Pharmacist PCN/ARRS

West London NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is recruiting a pharmacist to join the Care Home GP Practice. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering enhanced primary care to nursing and residential homes across Ealing, with a focus on medication reviews and polypharmacy management.

The post involves collaboration with GPs, nurses, and care home staff, supporting prescribing, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care, and medicines optimisation as part of a transformation programme within Ealing

Qualifications

• Pharmacist to provide clinical medicines advice within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience with polypharmacy in care home settings is preferred.
• Strong capability in medicines optimisation and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical medication reviews to manage polypharmacy in residents.
• Support repeat prescriptions and medicines reconciliation on transfers.
• Provide advice on clinical medicines issues to care home staff.
• Contribute to medicines optimisation and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Clinical medication reviews

Polypharmacy management

Care home support

Education

Pharmacist degree

Job description

Thank you for your interest in this post for as aCare Home Practice Foundation Pharmacistin the Care Home GP Practice.

The Care Home GP Practice is part of Ealing Community Partners (ECP) and provides an enhanced primary care service to Care Homes (Nursing and Residential) across Ealing. The team includes GPs, Pharmacists, Nurses, Advanced Practitioners and Administrators and the service is provided 8am - 8pm 7 days per week.

The service works closely with colleagues across ECP and Ealing's Borough Based Partnership teams as well as Care Home providers with the aim of providing an integrated approach to the care available to the residents.

The service has transferred to the Trust, from a previous subcontracted arrangement, and this will give the opportunity to explore the current and future delivery of the service via a transformation programme.

The ECP Care Home GP Practice providesenhancedprimarycareservices for over 1000 patients in nursing homes and care homes in the borough of Ealing.

The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient‑facing role. The post holder will assist in areas of patient care and chronic disease management within the care home practice, undertaking clinical medication reviews to manage patients especially for polypharmacy, older people, residential and nursing home residents with multiple co‑morbidities.

The post holder will provide support to pharmacy team and care home general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing advice on clinical medicines issues while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in primary care.

The post holder will provide clinical advice on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.