Specialist Clinical Pharmacist | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata pa |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 January 2026 |
| Location: | Burton on Trent, DE13 0RB |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7283611/320-CDCS-BUR-3897 |
Summary
This exciting role will allow you to develop your skills as a specialist rotational pharmacists, within a friendly supportive team at Queens Hospital Burton, you will have the opportunity to rotate through other clinical areas at Queens hospital.
Your knowledge will enable you to support the trainee and band 6 pharmacists and there will be the opportunity to become a mentor and potentially a trainee pharmacist tutor if you are interested.
If you are not already an Independent prescriber, we will support you to complete the course.
To provide support and cover as a specialist rotational pharmacist.
To support the ward clinical service at Queens Hospital to ensure safe delivery of medicines across the whole hospital. In addition to this you will have two fixed days at Samuel Johnson Hospital
In addition to this, you may be asked to support the service at Samuel Johnson Hospital (SJH) in Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel hospital (SRP) in Tamworth as rota required.
To support the training of trainee and junior pharmacists through mentorship. There may be the opportunity, if interested to become a pre-registration tutor.
To support the weekend and on call service for Queens, SJH and SRP. All pharmacists are expected to be part of this rota.
There may be an opportunity for some cross site working at Derby hospital, Additionally, some training will take place at Derby to ensure a wide range of patients are seen.
Closing date of applications: 21 December 2025
Interview date: 7 January 2026
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025