About this role
Job summary
Band 8A Specialist Pharmacist - Acute Medicine
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacist to join the Acute Medicine Pharmacy Team at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
This role will provide advanced clinical pharmacy leadership and specialist pharmaceutical care across Acute Medicine services, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care within a fast-paced acute hospital environment.
The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary teams across Acute Medical Unit (AMU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Emergency pathways and medical wards to optimise medicines use, support timely patient flow and contribute to service transformation initiatives across the Trust.
The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing clinical pharmacy practice, supporting prescribing governance, developing workforce capability and driving quality improvement aligned with Trust and national priorities.
This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist with strong clinical and leadership skills who is passionate about acute care, medicines optimisation and innovation within hospital pharmacy services.
Main duties of the job
To provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within Emergency Department and Acute Medicine, ensuring safe, effective and timely medicines optimisation across the patient pathway.
Lead and manage the delivery of a prescribing pharmacist service within Acute Medicine to support timely discharge, ensuring efficient patient flow and continuity of care.
Work as an independent prescriber, actively contributing to the prescribing service, undertaking clinical decision-making, and optimising medicines use for patients from admission through to discharge.
Facilitate the efficient and cost-effective use of medicines within their specialty and ensure that the Pharmacy team are part of and lead any innovative ways of working, to enhance patient care.
Support the lead in the development, delivery and continuous improvement of pharmacy services across Acute & Emergency Medicine.
Also act as a member of the senior pharmacy team and contribute to the strategic development of pharmacy services within the Trust.
About us
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Deliver highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to Acute Medicine patients. Provide expert medicines optimisation advice to medical, nursing and pharmacy teams. Support early clinical screening, discharge facilitation and patient flow initiatives. Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds and clinical decision-making. Support safe and effective prescribing practices, including independent prescribing where applicable. Lead and contribute to service development, audit, governance and quality improvement projects. Support education, supervision and development of pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Contribute to medicines safety initiatives and implementation of Trust policies and national guidance. Work collaboratively with operational pharmacy teams to support safe and efficient service delivery. Participate in late duties, weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas as required.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
Master Degree in Pharmacy Member of GPhC Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Independent Prescriber
Desirable
Member of UKCPA member of RPhS Postgraduate qualification in leadership , eg, MBA or Level 5/6 Senior Leadership Formal Training in QI methodologies
Knowledge and Expereince Essential
Extensive Hospital Pharmacy Experience Experience in working as IP Experience in clinical governance Experience of contributing to service development, quality improvement, or implementation of new ways of working Ability to supervise, support and develop junior staff
Desirable
Experience of managing or coordinating clinical pharmacy services or workload Experience of contributing to guideline, SOP or pathway development Experience of working across primary-secondary care interfaces Experience of medicines optimisation related to frailty, polypharmacy and deprescribing Experience of involvement in research, audit, or practice-based publication
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)