Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
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Department: Pharmacy
Band: 7, £49,387-56,515 pa, pro rata
Hours: Part time; 30 hours per week (0.8 of full-time-equivalent), plus on-call, weekends & bank holiday rota.
Note: All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Are you a pharmacist with experience and passion for clinical pharmacy? Would you like to contribute to advancing pharmaceutical care for patients across a wide range of clinical specialities? If this describes you, 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.
Our services are evolving to provide our pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with more time to work alongside patients while supporting their 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.
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Interview date: 18 August 2026
You will become part of a growing team of Clinical Pharmacists and Specialist Pharmacists, who support patient care across a wide range of clinical specialties within the Trust. With the support of the Principal Pharmacists, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within your chosen area of expertise. You will also have the opportunity to gain experience in supporting and supervising junior staff, undertaking quality improvement and audit work, advocating for medicines optimisation and safety initiatives at the ward level, and collaborating with the Principal Pharmacists to address any medicines related issues affecting the ward teams.
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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.
This role is a rotational post designed to give a broad experience in a number of the following clinical specialties including acute medicine, surgery, elderly care, orthopaedics, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, stroke, cardiology, paediatrics and maternity.
This position (0.8FTE) consists of four days (8 am to 4 pm) per week, with coverage on one weekend every 6 weeks, and Bank Holidays on a rota basis. After a period of induction and training, you will contribute to the pharmacy out-of-hours service.
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.
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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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For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Bobby Shum
Job title: Principal Pharmacist
Email address: king.shum@mkuh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01908 997174
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Bobby Shum on king.shum@mkuh.nhs.uk or 01908 997174
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