Advanced Pharmacist - Transfer to Assess/Complex Discharge Services

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy services for Transfer to Assess and Complex Discharge patients. The role requires a MPharm degree, experience in UK clinical pharmacy, and excellent communication skills. This permanent part-time position offers a salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 pro rata per annum, alongside benefits such as generous annual leave and various financial schemes.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance services

Local financial advice from Stockport Credit Union

Qualifications

• Advanced level of clinical knowledge required.
• Experience in Clinical Pharmacy services in a UK hospital is essential.
• Evidence of use of clinical IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialised clinical pharmacy service.
• Co-ordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure pharmaceutical service facilitates early discharge.
• Plan daily delivery of pharmacy service to the Bluebell unit.

Skills

Verbal and written English skills

Highly developed communication skills

Education

Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Postgraduate UK Diploma or higher in Clinical Pharmacy

Annotation to the GPhC Pharmacist Register as an independent non-medical prescriber

Job description

Advanced Pharmacist - Transfer to Assess/Complex Discharge Services

The successful applicant will be responsible as an advanced specialist for leading and providing safe, efficient and cost-effective clinical pharmacy services to Transfer to Assess and Complex Discharge patients at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure rationalisation of medication particularly for complex patients with polypharmacy, including rationalising medication timing to aid patient concordance for self-managed medication, and to help reduce the number of care calls required for patients with managed medication.
• To liaise with the community health care teams about the patient's needs including ongoing monitoring requirements
• To provide support and medication advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• To use the skills as a pharmacist prescriber to write discharge prescriptions to meet service needs

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

• To provide a highly specialised clinical pharmacy service.
• Co-ordinate with the multidisciplinary teams to identify patients requiring pharmacy input
• To ensure the pharmaceutical service facilitates early discharge where appropriate
• To plan the day-to-day delivery of the pharmacy service to the Bluebell unit.
• To work across traditional boundaries e.g. primary / secondary care to provide seamless care.
• To use the skills as a pharmacist prescriber to write discharge prescriptions to meet service needs
• To participate in the pharmacy departments on call and out of hours pharmacy services rota as and when required.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Postgraduate UK Diploma or higher (MSc or Doctorate) in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent or relevant experience
• Annotation to the GPhC Pharmacist Register as an independent non-medical prescriber

Knowledge

• Advanced level of clinical knowledge
• Evidence of use of clinical IT systems

Experience

• Experience in Clinical Pharmacy services in a UK hospital
• Experience in delivering training.
• Previous experience of working in a clinic setting

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrate a good level of verbal and written English.
• Highly developed communication skills

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata per annum

Permanent, Part-time