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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy - Clinical
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term / Secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (late shifts, weekends, bank holidays, pro-rata)
Job ref
193-7888683NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Pharmacist Rheumatology and Endocrinology (F/T 12 Months)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

Band 8A Lead Pharmacist Rheumatology and Endocrinology

**This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 12 months.**

  • Responsible for delivering the Trust's medicines optimisation agenda to patients admitted under the care of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and patients on medications delivered via Homecare providers.
  • Managing pharmacy staff working at a ward level within designated wards
  • Participate in various consultant ward rounds and clinics within specialties identified as key areas
  • Provide Trust-wide extensive specialist support in an appropriate defined clinical area relevant to the care group. This will include developing collaborative partnerships across organisational boundaries.

Main duties of the job

  • To develop and implement pharmacy policies and procedures as appropriate to this role and area of expertise including reviewing clinical policies, clinical guidelines and PGDs.
  • Be available for expert consultation with medical and nursing staff on matters relating to safe, economic and effective drug usage, including implementation of Infection Control policies, Medicines Management Policy and the Trust Formulary.
  • Provide advice on ethical and professional matters relating to medicines.
  • Participate in clinical pharmacy services including prescription chart review, patient counselling, adverse drug reaction reporting and therapeutic drug monitoring and individualisation of patients’ drug therapy.
  • Undertake clinical and technical work within the dispensaries as a clinical pharmacist according to service requirements.
  • To optimise medicines management within Rheumatology and the Pharmaceutical Care of those patients, ensuring that drug therapy is provided in a safe, effective and cost-effective manner tailored to the clinical need of individual patients.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Master Degree in Pharmacy
  • Member of GPhC
  • Post graduated Clinical Diploma
Desirable criteria
  • Member of UKCPA
  • Independent Prescriber
  • Leadership qualification
  • Qualification as Educational supervisor/tutor

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Vast hospital experience
  • MDT work
  • Experience in managing staff
  • Experience in project management
  • Experience in audits, cost savings
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in writing protocols and guidelines
  • Service development
  • Understanding of NHS startegies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early due to the application cap imposed.
Candidates to be capped at 30 applications for each whole time equivalent position being recruited to.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bilyana Doncheva
Job title
Senior Lead Pharmacist- Clinical Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07817388334
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