Job summary
Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge have a growing ageing population, with around 18% now aged 65 or over. As this number rises, the need for proactive, coordinated care becomes more urgent. Older adults are at higher risk of frailty, long term conditions and complications from hospital admission, such as deconditioning, infections, delirium and loss of independence.
BHRUT aims to transform care by shifting from reactive crisis management to early identification and intervention. Central to this is a multi professional Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, rapid same day or next day urgent appointments, and the ability to deliver short term IV therapies outside hospital to prevent avoidable admissions.
The Trust is building integrated pathways across acute, community and primary care and is recruiting skilled staff to deliver this vision. The specialist clinical pharmacist will play a key role in medicines optimisation, patient reviews, education, and service improvement within frailty services. This is an opportunity to help shape innovative, high quality care for the region's ageing population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing and developing comprehensive, patient orientated services for frailty across Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust. They will work closely with the lead Pharmacist for Frailty and out of hospital care to further innovate and develop the frailty service with the aim of reducing attendances to the emergency department, reduce acute admissions into hospital and ensure the safe and effective use of medicines for our elderly population.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- First 18 months of the JBP (UCL) Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent qualification) working towards full completion.
Desirable
- Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice.
Desirable
- Substantial post registration experience of UK hospital pharmacy practice
- Change management and quality improvement experience and direct involvement of redesign within a service, including promoting evidence-based practice.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- First 18 months of the JBP (UCL) Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent qualification) working towards full completion.
Desirable
- Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice.
Desirable
- Substantial post registration experience of UK hospital pharmacy practice
- Change management and quality improvement experience and direct involvement of redesign within a service, including promoting evidence-based practice.
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).
