Senior Specialist Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

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Job summary

Senior Specialist Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

Division: Unplanned & Integrated Care

Care Group: Diagnostics & Clinical Support Services

Band: 8a

Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Week Commencing 6th June 2023

We are recruiting for a Senior Specialist Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The Frailty Directorate is undergoing as exciting expansion with the development of a Frailty 7-day Same-Day Emergency Care service and Rapid Access Care of the Elderly clinics. This role would be supporting the development of an Integrated Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Network.

We as a team are keen to focus on continuous improvement of our services for the benefit of our patients and welcome new ideas and opportunities. We aim to continuously upskill and develop our workforce and currently pharmacy assistants on ward areas supporting with medicines management including dispensing on wards, and medication supply checks for discharges, improving safety and reducing waste.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As part of multi-disciplinary team within the frailty team providing a 7 day patient facing clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation within the trust in an exciting new Frailty Pathway, including partaking in research opportunities.

Providing safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & improve adherence and patients understanding of medicines

Together there will be structures to expand the team, work on improving patient flow and optimising patient care through medicines management across sectors. This will include involvement in post-take ward rounds, clinics and joining up care with our interface, Primary Care Network (PCN) and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams. The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty team also provide and deliver training, undertake clinical audit and service evaluations, contributing to service planning and development.

As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.

Job description
Job responsibilities

As part of multi-disciplinary team within the frailty team providing a 7 day patient facing clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation within the trust in an exciting new Frailty Pathway, including partaking in research opportunities.

Providing safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & improve adherence and patients understanding of medicines

Together there will be structures to expand the team, work on improving patient flow and optimising patient care through medicines management across sectors. This will include involvement in post-take ward rounds, clinics and joining up care with our interface, Primary Care Network (PCN) and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams. The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty team also provide and deliver training, undertake clinical audit and service evaluations, contributing to service planning and development.

As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
• Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
• Good core therapeutic knowledge

Experience

Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds

Values Based Question

Essential

• Give an example of when you have acted as a role model

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
• Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
• Good core therapeutic knowledge

Experience

Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds

Values Based Question

Essential

• Give an example of when you have acted as a role model

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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Additional information
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

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