Job summary
- Main area
- Community Health Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 249-6200645
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Orbital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £43,742 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Urgent Response and NHS@Home Pharmacist
Band 8a
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist who will embrace working within the community setting within Swindon. We are looking for a Senior Pharmacist (band 8a) but would also consider a development position (band 7-8a) if this is something you are looking towards.
You will be a Senior Pharmacist supporting the exciting Urgent Response and NHS@Home service in Swindon which incorporates Virtual Wards. A virtual ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care providing treatment and care in a patient’s own home. This supports early discharge out of hospital and prevents avoidable admissions. You will provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to virtual ward patients, optimising medicines and ensuring agreed changes in medication are implemented and sustained. This could involve remote consultations, home visits and attending multidisciplinary team meetings. You will be involved in developing and delivering safe and effective pathways of care to patients for a range of conditions. You will also be a key part of a collaborative approach to virtual wards across the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board (ICB).
As a Senior Pharmacist you may be required to support the wider pharmacy team within Great Western Hospitals as the needs require. This may include clinical pharmacy ward and dispensary support. Please see the job description for further details.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out medicine reviews virtually and face to face in patient homes, as necessary
- Work as an independent prescriber (when trained), optimising medicines and promoting appropriate evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing
- Utilise clinical assessment skills, where competent and appropriate, to support clinical review of patients within the Virtual ward
- Provide professional advice and support during consultant and multidisciplinary Virtual Ward rounds
- Assist in the management of prescribing across the primary/secondary care interface to promote a unified and coordinated approach
- Developing the pharmacy virtual ward service, in line with national standards
- Support patients and their carers in respect of their medication, including education for patients/carers and medicines advice to health and social care providers
- Support and develop the admission and discharge process to and from Urgent Response and NHS@Home services to ensure safe transfer of care in relation to medicines.
- Co-ordinate the day-to-day activities of the pharmacy service, supervising and line managing pharmacy technicians and rotational pharmacists within the service.
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Lead, develop and oversee the clinical pharmacy service provided to the Urgent Response and NHS@Home services
- Responsibility for leading pharmacy input into the Urgent Response and NHS@Home service at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Support and address a range of pharmaceutical care needs for patients, such as prescribing or deprescribing, medicines reconciliation, medication review, medicines adherence assessments, ensuring timely medicine supply, antimicrobial stewardship, and therapeutic drug monitoring for patients within these services
- Support the delivery of other domiciliary medicines optimisation services as new care models emerge and participates in the delivery of other community clinical pharmacy services as required
- To deputise and support the Lead Pharmacist for Integrated Community Services
Please see the attached job description for full information.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experiential practice
- Independent Prescribing annotation or desire to complete qualification
- Keeping professionally up to date including CPD
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement training
- Relevant national and regional training courses
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practice as clinical pharmacist.
- Experience of managing a team.
- Experience of leading on the incorporation of NHS priorities for pharmacy and medicines management in practice
- Proven track record of service development.
- Knowledge and clear understanding of relevant regulations, guidance and quality standards
Desirable criteria
- Experience managing pharmacy section or service.
- Evidence of published research.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to lead and motivate a team and drive change.
- Assertive yet friendly
- Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and colleagues of all grades and disciplines.
- Good initiative, planning and time management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including presentation skills.
- Able to apply advanced clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge in practice
Desirable criteria
- Able to compile business cases and successfully negotiate for resources
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
- Joanne Clarke
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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