Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven pharmacist to join our friendly patient focused team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. You will need to be motivated, organised, and willing to work as part of a team .
You will be responsible for leading, managing, delivering, planning and developing the clinical pharmacy service to Acute and Emergency Care.
Looking after our patients is never dull, optimising patient medicines and developing services as part of the acute team is key. There is always a new treatment combination, clinical trial, patient pathway development or new drug to be implemented to improve care.
So if you have a curious nature, like learning and enjoy a fast-paced action orientated environment and want to impact patient care for the better each day, please consider applying for our band 8a pharmacist position.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery and development of clinical pharmacy services within Acute and Emergency Care in liaison with the Pharmacy Team Lead for Integrated Medicine, promoting the safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines. They will:
- Liaise with the relevant senior pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, other allied health professionals (AHPs) and managers to promote safe, evidence-based and cost-effective use of medication.
- Liaise with external health professionals (i.e., community / primary care network pharmacists) and stakeholders across the Integrated Care System (ICS) in streamlining processes and encouraging best practice.
- Provide a clinical pharmacy service to acute wards including specialist advice and participation on ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) reviews.
- Practice as an independent prescriber within agreed therapeutic areas, in accordance with the BHT Non-Medical Prescribing policy.
- Provide pharmacy leadership to the Integrated Medicine directorate, deputising for the Pharmacy Team Lead for Integrated Medicine as necessary.
- Demonstrate strong digital literacy and effectively utilise electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) and other digital clinical systems to support safe prescribing, medicines optimisation and service improvements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
- Significant experience of delivery of pharmacy services to a broad range of specialties including Acute and Emergency Care
- Experience of delivery of clinical pharmacy service to a specialist level
- Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Experience of project management
- Experience of conducting audits
Special Circumstances
Essential
- Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential
- Work, communicate and provide effective leadership within a team
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, at meetings, with patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner.
- Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development
Desirable
- Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues.
- Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors
Education, Qualification & Training
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist: Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society / Royal College of Emergency Medicine / UK Clinical Pharmacist Association
- Post-graduate diploma in clinically pharmacy or recognised equivalent
- Independent Prescribing qualification
- RPS faculty Stage II accreditation
- Management Training
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This advert is for Advanced Pharmacist - Acute Medicine and Emergency care with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Aylesbury, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum (pro rata for part time). The contract type is Permanent: Emergency Duty Commitment (EDC) and Weekend + Bank Holiday cover on rota with other pharmacists. The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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