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Prif leoliad
Pharmacy
Gradd
Band 8b
Contract
Parhaol
Oriau
  • Llawnamser
  • Rhan-amser
37.5 awr yr wythnos (One day a week at a paediatric hospice)
Cyfeirnod y swydd
151-HS-43
Cyflogwr
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr
NHS
Gwefan
Wexham Park Hospital
Tref
Slough
Cyflog
£66,653 - £77,094 per annum Including fringe HCAS
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22/01/2026 23:59

Teitl cyflogwr

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Principal Pharmacist Women & Children

Band 8b

Trosolwg o'r swydd

Step into a transformative leadership role at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as Principal Pharmacist for Women & Children. You’ll inspire pharmacy teams, champion innovative clinical services, and drive positive change across multiple sites—including supporting a local paediatric hospice.

This is your chance to shape patient care, mentor future leaders, and collaborate with passionate professionals. Your expertise will set new standards in medicines optimisation and service excellence.

If you’re ready to make a lasting impact on women’s and children’s health in a forward-thinking, supportive environment, we’re excited to welcome your ambition and vision!

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

  • To develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist areas across the Trust.
  • The run the day-to-day pharmacy clinical services to the specialist areas at Frimley Health Foundation Trust (FHFT).
  • To support the training and development of pharmacist independent prescribers.
  • To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
  • The recruitment, management, and development of staff under the postholder.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Frimley Health Pharmacy Department is a forward-thinking department with many innovative practices across the team. The department has an ambitious plan to deliver excellent and high quality pharmacy services to its patients and to develop the pharmacy team.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Frimley Health Trust Benefits on Vimeo

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

  1.  To support the Clinical Pharmacy Manager with the day-to-day running of the pharmacy services to the specialist teams across FHFT.
  2. This will include at least one day a week at each site.
  3. To ensure close relations cross-site with the pharmacy team across all sites.
  4. To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist Manager, clinicians and senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to the specialty across the Trust at all sites.
  5. To promote and develop the use of Independent Prescribing by pharmacists in the delivery of care across the Trust
  6. To fulfil the role of an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist within the individual’s area of competence, including medicines reconciliation on admission and prescribing of currently prescribed medicines on discharge.
  7. To manage the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to the clinical area and to support cover to other areas when ward cover is needed.
  8. To ensure the service is according to departmental procedures and meets the minimum standards agreed with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager. The service provided will take current legislation into account.
  9. To provide strategic clinical pharmacy input into medication error reduction processes within the Trust.
  10. To liaise closely with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager to ensure appropriate actions are taken to comply with Patient Safety Alerts, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), or successor organisations, guidance and Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments.
  11. To fulfil the role and duties of the “Responsible Pharmacist” when required, and complete appropriate records as required by the GPhC.
  12. To help develop and promote suitable shared care arrangements for medicines between hospital and primary care by providing relevant information to patients and health care workers, leading for the specialty.
  13. To lead the department in supporting the delivery of services to outpatients within the specialty, whether in clinics, day units or homecare.
  14. To take an active role in committees relating to specialist area- e.g. clinical governance.

Manyleb y person

Special Requirements

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Able to work at weekends and to participate in Bank Holiday working
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Ability to be able to travel between sites

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Registered with GPhC
  • Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
  • Registered Independent Prescriber
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
  • Pharmacy degree (master’s level, 4 years)
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Formal leadership and management qualification
  • Member of NNPG
  • Member of UKCPA

Specific Competencies

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability and confidence to communicate with a wide range of customers, from patient to hospital consultant, including presentation skills
  • Ability to compile reports /cases where data is presented effectively based on evidence based information
  • Analytical skills
  • Ability to recognise areas for development of current practice
  • Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Innovative
  • Excellent IT Skills
  • Evidence of interest in research

PROFESSIONAL/ SPECIALIST/ FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Significant post registration hospital experience including extensive experience of working as a clinical practitioner in an acute hospital setting
  • Experience in delivering professional training and education
  • Experience of staff management and giving staff developmental feedback
  • Leadership experience within a pharmacy service, including organising a service on a day-to-day basis
  • Experience of working in committees and multidisciplinary groups including guideline review & creation
  • Experience in the provision of clinical pharmacy to Women & Children
  • Experience of change management
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Service development
  • Critical evaluation skills
  • Management Training

Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

Gofynion ymgeisio

Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.

Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Enw
Stuart Dark
Teitl y swydd
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]
Rhif ffôn
07801818875
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