Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Elderly Care

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a dedicated pharmacist passionate about elderly care. Join a leading NHS Trust and play a pivotal role in optimizing medicines for a complex polypharmacy population. This position involves supporting medical and nursing teams, leading initiatives in deprescribing, and training junior pharmacists. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this forward-thinking organization values your contributions and fosters a supportive environment. If you're ready to make an impact in elderly care and advance your career in a modern healthcare setting, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner.
• Evidence of continuous professional development and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical pharmacy service to elderly care wards.
• Training junior pharmacists and reviewing expenditure reports.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Continuous Professional Development

Medicines Optimisation

Pharmacy Practice Research

Education

Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc

Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Independent Prescriber

Formal Management Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Main area: Pharmacy Grade Band 8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (across a 7-day working rota with a maximum weekend commitment of 1 in 4; usual shift Monday to Friday 9 – 4.50)

Job ref: 205-877828

Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Royal Stoke University Hospital

Town: Stoke on Trent

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Elderly Care

Band 8a

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge and are passionate about the area of elderly care?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the elderly care team and support this complex polypharmacy and rapidly growing population group.

You will lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and deprescribing within the elderly care specialty, supporting medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.

Main duties of the job

1. Providing a clinical pharmacy service to the elderly care wards including ward round attendance to support medicines optimisation and deprescribing initiatives for the polypharmacy population.
2. Training and development of rotational junior and trainee pharmacists in elderly care.
3. Reviewing adverse incident reports and educating medical and nursing teams on pharmaceutical issues.
4. Reviewing expenditure reports and developing cost improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details please see the attached job description and person specification, this details the qualifications and experience needed for this role.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications

• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
• Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Formal management and/or leadership qualification

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties.
• Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting.
• Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD).
• Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet.
• High standard of oral and written (including report writing) communication skills with attention to detail.
• Able to demonstrate good leadership skills.
• Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel.
• IT skills and knowledge of the digital medicines agenda.
• Clinical pharmacy experience within elderly care and an enthusiasm to develop this.
• Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit.
• Publication of research in a peer-reviewed journal.

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Name: Helen Haley

Job title: Clinical Lead Pharmacist for General Medicine

Email address: [emailprotected]

Telephone number: 01782 674536