Care Home Practice Pharmacist – Medicines Optimisation

West London Mental Health Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 86,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is recruiting a Pharmacist to join the Care Home GP Practice, part of Ealing Community Partners, providing enhanced primary care services to nursing and residential care homes. The post involves patient-facing clinical reviews, medicines optimisation, and support for the prescription system within a multi-disciplinary team.

The role supports care home residents with polypharmacy and multi-morbidity, with service delivery from 8am–8pm, seven days a week, contributing to

Qualifications

• Pharmacist registered with the appropriate regulatory body.
• Experience in primary care or care homes preferred.
• Ability to perform clinical medication reviews and medicines optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical medication reviews to manage polypharmacy, especially for older residents.
• Support the repeat prescriptions system and acute prescription requests.
• Perform medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and support safer prescribing.
• Provide clinical advice on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Contribute to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Clinical reviews

Polypharmacy management

Care home support

Education

Pharmacist degree

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

West London NHS Trust is recruiting a Pharmacist to join the Care Home GP Practice, part of Ealing Community Partners, providing enhanced primary care services to nursing and residential care homes. The post involves patient-facing clinical reviews, medicines optimisation, and support for the prescription system within a multi-disciplinary team.

The role supports care home residents with polypharmacy and multi-morbidity, with service delivery from 8am–8pm, seven days a week, contributing to