Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, independently motivated pharmacist to join our team working for Northumbria Healthcare Trust Pharmacy Department based out of our hubs at Wansbeck & Hexham, to cover maternity leave and a career break.
We provide a proactive and collaborative, high quality medicines optimisation service for frail elderly patients in care homes, working closely with colleagues in health and social care across both the primary and secondary care sectors.
The role will provide a mix of face to face, patient-centred consultations and telephone support to patients, family members and carers as well as involvement with multidisciplinary team meetings, care home visits and ward rounds.
We need an experienced pharmacist with a clinical diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience, and a non-medical prescribing qualification would be preferable.
This is a fixed term one year post so postholder will not be expected to undertake weekends or on call.
This post may require assessment centre or psychometric tests.
Main duties of the job
Working within professional boundaries to provide person-centred, evidence-based structured medication reviews for care home residents; to ensure appropriate, cost-effective and safe provision of medicines.
Targeted review of new care home residents, to minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls,complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
Close working with the multi-disciplinary team, which is likely to include attendance at care home MDT meetings. Interacting with a wide variety of health/social care professionals including; GPs; community nurses/matrons; care home staff; specialist secondary care consultants (e.g., geriatricians, Parkinson's disease specialists); the old age psychiatry team; and pharmacy colleagues in community pharmacy, GP practices and the hospital setting.
Clinical leadership and support for a team of integrated care home technicians.
Provision of expert advice, information and recommendations on medicines and prescribing.
Promote safe and effective use of medicines, minimise waste and reduce medicines related incidents/errors.
The role is patient-facing, with reviews conducted through a combination of telephone, face-to-face and video consultations with patients/residents and their families/carers.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to ourstate-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the clinical pharmacy technicians and help deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services within care homes in Blyth, Hexham and the surrounding areas.
To complete targeted review of new care home residents, to minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls,complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
To undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own assigned areas of responsibility.
To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management within care homes.
To participate in medical and other ward rounds as well as multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
To role model compassionate and inclusive care for our care home residents, including using your clinical skills to carry out structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation; improve safety and quality with regards to medications in line with local and national policies; and reduce inappropriate prescribing in these often-complex patients with a strong emphasis on shared decision making with residents/family members.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the clinical pharmacy technicians and help deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services within care homes in Blyth, Hexham and the surrounding areas.
To complete targeted review of new care home residents, to minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls,complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
To undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own assigned areas of responsibility.
To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management within care homes.
To participate in medical and other ward rounds as well as multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
To role model compassionate and inclusive care for our care home residents, including using your clinical skills to carry out structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation; improve safety and quality with regards to medications in line with local and national policies; and reduce inappropriate prescribing in these often-complex patients with a strong emphasis on shared decision making with residents/family members.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st degree - Vocational masters degree in pharmacy
- Previous pre-registration training
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge
- Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC
- IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience
- Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving following appointment.
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st degree - Vocational masters degree in pharmacy
- Previous pre-registration training
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge
- Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC
- IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience
- Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving following appointment.
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
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).
