Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join a friendly, progressive, clinical team serving our community in Ealing.
We provide medicines management services for in-patients in a 72 bedded community hospital, as well as supporting patients with medicines management in their own homes via our virtual wards services. We deliver specialist rehabilitation, focus on admissions avoidance, support step down patient care and hospital at home for frailty pathways. We aim to provide a calm and welcoming environment.
Medicines management also support our community teams, which include: caring for people with long term conditions, nursing and therapy for children who need specialist healthcare, healthcare for people with a learning disability, physiotherapy, podiatry, SALT and occupational therapy.
The successful candidate should be a highly motivated team player with good communication skills and a keen interest in care of the elderly, treatment of long term conditions and medicines optimisation. Experience of working on medical wards is preferred.
We encourage collaborative working, compassionate leadership and opportunities to positively influence.
Main duties of the job
Duties include;
-Providing a clinical pharmacy service to in-patient wards, offering highly specialist pharmaceutical advice to medical staff, nurses and patients on all aspects of safe and effective use of medicines. This will include fulfilling medicines reconciliation and discharge prescriptions, and all aspects of clinical pharmacy.
- Providing a clinical pharmacy service to Virtual wards, which supports patients to stay well at home, avoid hospital admission and return home quickly after being discharged from secondary care. In addition to perform deep dive SMRs and there is the potential to do domiciliary visits to patients to review medications. This provides post holder with the opportunity to gain experience in a unique and dynamic MDT setting in line with national strategy for NHS improvement.
- Supporting our numerous community health speciality centres and clinics including MSK, paediatrics, people with Learning Disabilities, SALT, and inpatients with the delivery of medicines related education and training, medicines information and service improvement using quality improvement methodology.
-There will be opportunities to participate in audits and collate key performance indicators, support generation of reports and present at meetings, influencing and creating continuous improvement. Rotation through specialist mental health services may also be offered.
This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills and knowledge.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to motivate self and others
Desirable
- Knowledge and ability to develop and implement policies plus procedures, with some experience with projects
- Leadership skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-registration hospital pharmacy experience or equivalent.
Desirable
- Member of RPS
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Member of UKCPA or other recognised groups/networks for integrated care
Experience
Essential
- Experience in providing a medicines management service or equivalent
- Knowledge and understanding of the implications of pharmacy national guidance (e.g. NICE, NHS England, MHRA)
Desirable
- Experience in integrated care (or equivalent) environment undertaking clinical medication reviews in older people
- Delivering direct pharmaceutical care to patients with long term condition
- Experience of audit and/or research and development
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge of integrated care pharmacy acquired through training and experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to manage the change
- Good time management, problem solving, organisational and prioritisation skills
- IT and presentation skills
- Supervisory skills
- Flexible approach
- Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
- Able to work under pressure
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Demonstrates awareness and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to convey information to patients who may be distressed or have barriers to understanding
- Ability to communicate highly complex information to decision makers
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to motivate self and others
Desirable
- Knowledge and ability to develop and implement policies plus procedures, with some experience with projects
- Leadership skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-registration hospital pharmacy experience or equivalent.
Desirable
- Member of RPS
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Member of UKCPA or other recognised groups/networks for integrated care
Experience
Essential
- Experience in providing a medicines management service or equivalent
- Knowledge and understanding of the implications of pharmacy national guidance (e.g. NICE, NHS England, MHRA)
Desirable
- Experience in integrated care (or equivalent) environment undertaking clinical medication reviews in older people
- Delivering direct pharmaceutical care to patients with long term condition
- Experience of audit and/or research and development
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge of integrated care pharmacy acquired through training and experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to manage the change
- Good time management, problem solving, organisational and prioritisation skills
- IT and presentation skills
- Supervisory skills
- Flexible approach
- Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
- Able to work under pressure
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Demonstrates awareness and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to convey information to patients who may be distressed or have barriers to understanding
- Ability to communicate highly complex information to decision makers
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).
