Advanced Specialist Pharmacist For Elderly Care & Frailty

Overview

Are you a pharmacist seeking a greater sense of purpose and looking to make positive interventions with patients and other healthcare professionals? If you are looking for a rewarding clinically-focused career in hospital pharmacy, look no further! At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to this vision and are passionate about supporting pharmacists who are willing to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on this exciting journey.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, patient-focused and motivated clinical pharmacist with specialist knowledge to manage the service provision and pharmacy team within the Elderly Care & Frailty Clinical Service Line. The post holder will lead in all aspects of medicines optimisation to the Elderly Care & Frailty areas at the Luton site and will further develop Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's well-established role in the transfer of care around medication and the Discharge Medicines Service.

You will have the opportunity to further develop close working relationships with Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Integrated Discharge Team, PCNs, CCGs and community pharmacies by ensuring safe discharge of patients and continuity of care.

As a GDE exemplar site, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a digitally advanced Trust with ePMA in place since 2015, an Automated Dispensing System on each site, and a wide range of other innovative digital solutions. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have an excellent support network for pharmacists of all grades and are unwavering in Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's commitment to your personal development.

Main Duties of the Job

• Supervise and be a role model for other pharmacists in leading, planning, and developing an advanced specialist clinical pharmacy service in line with the priorities of the Elderly Care & Frailty Service Line.
• Be responsible for delivering defined service Key Performance Indicators and work closely with other Lead Pharmacists.
• Deliver specialist pharmaceutical care, including non-medical prescribing to a defined caseload of patients, ensuring compliance with local and national clinical guidance.
• Support the Principal Pharmacist in meeting risk, financial management, and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
• Lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialty, actively participating in projects that support patient safety.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, acting as a professional role model to all clinical pharmacy staff.

About Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. You will be joining a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's region, you will have access to a high-quality training and development program to help you grow your career.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have state-of-the-art facilities placing Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the heart of cutting-edge healthcare, committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Job Responsibilities

Qualifications:

Essential Criteria:

• Bachelor/Master of Pharmacy degree
• GPhC pharmacist registration
• Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Independent Prescribing qualification (or willing to undertake)

Desirable Criteria:

• Accredited Diploma tutor or Educational Supervisor
• Member of the RPS
• Stage II RPS Faculty Member (MIIFRPS)
• Post graduate Masters in Pharmacy
• Management courses
• Quality Improvement Training
• Train the trainer qualification

Experience:

Essential Criteria:

• Significant experience in providing clinical services to Older People and/or Frailty units.
• Experience of influencing members of the multidisciplinary team in delivering patient care.
• Demonstrable evidence of undertaking research and audit to improve patient care.
• Experience of staff line management and training.

Desirable Criteria:

• Presentation to trust-wide meetings
• Research experience
• Experience of delivering education and training to various healthcare professionals