Specialist Pharmacist - Frailty

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Specialist Pharmacist in Frailty, where you will play a crucial role in developing innovative care pathways. This position offers the opportunity to enhance patient outcomes through effective medicines management and collaboration with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team. You will be involved in exciting projects that aim to optimise patient care and improve safety while reducing waste. Embrace a culture of continuous improvement and professional development in an environment that values boldness, inclusivity, and teamwork. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Continuous professional development

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy and ward practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective use of medicines in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Support Medicines Optimisation within the trust and improve patient care.

Skills

Pharmacy Practice

Medicines Management

Clinical Audit

Patient Care

Education

Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

Specialist Pharmacist-Frailty

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics & Clinical Support Services

Band: 8a

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Week Commencing 26th May 2025

We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist-Frailtywho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The Frailty Directorate is undergoing as exciting expansion with the development of a Frailty 7-day Same-Day Emergency Care service and Rapid Access Care of the Elderly clinics. This role would be supporting the development of an Integrated Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Network.

We as a team are keen to focus on continuous improvement of our services for the benefit of our patients and welcome new ideas and opportunities. We aim to continuously upskill and develop our workforce and currently pharmacy assistants on ward areas supporting with medicines management including dispensing on wards, and medication supply checks for discharges, improving safety and reducing waste.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Details Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

275-2505SP-FRA

Job locations

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Job description Job responsibilities

As part of multi-disciplinary team within the frailty team providing a 7 day patient facing clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation within the trust in an exciting new Frailty Pathway, including partaking in research opportunities.

Providing safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & improve adherence and patients understanding of medicines

Together there will be structures to expand the team, work on improving patient flow and optimising patient care through medicines management across sectors. This will include involvement in post-take ward rounds, clinics and joining up care with our interface, Primary Care Network (PCN) and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams. The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty team also provide and deliver training, undertake clinical audit and service evaluations, contributing to service planning and development.

As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.

Job description Job responsibilities

As part of multi-disciplinary team within the frailty team providing a 7 day patient facing clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation within the trust in an exciting new Frailty Pathway, including partaking in research opportunities.

Providing safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & improve adherence and patients understanding of medicines

Together there will be structures to expand the team, work on improving patient flow and optimising patient care through medicines management across sectors. This will include involvement in post-take ward rounds, clinics and joining up care with our interface, Primary Care Network (PCN) and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams. The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty team also provide and deliver training, undertake clinical audit and service evaluations, contributing to service planning and development.

As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
• Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)

Knowledge Essential

• Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
• Good core therapeutic knowledge

Experience Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds

Values Based Question Essential

• Give an example of when you have acted as a role model

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
• Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)

Knowledge Essential

• Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
• Good core therapeutic knowledge

Experience Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds

Values Based Question Essential

• Give an example of when you have acted as a role model

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)