Senior Pharmacist for Care of Older Adults

NHS; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the West Midlands is seeking a Senior Pharmacist for Care of Older Adults. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing clinical pharmacy services, ensuring safe and effective medication use among older patients. You will supervise staff, participate in multidisciplinary care teams, and work closely with various clinical departments. The role requires significant experience in clinical pharmacy and a passion for elderly medicine. Join a supportive environment that values diversity and leadership development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC to practice.
• Significant post-registrational experience required.
• Experience in supervision, training, and assessment of staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support to the Care of Older Adults Directorate and wards.
• Liaise with consultants and nursing teams for safe prescribing.
• Monitor drug expenditure against budgets for the directorate.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy expertise

Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams

Supervision and training of staff

Knowledge of General and Older Adult Medicine

Education

Pharmacist registered with the GPhC

Post Graduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent

Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards this qualification

Job description

Senior Pharmacist for Care of Older Adults

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic senior clinical pharmacist who is keen to support medicines optimisation of older adults with complex disease. The post holder will be responsible for the senior oversight of the Care of Older Adults Directorate. They post holder will also participate in multidisciplinary team working on wards and in clinics, delivering high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.

The individual will act as a clinical role model within the Pharmacy department and supervise junior and pharmacy support staff at ward level. The post holder will be responsible for the delivery and further development of pharmacy services to the Care of Older Adults Directorate.

At RWT we are passionate about developing and training our Pharmacy workforce and identifying new ways of working. This role is a unique opportunity to further develop your leadership abilities, whilst still maintaining a high level of clinical practice. You will have the support of an experienced Pharmacy Leadership Team. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their own skills through mentorship and training and education.

We have well established links with the clinical teams and work closely to provide clinical support for our patients to achieve optimal care.

We welcome applications from candidates who:

• Have recent and relevant experience working as a clinical pharmacist in secondary care.
• Have a passion for Care of Older Adult medicine

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical and directorate support to the Care of Older Adults Directorate and wards. The directorate is located across all 3 sites at RWT.

Support the Principal pharmacists for Division 2 with developing relevant clinical services and the Principal pharmacist for Division 3 in the provision of clinical input to virtual wards.

To provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice to patients and liaise with the consultants and nursing teams to support safe and appropriate prescribing in this patient group.

To ensure that developments in the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to patients who are treated in line with the strategic direction for the development of clinical pharmacy services within the Trust.

To continuously monitor the drug expenditure against budgets for the Care of Older Adults Directorate. To analyse expenditure information, seeking and investigating changing trends and making recommendations for savings, without compromising patient care, to appropriate consultants and departments. To assist consultants and departments in implementing the agreed changes required to make cost savings.

To manage any medicine-related switch schemes or CIPs that may arise, in conjunction with the wider pharmacy and Care of Older Adults teams ensuring as far as possible a safe, efficient and comprehensive service.

To work under the supervision of the Principal Pharmacist for Division 2 (medicine).

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.

We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualification

• Pharmacist registered with the GPhC
• Post Graduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent
• Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards this qualification (score 2 if course ongoingt)

Experience and skills

• Significant post registrational experience
• Knowledge and experience of General and Older Adult Medicine
• Able to work in multidisciplinary teams and independently.
• Experience in supervising, training and assessing staff
• Experience working in an outpatient clinic

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.