Advanced Pharmacist - Virtual Ward

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a Lead Pharmacist Prescriber to manage the provision of comprehensive clinical pharmacy services within the Virtual Ward. You will be embedded in the multidisciplinary team caring for respiratory, cardiology and frailty patients and will help advance clinical and pharmaceutical pathways.

The role requires extensive clinical pharmacy knowledge, strong communication and negotiation skills, and experience supervising staff.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
• Registered with GPhC.
• Clinical qualification at postgraduate diploma level or significant relevant clinical experience.
• Registered as independent prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Lead provision and development of clinical pharmacy services across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW).
• Attend Medicine Governance meetings and support Medicines Management Team to deliver strategic objectives.
• Be a key MDT member for virtual ward.
• Support development of clinical/pharmaceutical pathways for virtual ward.
• Supervise staff and provide education and training.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Leadership

Communication

Education/training

Negotiation

Policy development

Education

Masters in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

Postgraduate diploma or clinical experience

Independent prescriber

Tools

Pharmacy software

Microsoft Office & video conferencing

Job description

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Main area Advanced Pharmacist Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexibility to work across our sites throughout Shropshire. Following induction and training, there will also be opportunities for hybrid working, including some remote working, to support a healthy work-life balance. Part-time hours also considered.) Job ref 825-8061281-OPS-A

Site Vickers House Town Telford Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/09/2026 23:59

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Job overview

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust has made exciting progress with their Virtual Ward, which is continuing to grow, and as a result, we are now ready to add more Pharmacists. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Pharmacist Prescriber wishing to hone their skills for managing frailty. Our Clinical Pharmacy Service is well established and provides high-quality care across a variety of specialties. Are you ready to be at the forefront of innovative service development?

In this role, you will be a lead Pharmacist for the provision of comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to the Virtual Wards. You will be embedded in the multidisciplinary team providing care to respiratory, cardiology, and frailty patients in the Virtual Wards. In addition, you will support further development of clinical and pharmaceutical pathways.

We are looking for someone who has extensive clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience, and the ability to work with a multidisciplinary team. You will need to have excellent communication, clinical, and negotiation skills, as well as experience of supervising other staff and providing education and training.

This role offers flexibility, with the potential to work evenings and, occasionally, weekends, making it suitable for individuals seeking a role that fits around other commitments or interests.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the provision and further development of clinical pharmacy services across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW).
• In conjunction with the principal pharmacist, attend and actively participate in Medicine Governance meetings and to work collaboratively with the Medicines Management Team to support delivery of the departmental vision and associated strategic objectives.
• Be a key member of the multidisciplinary team in relation to virtual ward.
• Support development of the virtual ward which provides an alternative clinical pathway for respiratory and frailty patients and those with long term conditions.
• Advise the Principal Pharmacist of any new developments within the Community Services to ensure that the Pharmacy continues to evolve and meets the changing requirements of clinical governance and medicines optimisation.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the role, please see the attached document entitled job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
• Registered with GPhC.
• Clinical qualification at postgraduate diploma level or significant relevant clinical experience.
• Registered as independent prescriber.

Experience

• Pharmacist with hospital or primary care experience.
• Be able to illustrate ability to work with other professionals from the multi-disciplinary team.
• Thorough knowledge of medicines legislation.

Knowledge

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skill.
• Have an understanding of the purpose of strategic development and to be able to develop appropriate policies and systems.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for acute and long-term conditions.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to senior staff or heads of service when appropriate.
• Ability to produce timely and informative high-level reports.
• Fully computer literate including video conferencing and able to communicate complex information in appropriate for Microsoft office for report writing.
• Knowledge of pharmacy software.
• To be able to organise, plan and deliver complex activities on time and manage own workload and co-ordinate the workload of others.
• To have a high level of reporting and policy writing skills.
• To have knowledge and understanding of confidential information management.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

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