Job summary
We are recruiting passionate and proactive Neighbourhood Clinical Pharmacist to join the Dacorum Neighbourhood Proactive Care Service.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a new team delivering community-based, person-centred care for residents. The focus will be on holistic assessments, care coordination, addressing health inequalities and delivering on the strategic ambition of a 'neighbourhood health service'
Main duties of the job
You'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting a cohort of residents with moderate to severe frailty who have had 2 or more unplanned admissions within the last year, linking them to health, social care, and voluntary sector services.
This service will see the shift from reactive care to proactive identification by using risk stratification searches within Primary Care records. The searches will identify a cohort of patients who would benefit from targeted intervention to improve outcomes, their overall experience and reduce the likelihood of further unplanned admissions. The service will operate alongside a number of other acute and community services, with the ability to step patients up in to appropriate services - including the highly successful virtual ward models in South and West Hertfordshire.
This role presents as an excellent opportunity to work in a topical area of service delivery within the NHS right now and will provide the opportunity to gain service development skills .
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- 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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details of the job description and service specification are in the attached document.
The postholder will be an experienced and established clinical pharmacist with experience working with polypharmacy, structured medication reviews, medication optimisation. The patient cohort is likely to be clinically complex with multifactorial health and social care needs where a person centred and pragmatic approach is needed.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team working along side a dedicated GP, nurses, AHPs, and case coordinators.
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details of the job description and service specification are in the attached document.
The postholder will be an experienced and established clinical pharmacist with experience working with polypharmacy, structured medication reviews, medication optimisation. The patient cohort is likely to be clinically complex with multifactorial health and social care needs where a person centred and pragmatic approach is needed.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team working along side a dedicated GP, nurses, AHPs, and case coordinators.
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy: MPharm (or equivalent prior to 2002)
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification to at least diploma level/CPPE PCPE pathway
- Takes personal responsibility for Continuing Professional Development as evidenced by portfolio
- Uses reflective practice for personal and professional development
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification
- Independent Prescribing Qualification or working towards this qualification
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of clinical pharmacy, medicines information and prescribing advice
- Experience of working in secondary care or in a multidisciplinary environment s
- Experience of training
- Experience of audit technique
Desirable
- Primary care experience including Community Services
- Experience with Care of the Elderly/Frailty patients
- Project management experience oExperience with line management
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
- Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues faced in primary and secondary care
- Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written including presentation skills and report writing
- Team player but able to work independently
- Demonstrates initiative
- Demonstrates excellent decision-making skills and can understand complex information
- Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret clinical and financial data.
- Good problem-solving skills
- Good inter-personal skills and ability to build relationships
- Ability to provide succinct and objective advice
- To manage own time, prioritise workload effectively and work to tight deadlines
- Computer literate - working knowledge of office applications, internet, email and electronic diary systems
- Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against objectives
- Ability to command and deal sensitively with emotive situations and be seen as credible by professional colleagues
- Can identify and manage risks and evaluate quality of own work and service
- Ability to adapt to different working environments
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy: MPharm (or equivalent prior to 2002)
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification to at least diploma level/CPPE PCPE pathway
- Takes personal responsibility for Continuing Professional Development as evidenced by portfolio
- Uses reflective practice for personal and professional development
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification
- Independent Prescribing Qualification or working towards this qualification
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of clinical pharmacy, medicines information and prescribing advice
- Experience of working in secondary care or in a multidisciplinary environment s
- Experience of training
- Experience of audit technique
Desirable
- Primary care experience including Community Services
- Experience with Care of the Elderly/Frailty patients
- Project management experience oExperience with line management
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
- Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues faced in primary and secondary care
- Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written including presentation skills and report writing
- Team player but able to work independently
- Demonstrates initiative
- Demonstrates excellent decision-making skills and can understand complex information
- Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret clinical and financial data.
- Good problem-solving skills
- Good inter-personal skills and ability to build relationships
- Ability to provide succinct and objective advice
- To manage own time, prioritise workload effectively and work to tight deadlines
- Computer literate - working knowledge of office applications, internet, email and electronic diary systems
- Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against objectives
- Ability to command and deal sensitively with emotive situations and be seen as credible by professional colleagues
- Can identify and manage risks and evaluate quality of own work and service
- Ability to adapt to different working environments
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
