21 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
47,810 to 54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
361-7416265-A
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Master Degree MPharm
• Competency assessed and examined professional registration MRPharmS
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Pharmacy Practice or equivalent or successful completion of General Practice Diploma Core Course and examination or equivalent experience

Previous Experience
Essential

• Appropriate post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy
• Previous experience in providing clinical services to wards
• Medicines Information experience
• Computer literacy - Word/Excel
• Experience of working as part of a multi -disciplinary team
• Proven experience of audit

Desirable

• Project management
• Clinical tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacist

Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication skills verbal and written
• Able to work alone or in a team

Desirable

• Can show appropriate applications of clinical knowledge and effective pharmaceutical care skills

Knowledge
Essential

• Good Clinical Knowledge at consultant level
• Up to date knowledge of national pharmacy issues

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Master Degree MPharm
• Competency assessed and examined professional registration MRPharmS
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Pharmacy Practice or equivalent or successful completion of General Practice Diploma Core Course and examination or equivalent experience

Previous Experience
Essential

• Appropriate post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy
• Previous experience in providing clinical services to wards
• Medicines Information experience
• Computer literacy - Word/Excel
• Experience of working as part of a multi -disciplinary team
• Proven experience of audit

Desirable

• Project management
• Clinical tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacist

Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication skills verbal and written
• Able to work alone or in a team

Desirable

• Can show appropriate applications of clinical knowledge and effective pharmaceutical care skills

Knowledge
Essential

• Good Clinical Knowledge at consultant level
• Up to date knowledge of national pharmacy issues

Skills Required