Senior Clinical Pharmacist – (SDEC)

Job summary

Under the direction of theLead Care of Older People and Stroke Pharmacist in conjunction with the Pharmacy Lead for Clinical Services at Ealing Hospital, the post holder will:

Provide an enhanced clinical pharmacy service to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)-Frailty (Ealing) and Older People wards

SDEC-Frailty Pharmacy service is a referral based enhanced service for complex medicines optimisation and review

To work as part of the SDEC-Frailty team and wider Older People teams and liaise with community-based services to ensure the seamless transfer of patient care on discharge.

Provide daily ward pharmacy service to Care of Older people wards and SDEC-Frailty team when referrals are made

Main duties of the job

o To lead and develop the specialist pharmacy service to the acute geriatric wards and services (SDEC-Frailty) and where applicable, under the direction of Lead Pharmacist for Older People and Stroke for the Trust, be involved in Virtual Ward and /or Hospital@Home service, when set up.

o To provide highly specialised advice on all medicine related issues in area of responsibility i.e, cost effective optimal treatment either for individual patients or groups of patients in line with local, regional and national guidance and policies

o Provides high level of pharmaceutical care to patients on the ward, obtaining accurate medication history, reviewing choice of treatment and dosage to ensure safe and effective use of medicines in individual patients in line with Trust guidelines and Formulary. Using PCC, to support patients in decision making involving their care, and what is important to them.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.