Clinical Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are recruiting a band 6/7 clinical pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive pharmacy team. Both band 6 and band 7 applicants are welcomed. The post offers an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, self-motivated, and enthusiastic pharmacist looking to develop their clinical skills. This is also an ideal opportunity for either a newly qualified pharmacist (with hospital pharmacy experience) or an existing and ambitious band 6 pharmacist looking for a band 7 post. We will support you in your professional development.

This post is a full time, permanent contract and based at Prospect Park Hospital although we also have inpatient sites in Newbury, Wokingham, Maidenhead and Slough. The postholder will be part of rotation plans which will include covering mental and community health wards, dispensary, medicines information and medicines safety.

Prospect Park Hospital is based in Tilehurst, a leafy suburb of Reading, 30 mins by train from London Paddington and Waterloo stations. We offer free onsite parking, top staff accommodation less than a 5-minute walk from your base.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to deliver a consistently high-quality clinical pharmacy service across community and mental health inpatient wards

Work alongside the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT)

Be an integral part of the pharmacy team providing clinical pharmacy support to designated ward(s) and participate in the pharmacy departmental rota’s

Person Specification

Education, qualifications or training

Essential

  • Pharmacy degree (BPharm or MPharm)
  • Postgraduate Pharmacy Certificate or Diploma for band 7
  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy

Desirable

  • Postgraduate Pharmacy Certificate or Diploma for band 6

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy for band 7
  • Experience of providing medicines information to patients/carers
  • Experience of audit or project work
  • Supervision of staff for band 7
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and making clinically appropriate interventions for band 7
  • Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives on time

Desirable

  • Pre-registration training year in hospital pharmacy
  • Significant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy for band 6
  • Basic experience in mental health inpatient setting
  • Supervision of staff for band 6
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and making clinically appropriate interventions for band 6
  • Experience working within Medicines Information

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills, verbal and written (tact, empathy, negotiation, diplomacy)
  • Proficient in all Microsoft Office software with proven computer literacy and IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases
  • Demonstrate high level of professional autonomy, prioritisation and decision making for band 7
  • Self-motivated
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a team
  • Reliable with a good attendance record
  • Demonstrates good clinical knowledge and skills
  • Critical appraisal skills for band 7
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and to meet deadlines
  • Proactive in seeking out opportunities for service improvement for band 7

Desirable

  • Demonstrate high level of professional autonomy, prioritisation and decision making for band 6
  • Critical appraisal skills for band 6
  • Proactive in seeking out opportunities for service improvement for band 6

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Ability and willingness to travel across all Trust sites within the Berkshire Health economy
  • Ability to work in restricted/hot desk areas as and when required
  • Flexible approach to work patterns in line with needs of the service including EDC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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