Frailty Medicines Optimisation Specialist Pharmacist

Kent Community Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Aylesford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Frailty to join the Integrated Pharmacy Team in Ashford. You will provide safe and effective medicines optimisation services to patients referred to IPT and to community hospital sites, offering pharmaceutical advice to a range of services.

You will develop expertise in medicines optimisation for frailty, work with multidisciplinary teams, support training, and contribute to Quality Improvement, with potential

Qualifications

• MSc in Pharmacy (entry level for pharmacy).
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Post-registration community or hospital experience.
• Understanding of practical medicines management issues in community based services.
• Commitment to mandatory continual professional development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Optimising medicines choice through medication review for patients in their own home or community hospital setting.
• Ensuring safe transfer of care into community hospitals including medicines reconciliation.
• Participation in KCHFT and primary care network (PCN) multidisciplinary team patient reviews.
• Assessment of concordance and implementation of appropriate interventions.
• Provision of legal and ethical advice as appropriate for the service provision.
• Undertaking clinical development and contributing to the development of others.
• Supporting training to staff within the pharmacy service.
• Where required undertake training to become and independent prescriber.
• Supporting and facilitating Quality Improvement (QI).
• Liaising with key stakeholders to explore identified risk areas.

Skills

Meds optimisation

GPhC registration

Post-registration experience

CPD commitment

Understanding medicines management

Education

MSc in Pharmacy

Job description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Frailty to join the Integrated Pharmacy Team in Ashford. You will provide safe and effective medicines optimisation services to patients referred to IPT and to community hospital sites, offering pharmaceutical advice to a range of services.

You will develop expertise in medicines optimisation for frailty, work with multidisciplinary teams, support training, and contribute to Quality Improvement, with potential