Outpatient Pharmacist - Pharmacy@Bucks
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an Outpatient Pharmacist in a hospital setting, suitable for newly qualified or experienced pharmacists. The successful candidate will be the Responsible Pharmacist, managing day-to-day operations, clinically screening prescriptions, and providing advice to patients and healthcare professionals. It offers an opportunity to enhance clinical skills within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to developing innovative services.
Essential criteria
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Desirable criteria
- Appropriate short management courses
- Post-registration experience as a Responsible pharmacist in a busy community Pharmacy or a hospital pharmacy. Newly qualified successful applicants will be given extensive on the job training
- Experience as a qualified pharmacist in various settings and roles including day to day management of a pharmacy
- Experience in delivering training and education for other pharmacy staff
- Experience in managing a team in a busy dispensing environment.
- Have extensive skills in counselling patients and representatives
- Experience in an Outpatient hospital pharmacy
- Experience of being a part of a vibrant team in developing a business or new service
- Experience in providing pharmacy services through PGDs such as influenza vaccinations or Pharmacy First etc
- Information Technology
- Excellent ability in using basic Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Experience in using the JAC medicine management system.
- Understanding of local Trust and national Guidelines.
- Extensive knowledge of the legislation and guidance relating to the management of medicines
- Understanding of Primary and Secondary Care prescribing principles.
- oBe able to utilise the local Trust Formulary and use this to make a clinical decision.
- Education, Professional Qualifications & Training
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Appropriate short management courses
- Post-registration experience as a Responsible pharmacist in a busy community Pharmacy or a hospital pharmacy. Newly qualified successful applicants will be given extensive on the job training
- Experience as a qualified pharmacist in various settings and roles including day to day management of a pharmacy
- Experience in delivering training and education for other pharmacy staff
- Experience in managing a team in a busy dispensing environment.
- Have extensive skills in counselling patients and representatives
- Experience in an Outpatient hospital pharmacy
- Experience of being a part of a vibrant team in developing a business or new service
- Experience in providing pharmacy services through PGDs such as influenza vaccinations or Pharmacy First etc
- Information Technology
- Excellent ability in using basic Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Experience in using the JAC medicine management system.
- Understanding of local Trust and national Guidelines.
- Extensive knowledge of the legislation and guidance relating to the management of medicines
- Understanding of Primary and Secondary Care prescribing principles.
- oBe able to utilise the local Trust Formulary and use this to make a clinical decision.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Outpatient Pharmacist - Pharmacy@Bucks
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a newly qualified Pharmacist looking for an exciting clinical role in a hospital setting? Or perhaps you are a junior Pharmacist seeking to enhance your clinical skill set within our diverse team. Maybe you have the sheer experience of working in a Community Pharmacy and would like to broaden your skill sets in a hospital environment without the on-calls and ward rounds.
We are looking to recruit a pharmacist with excellent customer service skills, who is looking for a new challenge in a hospital Outpatient setting. This role will provide an opportunity to work closely with a wider multidisciplinary Team and gain unmatched hospital experience, with the opportunity to enhance their clinical skills. The candidate will also have the opportunity to utilise their patient-focused community pharmacy skills in a busy dispensing environment.
The post holder will be the Responsible Pharmacist who will complete day-to-day operational tasks and will work alongside the senior Pharmacy team, including the Superintendent Pharmacist and other Pharmacists in developing and delivering innovative services to provide an excellent patient experience.
Main duties of the job
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