Job Description

Job Title: Lead Clinical Pharmacist - 85410
Grade: Band 8a
Trust: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Royal Berkshire Hospital, RG1 5AN
Ward:Pharmacy
Pay Rates: 32.06 per hour
Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 09:00-17:15
Why might this job interest you?
Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist with Clinical experience? Are ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and help us make a difference!
Main duties of the job
Support the pharmacy admissions team in identifying patients with pharmaceutical problems and prioritising appropriately to quickly resolve problems.
Act as supervisor and mentor for rotational pharmacists and MMTs and provide educational support for new members of staff requiring medicines reconciliation training.
Participate in clinical pharmacy services including training, prescription chart review, patient counselling, adverse drug reaction reporting and therapeutic drug monitoring and individualisation of patients drug therapy.
optimise medicines management within the Trust 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.
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.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Details
Date posted
22 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
32.06 an hour
Contract
Bank
Duration
3 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
M0042-85410
Job locations
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• NHS experience is Highly Desirable including Clinical Pharmacy experience.

Qualifications
Essential

• Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or UK recognised equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• NHS experience is Highly Desirable including Clinical Pharmacy experience.

Qualifications
Essential

• Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or UK recognised equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

Skills Required