The Royal Berkshire
Lead Pharmacist - ICU and Theatres
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Band 8a Lead Pharmacist - ICU and Theatres
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacist to join the ICU Team as a Lead Pharmacist at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
This role will provide advanced clinical pharmacy leadership and specialist pharmaceutical care across ICU and Theaters, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centered care within a fast-paced acute hospital environment.
The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary teams across ICU and Theaters, but also medical wards to optimise medicines use, support timely patient flow and contribute to service transformation initiatives across the Trust.
The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing clinical pharmacy practice, supporting prescribing governance, developing workforce capability and driving quality improvement aligned with Trust and national priorities.
This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist with strong clinical and leadership skills who is passionate about intensive care, medicines optimisation and innovation within hospital pharmacy services.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Leads and manages the delivery, development, and performance of a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service in ICU and Theatres within Royal Berkshire Hospital.
- Oversees the planning, prioritisation, and organisation of pharmacy activities to ensure a safe, effective, and high-quality medicines optimisation service for ICU and Theatres.
- Provides professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety support, education, and clinical leadership to ICU.
- Develops and implements medicines management policies and procedures in line with local priorities, national directives, medicines legislation, and professional ethics.
- Identifies and resolves prescribing-related problems and other medicines-management-related issues and ensures that the principles of clinical governance and the safe and effective use of medicines are followed.
- Participates in consultant ward rounds and clinics within specialties identified as key areas.
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Location and Lifestyle:
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Bilyana Doncheva
- Job title: Senior Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services
- Email address: bilyana.doncheva@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01183228299
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