Community Health Services Pharmacist

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

Are you looking for a change within the world of pharmacy? Still want to work in the NHS but perhaps move away from secondary care?

Still want to utilise transferable skills and make a difference to patient care in the community? If so, this could be the post for you.

CLCH is one of the largest Community Health Trusts in England, providing services to more than two million people across London and Hertfordshire. It is a diverse sector, providing a range of different services, all with the aim of shifting health care from acute hospital settings closer to people's homes; moving away from reactive care to preventative care based on early interventions.

We have are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, responsive and innovative Band 8a Pharmacist to join our experienced and expanding Medicines Management Team at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust to cover Maternity Leave within the team.

You will support the Chief Pharmacist in implementing the Medicines Management Strategy in line with national and local policy and will have the opportunity to develop new skills in directorate activities including financial reporting, risk management, implementation of digital systems and quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing medicines management support to community based teams and undertake core directorate activities including:

Providing Medicines Management input to the Clinical Systems Team to support the ongoing development and deployment of digital systems (EPS and EPMA) throughout the Trust.

Writing of governance and financial reports.

Development of medicines management policies and supporting the patient group directions (PGDs) agenda.

Implementation of patient safety initiatives e.g. drug alerts, patient safety alerts.

Assuring the safe and secure handling of medicines in community services in line with CQC requirements.

Training health professionals in the community.

Management of junior pharmacists and community health services technicians.

As the successful candidate, you will have good communication and interpersonal skills and will need to be able to engage and influence a range of stakeholders including, service leads and clinicians.

You should be flexible, plan and organise own workload as well as developing and supporting the junior staff.

The post holder will be based in Parsons Green but may also be required to travel to other sites and services within the organisation and may be required to support bedded services so will require flexibility as the organisation continues to grow; please see the Trust website for the area that is covered.

About us

Just as we care about our service user's wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the Trust and local induction to introduce you to the role 0-19 services.
Bespoke housing is available for key workers within central London: https://www.sharetobuy.com/
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support, and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here:https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-CORP-7005354

Job locations

Parsons Green Health Centre

London

SW6 4UL

Job description

Job responsibilities

**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**

Job description

Job responsibilities

**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience through relevant short courses

Desirable

Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as management, leadership or education & training qualifications
RPS faculty member

Experience

Essential

Post-qualification experience of drug information or prescribing advice
Experience of clinical pharmacy, drug information or prescribing advice
Experience of training

Desirable

Experience of providing pharmacy services in digital medicines
Project management experience
Primary and secondary care experience
Experience in financial reporting
Experience of audit techniques
Experience in supervising a team/service
Project management experience
Experience in analysing ePACT data

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Demonstrable evidence of up to date clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
Understanding of the NHS and political environment
Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues
Knowledge of interface issues
Familiarity with Digital Medicines Systems including EPMA

Other

Essential

Excellent communication skills- both verbal and written including presentation skills
Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret clinical and financial data. Good problem solving skills.
Computer literate including word processing and advanced spreadsheet skills
Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against objectives

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience through relevant short courses

Desirable

Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as management, leadership or education & training qualifications
RPS faculty member

Experience

Essential

Post-qualification experience of drug information or prescribing advice
Experience of clinical pharmacy, drug information or prescribing advice
Experience of training

Desirable

Experience of providing pharmacy services in digital medicines
Project management experience
Primary and secondary care experience
Experience in financial reporting
Experience of audit techniques
Experience in supervising a team/service
Project management experience
Experience in analysing ePACT data

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Demonstrable evidence of up to date clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
Understanding of the NHS and political environment
Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues
Knowledge of interface issues
Familiarity with Digital Medicines Systems including EPMA

Other

Essential

Excellent communication skills- both verbal and written including presentation skills
Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret clinical and financial data. Good problem solving skills.
Computer literate including word processing and advanced spreadsheet skills
Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against objectives

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.