Foundation Pharmacist (FTC)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for an ambitious and motivated Foundation Pharmacist or current foundation trainee pharmacist to develop their skills in Clinical Pharmacy at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The position offers a broad range of clinical services, including Aseptics, Renal medicine, and Paediatrics, with excellent senior support. The Foundation Training programme provides a supportive learning environment with structured rotations in various clinical areas. The successful candidate will be a valued member of the Pharmacy and specialist teams, committed to outstanding medicines management.
Essential criteria
- MPharm degree or equivalent
- GPhC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the RPS
- Knowledge & Experience
- Experience of pharmacy computer systems, including EPMA
- Hospital experience through pre-registration year or other means
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- Awareness of patient safety concerns
- Evidence of current clinical knowledge (demonstrated level of competency necessary for the post)
- Post-registration experience as a pharmacist
- Understanding of Trust priorities
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Previous experience of delivering educational materials to junior colleagues
- Experience in Clinical Audit
- Skills & Abilities
- Accurate dispensing/clinical checking skills
- Adherence to legal standards and knowledge of medicines legislation
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work
- Good computer literacy
- Ability to identify patient safety concerns
- Able to participate in out-of-hours on-call service
- Able to work on weekday late duties, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (on rota)
- Good work attendance record
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, pharmacy, nursing, medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, respects confidentiality
- Able to work without direct supervision with respect to medicines management issues
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Able to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Demonstrates initiative
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Evidence of being able to work effectively under pressure
- Evidence of good timekeeping
- Identifies own training needs
- Education, Qualifications and Training
- MPharm degree or equivalent
- GPhC Registration
- Membership of the RPS
- Knowledge & Experience
- Experience of pharmacy computer systems, including EPMA
- Hospital experience through pre-registration year or other means
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- Awareness of patient safety concerns
- Evidence of current clinical knowledge (demonstrated level of competency necessary for the post)
- Post-registration experience as a pharmacist
- Understanding of Trust priorities
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Previous experience of delivering educational materials to junior colleagues
- Experience in Clinical Audit
- Skills & Abilities
- Accurate dispensing/clinical checking skills
- Adherence to legal standards and knowledge of medicines legislation
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work
- Good computer literacy
- Ability to identify patient safety concerns
- Able to participate in out-of-hours on-call service
- Able to work on weekday late duties, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (on rota)
- Good work attendance record
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, pharmacy, nursing, medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, respects confidentiality
- Able to work without direct supervision with respect to medicines management issues
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Able to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Demonstrates initiative
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Evidence of being able to work effectively under pressure
- Evidence of good timekeeping
- Identifies own training needs
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are looking for ambitious, highly motivated pharmacists or current foundation trainee pharmacists who want to develop their knowledge and skills and progress their career in Clinical Pharmacy as part of the pharmacy team at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We offer a broad range of clinical services, including Aseptics Services, Renal medicine (we are a Regional Centre) and Paediatrics. You will have the opportunity to experience all of these.
Our Foundation Training programme provides excellent senior support. The attached document provides further detail.
As a department we have particular strength in supporting pharmacists who come from an overseas background (with the General Pharmaceutical Council OSPAP accreditation) or who have English as a second language, we welcome these applications.
The purpose-built pharmacy provides a clinical pharmacy service to Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration is in use in the majority of the hospital.
_UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria._
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