Job summary
Frailty Medicines Optimisation Clinical Pharmacist
Division: Unplanned & Integrated Care
Care Group: Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services
Band: 7
Salary: £41,659 - £47,672 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: TBC
We are recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful postholder will provide a specialist frailty pharmacy service to the Emerald Frailty Unit within the Trust whilst working alongside other pharmacists, technicians and assistants as part of an enhanced and extended clinical service.
This post will involve leading on medicines optimisation strategies including palliative and end of life care. To utilise tools such as STOPP-START, STOMP, 7 STEPs in response to the National Overprescribing Review pledge of September 2021 around polypharmacy and overprescribing.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There will be specialist Rapid Assessment Care of Elderly (R.A.C.E) clinics throughout the week and daily ward rounds that the post-holder will be able to support with alongside the Frailty specialist pharmacy team.
The post holder will gain experience in taking on additional areas of responsibility including: specialist multi-disciplinary ward rounds, governance and risk, research and audit, and antimicrobials. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Trusts and patients need
You will work as part of the frailty team providing an enhanced and extended clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation in an exciting new Frailty Pathway.
To provide and develop a comprehensive, patient-focused, frailty clinical pharmacy service promoting the safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of drug therapy.
Provide patient focused pharmaceutical care to patients, to achieve definite outcomes that improve patients quality of life.
To maximise patient care on defined areas within the Trust by planning, managing, monitoring, advising and reviewing specialist pharmaceutical care programmes for patients.
To contribute in multidisciplinary frailty medicines optimisation ward rounds and additional shared-decision patient consultations for specialist structured medication reviews.
To contribute to R.A.C.E clinic assessments of frailty patients including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs) as required.
Evaluate the clinical appropriateness, safety and legality of prescriptions based upon the patients diseases, co-morbidities, other medication and treatments and liaise with the prescriber to make agreed changes as appropriate.
Ensure efficient supply systems (e.g. one stop dispensing) reducing the risks of critical missed and delayed doses through working with medicines management pharmacy technicians and assistants and dispensary staff.
Promote efficient discharge planning inclusive of patient counselling and education.
To promote safe transfer of care around medicines to various primary care settings across the interface. This would include close liasons with interface, Primary Care Network and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams.
Work with the ward nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, and pharmacy colleagues to improve patient flow.
Promote the safe, rational and cost effective use of medicines in accordance with the Drug & Therapeutics Committees recommendations and other evidence based guidelines.
Participate in adverse drug reaction reporting, clinical contribution monitoring and clinical risk management
Follow procedures to reduce medicines wastage (e.g. by using patients own drugs)
Attendance on consultant wards and board rounds
Answer or refer medicines information queries as appropriate.
Assist in drawing up prescribing guidelines and protocols (e.g. IV monographs, formulary guidelines, shared care guidelines).
Liaise with other pharmacists, doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
Liaise with other health care professionals to design, implement and monitor therapeutic plans.
To promote high quality, cost-effective and safe prescribing.
To participate in the training and development of other pharmacists and technicians within pharmacy.
To assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust
Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within our organisation we do recommend that staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, this is no longer a mandatory requirement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There will be specialist Rapid Assessment Care of Elderly (R.A.C.E) clinics throughout the week and daily ward rounds that the post-holder will be able to support with alongside the Frailty specialist pharmacy team.
The post holder will gain experience in taking on additional areas of responsibility including: specialist multi-disciplinary ward rounds, governance and risk, research and audit, and antimicrobials. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Trusts and patients need
You will work as part of the frailty team providing an enhanced and extended clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation in an exciting new Frailty Pathway.
To provide and develop a comprehensive, patient-focused, frailty clinical pharmacy service promoting the safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of drug therapy.
Provide patient focused pharmaceutical care to patients, to achieve definite outcomes that improve patients quality of life.
To maximise patient care on defined areas within the Trust by planning, managing, monitoring, advising and reviewing specialist pharmaceutical care programmes for patients.
To contribute in multidisciplinary frailty medicines optimisation ward rounds and additional shared-decision patient consultations for specialist structured medication reviews.
To contribute to R.A.C.E clinic assessments of frailty patients including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs) as required.
Evaluate the clinical appropriateness, safety and legality of prescriptions based upon the patients diseases, co-morbidities, other medication and treatments and liaise with the prescriber to make agreed changes as appropriate.
Ensure efficient supply systems (e.g. one stop dispensing) reducing the risks of critical missed and delayed doses through working with medicines management pharmacy technicians and assistants and dispensary staff.
Promote efficient discharge planning inclusive of patient counselling and education.
To promote safe transfer of care around medicines to various primary care settings across the interface. This would include close liasons with interface, Primary Care Network and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams.
Work with the ward nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, and pharmacy colleagues to improve patient flow.
Promote the safe, rational and cost effective use of medicines in accordance with the Drug & Therapeutics Committees recommendations and other evidence based guidelines.
Participate in adverse drug reaction reporting, clinical contribution monitoring and clinical risk management
Follow procedures to reduce medicines wastage (e.g. by using patients own drugs)
Attendance on consultant wards and board rounds
Answer or refer medicines information queries as appropriate.
Assist in drawing up prescribing guidelines and protocols (e.g. IV monographs, formulary guidelines, shared care guidelines).
Liaise with other pharmacists, doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
Liaise with other health care professionals to design, implement and monitor therapeutic plans.
To promote high quality, cost-effective and safe prescribing.
To participate in the training and development of other pharmacists and technicians within pharmacy.
To assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust
Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within our organisation we do recommend that staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, this is no longer a mandatory requirement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
- Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
- Good core therapeutic knowledge
- Ability to actively contribute on ward rounds
Experience
Essential
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Understanding of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
- Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients
- Methodical and able to prioritise workload
- Ability to analyse information to provide advice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
- Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
- Good core therapeutic knowledge
- Ability to actively contribute on ward rounds
Experience
Essential
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Understanding of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
- Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients
- Methodical and able to prioritise workload
- Ability to analyse information to provide advice
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).
