# Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Professionals Limited. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacist/72fbdb3c-71da-4585-b4f6-e95f6f2c4d69 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacist/72fbdb3c-71da-4585-b4f6-e95f6f2c4d69.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Professionals Limited - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £28.90 to £33.11 - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-31T15:25:28.862Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0042-90407 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/M0042-90407/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=M0042-90407 ## Job Content ### Job summary Job Title: Pharmacist - 90407 Grade: Band 7/8a Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Location: 57-59 Bath Road, Reading RG30 2BA Ward: Virtual Ward Pay Rates: £28.90/£33.11 Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00/09:00-17:00 Why might this job interest you? Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist with NHS experience? Are ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and help us make a difference! ### Main duties of the job - Work alongside the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to contribute to the care of frail adults in the community setting. - Be the pharmaceutical expert on medicines use within their area of responsibility and provide a special referral point for healthcare professionals working within the UCR patients in own home and Virtual Frailty Ward teams. - Lead the Pharmacy aspect of the Trust UCR patients in own home and Virtual Frailty Wards programmes ensuring all legal and professional aspects, as well as robust governance processes are met and in place. - Provide medicines reconciliation and counselling to improve medication usage and patient understanding of own medicines in the community setting (includes appropriate assessment for compliance aids). - Clinically assess UCR patients in their own home and Virtual Frailty Wards prescription charts to ensure safe and effective prescribing, including identifying significant drug interactions, providing advice for clinical monitoring. ### 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: 31 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 8a - Salary: £28.90 to £33.11 an hour - Contract: Bank - Duration: 3 months - Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working - Reference number: M0042-90407 - Job locations: Berkshire Health Authority, 57-59 Bath Road, READING, RG30 2BA, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role. ## Person Specification ### Travel **Essential** - UK Drivers Licence and access to a vehicle. ### Experience **Essential** - NHS experience is Essential. - Experience of working within elderly care or a frailty service. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). - Good Pharmacy Honours Degree (BPharm or MPharm). ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.