Job summary
Frailty
Virtual Ward- Band 8a Pharmacist
There are
3 WTE positions (37.5 hours per week) available. Applications for full and part
time working will be considered.
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of
people with frailty in our communities across Plymouth, the South Hams, and
West Devon? Do you thrive in an innovative healthcare environment?
We have some very exciting opportunities to join our exciting Community Frailty
Virtual Ward project. This project forms part of a wider plan to improve urgent
and emergency healthcare delivery.
We are committed to revolutionising healthcare delivery for
frail and elderly patients by launching a Community Frailty Virtual Ward. Our
aim is to provide high-quality, patient-centred care in the comfort of their
own homes, reducing hospital admissions and length of stay in hospital and
enhancing overall well-being through enhanced care coordination.
The Role
As an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, you will play a critical role in our new multidisciplinary team, covering two of the 6 new frailty virtual wards that we have planned for our locality. The post holder will work closely with consultants, advanced clinical practitioners, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals to ensure seamless, integrated care on the virtual ward, by providing specialist medicine assessments and interventions for those admitted to the Frailty Virtual Ward.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Leadership within the Frailty Virtual ward
regarding medicines and medicines governance
Medicine reconciliation
Structured
medication reviews including complex polypharmacy and deprescribing
Prescribing and
accurate record keeping regarding medications
Our Approach to Recruitment
For an informal discussion, please email Laura Hauser
Interviews will take place between 4th and 11th of November at the Beauchamp Centre, Mount Gould Hospital. Successful candidates will be
asked to bring in their documentation to enable the start of the pre-employment
check phase as soon as they can post interview. If you are happy for this
process to start prior to receiving the outcome of the interview, please bring
with you:
- qualifications and training certificates relevant to the role
- 2 forms of photographic identification & an original address document dated within the last 3 months such as a bank statement, utility bill etc, online statements are not admissible. Or your latest council tax bill or mortgage statement.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a day service.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
for Virtual Ward is a new role within Livewell SW and the Pharmacy Team. The
post holder with the support of the Lead Pharmacist for Virtual Wards will be leading
and delivering a high quality, clinical pharmacy service to Virtual Ward areas,
and working in partnership with our System partners to maximise seamless
transfers of care and maximise best outcomes for the patients. The post holder
will be responsible for the coordination of clinical pharmacy services to the
Virtual Wards, utilising a holistic approach to support medicines optimisation
is a variety of settings. They will lead on and develop clinical audits and
quality improvement within Virtual Wards and have the opportunity be involved
in research and further develop their career.
As the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Virtual Wards,
you will have input into the strategic development of Medicines Optimisation in
Virtual Ward Services and hold a highly visible role within the organisation.
You will be a pharmacist with a passion and commitment in this area who wants
to help develop the service whilst ensuring medicine related governance is in
place, bringing the additional skills of an experienced pharmacist to the team.
You will support and help develop the Virtual Ward pharmacy team and a range of
other healthcare professionals within Virtual Wards, including NMPs in
medicines optimisation and related initiatives to the highest clinical pharmacy
standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
for Virtual Ward is a new role within Livewell SW and the Pharmacy Team. The
post holder with the support of the Lead Pharmacist for Virtual Wards will be leading
and delivering a high quality, clinical pharmacy service to Virtual Ward areas,
and working in partnership with our System partners to maximise seamless
transfers of care and maximise best outcomes for the patients. The post holder
will be responsible for the coordination of clinical pharmacy services to the
Virtual Wards, utilising a holistic approach to support medicines optimisation
is a variety of settings. They will lead on and develop clinical audits and
quality improvement within Virtual Wards and have the opportunity be involved
in research and further develop their career.
As the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Virtual Wards,
you will have input into the strategic development of Medicines Optimisation in
Virtual Ward Services and hold a highly visible role within the organisation.
You will be a pharmacist with a passion and commitment in this area who wants
to help develop the service whilst ensuring medicine related governance is in
place, bringing the additional skills of an experienced pharmacist to the team.
