Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Elderly Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific Duties

Provide an advanced and highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to the Elderly Care wards.

Lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation within the area of Elderly Care, liaising with key stakeholders to ensure use of safe, optimum and cost effective treatments, in line with national and local policies.

Contribute to the provision of audit and policy development in relevant areas, such as deprescribing, anticholinergic burden, etc.

Deputise, where necessary, for advanced clinical pharmacists from relevant specialties, e.g. Stroke.

Provide supervision to other members of the pharmacy team in a clinical environment.

Provide medicines reconciliation, review and care planning for individual patients with complex medication needs.

Counsel patients in the correct use of medicines that have been prescribed and provide support when needed.

Ensure seamless transfer of care through excellent communication and the use of electronic resources, e.g. PharmOutcomes

Collect, manipulate and analyse data on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the effects of the Directorate Pharmacist, by participating in intervention monitoring, encouraging the reporting of medicines errors and undertaking practice research.

Assist in the development of policies, guidelines and pathways relating to drug therapies.

Undertake the professional duties of a pharmacist in order to ensure that the medicine use process conforms to legal, ethical and moral guidelines accepted by the General Pharmaceutical Council and Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Be an active member of the ward-based multi-disciplinary care team.

Represent Pharmacy at directorate/service meetings relevant to clinical area of practice.

Provide advice on medicines use and medicines expenditure to the Directorate.

Liaise with Pharmacy section heads on matters of mutual interest.

Contribute to the clinical development of all staff by participating in assessments of need, proficiency and the delivery of training.

Provide directive teaching, small group work and on-ward teaching rounds to medical undergraduates, junior medical staff and other health care practitioners.

General Duties

Promote Practice Research.

Participate in local, regional or national forums/meetings/working parties.

Topromote a safety conscious culture.

To contribute to the development of the pharmacy service at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust.

To contribute to achieving the in year performance targets and objectives.

Support junior pharmacy staff in performing their duties.

Keep up to date with practice through CPD.

Act as a designated and authorised Pharmacy key holder.

Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff.

Tackle discrimination and harassment and promote equality and diversity in the workplace.

Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff.

Take responsibility for personal development and education and the development of a Personal Development Plan.

Be a designated line manager for a junior pharmacist(s) and/or technician. This will include responsibility for carrying out regular appraisals and one to ones, managing sickness absence and ensuring business goals are clearly communicated and linked to objectives.

Review training and development of staff, so all staff have a personal development plan and support staff in reaching their full potential through the appraisal process.

To act as the Responsible Pharmacist when covering the In-patient or Out-Patient Dispensaries in the Trust, which includes supervising Over the Counter Medicines sales direct to patients, using your skills in managing minor ailments.

To act as an Independent Prescriber (once qualified) to provide direct care to patients by means of any Trust prescribing stationery.

Person Specification

Qualifications/registration

Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registration as a pharmacist with GPhC

Postgraduate qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent

Desirable

• Qualified (or training to be) independent prescriber

Post-registration experience

Essential

• Relevant and significant senior experience
• Experience of clinical directorate work

Desirable

• Experience of change management

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Leadership and negotiation skills

Desirable

• Presentation skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospital North Tees

Hardwick Road

Stockton-on-Tees

TS19 8PE

Employer's website

https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)