Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Pharmacist)- Community Treatment Team

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Pharmacist) in the Community Treatment Team. This role is vital in providing pharmaceutical care to patients with acute physical needs, ensuring safe medication management, and supporting treatment plans in a community setting. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to prevent hospital admissions and empower patients towards self-care. With a commitment to staff development and a supportive work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care while advancing your professional skills in a CQC rated Good organization. Embrace this chance to contribute to the health and well-being of your community.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Health and wellbeing activities

Professional development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent and registration with the GPhC required.
• Substantial clinical pharmacy experience in acute settings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical care for patients with acute physical conditions.
• Ensure safe medication management and support treatment plans.

Skills

Demonstration of trust values

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Basic IT skills

Organise and prioritise workload

Lead and motivate a team

Delivering training

Clinical audits management

Attention to detail

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Postgraduate clinical diploma in physical health

Registration with the GPhC

Advanced clinical practitioner qualification

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Pharmacist)- Community Treatment Team

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Community Treatment Team
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 395-CC044-25

Site: Goodmayes Hospital
Town: Ilford
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum plus HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job overview

The Community Treatment Team (CTT) at Barking & Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge within the North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) supports adults with acute physical needs who may be treated safely at home. The service plays a crucial role in preventing hospital admissions for patients facing an acute physical health crisis.

The advanced clinical pharmacist will join the dynamic team to provide pharmaceutical care for patients. The post will be operating with an appropriate level of clinical supervision from the medical team and the wider MDT as well as a senior pharmacist. It is a requirement to be a non-medical prescriber, and the service will review how this can be utilised within the MDT.

Main duties of the job

The pharmacist works within a multidisciplinary team to provide pharmaceutical care for patients with an acute physical condition. Their role involves ensuring safe and effective medication management, reviewing prescriptions, advising on drug interactions, supporting treatment plans for patients in the community setting and facilitating discharge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Contribute to admission avoidance through a multidisciplinary team approach and case management.
2. Work across professional and geographical boundaries to support vulnerable patients with their medicines needs.
3. Provide highly specialist medicines management support and training for GPs, nurses, and other members of the multi-disciplinary teams.
4. Empower and encourage self-care and independence by implementing robust self-administration support processes.
5. Carry out physical observations, phlebotomy and undertake clinical examinations within areas of competence.

Person specification

Skills

• Demonstration of trust values
• Demonstrates CPD
• Basic IT skills
• Organise and prioritise workload
• Lead and motivate a team
• Delivering training
• Experience of performing and managing clinical audits
• Attention to detail, accuracy and numeracy skills

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Postgraduate clinical diploma in physical health
• Registration with the GPhC
• Advanced clinical practitioner qualification

Experience

• Substantial clinical pharmacy experience post qualification including acute hospital setting
• Experience in frailty, geriatrics, general medicine and community services

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.