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Bank Pharmacist
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working
Job ref
151-NonClin-Pharm03
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham and Frimley Park Hospital
Town
Slough & Camberley
Salary
£36.25 Per hour incl WTD & HCAS
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
16/11/2025 23:59

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Bank Pharmacist 8a Emergency & Acute Care

Band 8a

Job overview

Are you ready to make a real difference this winter?
We’re looking for experienced Band 8A Clinical Pharmacists to join our friendly and forward-thinking pharmacy team, at either Wexham Park Hospital or Frimley Park Hospital

This bank opportunity will help cover service gaps across our Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU) during the busy winter months, a time when your expertise will make a real impact on patient care, safety, and flow.

You’ll play a key role at the frontline of acute and emergency care, optimising medicines, supporting safe prescribing, and ensuring patients receive the right treatment at the right time. Working closely with doctors, nurses, and other pharmacists, you’ll help keep our departments running smoothly during peak demand.

We’re looking for confident, proactive pharmacists with strong clinical knowledge in acute or emergency care, who thrive under pressure and work well in a multidisciplinary team. You’ll be a positive leader, supporting junior colleagues and driving improvements in patient safety and experience.

In return, you’ll gain exposure to complex clinical cases, work flexibly across two vibrant hospital sites, and join a supportive, innovative pharmacy team committed to high-quality, patient-centred care.

Join us this winter and make a meaningful difference when it matters most.

Main duties of the job

Work closely with senior pharmacists, clinicians, and nursing teams to deliver and develop high-quality pharmaceutical care across either Wexham Park or Frimley Park Hospital.

Provide a proactive clinical pharmacy service within the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU), supporting safe and effective use of medicines, optimising therapies, and contributing to improved patient flow during winter pressures.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Assessing pharmaceutical care needs and developing care plans.
  • Providing medicines reconciliation, optimisation, and discharge support.
  • Advising medical and nursing staff on prescribing and medicines management.
  • Counselling patients and supporting continuity of care.
  • Participating in ward rounds and cross-site pharmacy collaboration.
  • Acting as an Independent Prescriber within your area of competence.

Working for our organisation

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.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Application of advanced knowledge of medicines optimisation in acute settings, with confidence in rapid decision-making. 

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for more information. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Pharmacy degree (master’s level years)
  • Registered with GPhC
  • Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
  • Registered as an Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
  • UKCPA membership
  • RPS membership
  • Formal management qualification (or equivalent experience)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of producing guidelines
  • Experience of producing drug appraisals
  • Experience of managing staff Significant post-qualification experience working as a pharmacist in a clinical environment
Desirable criteria
  • Member of national interest group Clinical audit experience.
  • Teaching/tutoring experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to adapt and cope with challenges
  • Applied clinical knowledge
Desirable criteria
  • Excellent IT Skills
  • Evidence of interest in research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sonia Sunny Babu
Job title
Principal Pharmacist for Acute Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03006150321
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