You will support and help develop the Virtual Ward pharmacy team and a range of
other healthcare professionals within Virtual Wards, including NMPs in
medicines optimisation and related initiatives to the highest clinical pharmacy
standards.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Registered Practising Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Specialist knowledge acquired by postgraduate diploma or equivalent evidence of specialist knowledge, competence and achievements in practice in pharmacy
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and revalidation
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy
- Member of specialist interest groups
- Working towards membership of the RPS Faculty
- Independent prescriber or willingness to work towards
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of clinical pharmacy as it relates to frailty and general medicine
- Knowledge and understanding of antimicrobial stewardship
- Understanding of non-medical prescribing, patient group directions and other alternatives to medical prescribing
- Aware of current healthcare targets, NICE guidance and other national directives and the implications for implementation in primary and secondary care
Desirable
- Highly specialised knowledge of drug use in frailty or general medicine
- Broad knowledge of the structure, organisation and priorities of the NHS and other healthcare services at a national and local level
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a practising pharmacist, including experience of working as a member of a Multidisciplinary Team
- Experience of networking with other healthcare professionals across the full range of disciplines at all levels
- Experience of review and development of medication related policies, procedures and PGDs
- Experience of audit work
- Experience of delivering education to healthcare staff and patients or carers via workshops, informal
- discussion or formal lectures
Desirable
- Experience of working in different sectors of Pharmacy across the system
- Experience of preparing documents for clinical governance groups and presenting these to a committee
- Experience of leading on audit and producing reports
- Experience of mentoring, supervision and line management
- Experience of influencing, negotiating and implementing change in practice
Specific Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including verbal, written and formal presentation skills for a wide variety of audiences
- Computer literate including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email and Internet
- Excellent critical appraisal and analytical skills, with a sound understanding of evidence-based medicine
- Good listening skills & excellent networking / negotiating skills
- Can work with and influence managers, nursing and medical staff
- Leadership and team working skills
- Ability to act as an excellent role model and mentor
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others with enthusiasm
- Able to reflect on and appraise own performance and that of others
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work and that of others with good organisational and time- management skills
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to travel across the LSW area
Desirable
- Ability to influence and negotiate with a range of stakeholders to implement change in practice
- Able to resolve conflict and disagreement
- Ability to manage change
- Access to own transport
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Registered Practising Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Specialist knowledge acquired by postgraduate diploma or equivalent evidence of specialist knowledge, competence and achievements in practice in pharmacy
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and revalidation
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy
- Member of specialist interest groups
- Working towards membership of the RPS Faculty
- Independent prescriber or willingness to work towards
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of clinical pharmacy as it relates to frailty and general medicine
- Knowledge and understanding of antimicrobial stewardship
- Understanding of non-medical prescribing, patient group directions and other alternatives to medical prescribing
- Aware of current healthcare targets, NICE guidance and other national directives and the implications for implementation in primary and secondary care
Desirable
- Highly specialised knowledge of drug use in frailty or general medicine
- Broad knowledge of the structure, organisation and priorities of the NHS and other healthcare services at a national and local level
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a practising pharmacist, including experience of working as a member of a Multidisciplinary Team
- Experience of networking with other healthcare professionals across the full range of disciplines at all levels
- Experience of review and development of medication related policies, procedures and PGDs
- Experience of audit work
- Experience of delivering education to healthcare staff and patients or carers via workshops, informal
- discussion or formal lectures
Desirable
- Experience of working in different sectors of Pharmacy across the system
- Experience of preparing documents for clinical governance groups and presenting these to a committee
- Experience of leading on audit and producing reports
- Experience of mentoring, supervision and line management
- Experience of influencing, negotiating and implementing change in practice
Specific Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including verbal, written and formal presentation skills for a wide variety of audiences
- Computer literate including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email and Internet
- Excellent critical appraisal and analytical skills, with a sound understanding of evidence-based medicine
- Good listening skills & excellent networking / negotiating skills
- Can work with and influence managers, nursing and medical staff
- Leadership and team working skills
- Ability to act as an excellent role model and mentor
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others with enthusiasm
- Able to reflect on and appraise own performance and that of others
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work and that of others with good organisational and time- management skills
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to travel across the LSW area
Desirable
- Ability to influence and negotiate with a range of stakeholders to implement change in practice
- Able to resolve conflict and disagreement
- Ability to manage change
- Access to own transport
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.
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).
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.
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).
