Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Over 3 days)
- Job ref
- 241-245FD-26
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Castle hill centre
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacist- Integrated Community Services
7
Job overview
Are you looking for a new wide ranging pharmacy experience? The ICSD Pharmacy Team plays a significant role in supporting patients following an acute hospital discharge or to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital during periods of acute illness.
The role will include working as part of a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Consultants, specialist doctors, Nurses, Pharmacy, Therapists, Social workers, Support Workers and other colleagues within Local Authority. We also work closely with independent providers of care providing training around medication.
The ICSD Pharmacy team also works closely with Community Pharmacy, ICB and the acute pharmacy team at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We recognise that effective collaboration is the cornerstone to the safe and effective use of medicines and therefore more positive patient outcomes.
The objective of the service is to offer patients the best opportunity to maximise their potential for regaining independence, and therefore relies on an integrated and committed multidisciplinary team to deliver the shared goal.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to:
- Provide better co-ordinated care for these patients
- Identify the medicines management needs of the patients within the ICSD
- Reduce hospital admissions / re-admissions by being proactive
- Reduce patient anxiety relating to medicines usage following hospital admission
- Improve medicine safety
- Improve medication compliance
- Reduce medication wastage
- Avoid duplication of use of services
- Support the delivery of other services within ICSD
Working for our organisation
Vision
We have a plan that will deliver excellent health and care for future generations, working with partners to ensure our services are sustainable.
We make decisions that are best for long term health and social care outcomes for our communities
- Openness
We communicate clearly to our patients, families and our staff with transparency and honesty
We encourage feedback from everyone to help drive innovation and Improvement
- Integrity
We demonstrate fairness, respect and empathy in our interactions with people
We take responsibility for our actions, speaking out and learning from our mistakes
- Compassion
We take a person-centred approach in all our interactions with patients, families and our staff
We provide compassionate care and demonstrate understanding to everyone
- Excellence
We put quality and safety at the heart of all our services and processes
We continuously improve our standards of healthcare with the patient in mind
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide specialised pharmaceutical advice and education to patients/carers and other health professionals
- Advise on therapeutic drug level monitoring for specific drugs
- To support safe and cost effective delivery of pharmaceutical services in bed based services and domiciliary care
- To provide assessment of patients ability to self-medicate and offer advice and guidance on self-management strategies for individuals
- To carry out follow up domiciliary visits to patients where reviewing patients’ medicines and recommending processes to improve medicines optimisation ensuring all medicines are fit for purpose and appropriate
- Ensure medicines related incidents are reported ensuring that appropriate learning is implemented
- Assist in providing clinical training and supervision of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy
- Registered as a Pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Confident when dealing with staff of other disciplines at all levels of seniority & in a variety of disciplines
- Good all round clinical knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop clinical services / patient care.
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate diploma in clinical or community pharmacy.
- NMP
- Experience of root cause analysis and risk management
- Demonstrable leadership skills & ability.
communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
Desirable criteria
- Teaching / training experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Cook
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Pharmacist ICSD
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917837318
- Additional information
01204 337693
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