Bank Pharmacist 8a Emergency & Acute Care
The closing date is 16 November 2025
Job summary
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.
About us
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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Details
Date posted
10 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£36.25 an hour Per hour incl WTD & HCAS
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
151-NonClin-Pharm03
Job locations
Wexham and Frimley Park Hospital
Slough & Camberley
SL2 4HL
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wexham and Frimley Park Hospital
Slough & Camberley
SL2 4HL
Employer's website
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