Pharmacist
Closing date: 31 August 2026

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.

Benefits

• 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
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).

Travel
Essential

• UK Drivers Licence and access to a vehicle.

Additional information
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: NHS Professionals Limited
Address: Berkshire Health Authority, 57-59 Bath Road, READING, RG30 2BA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Mark Goddard
mark.goddard@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk
03330144370