Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend working required on a rota basis)
Job ref 190-8768-DIR
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Northern General Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 09/02/2025 23:59
Interview date 20/02/2025
Clinical Pharmacist Frailty Virtual Ward and Community Services
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to provide medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services to the frailty virtual ward team and community services in Sheffield. This will require enthusiasm, self-motivation, and commitment to forge excellent communication between community and secondary care teams and to help to drive the pharmacy service to the virtual ward forward. The postholder will be an independent prescriber or willing to start the course within the first year of post. The post will encompass close working with hospital pharmacy teams, community services teams, and the STH Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS). CAPS provides pharmacy support for patients in their own homes either on the virtual ward or following acute hospital discharge or to prevent avoidable admissions during periods of acute illness within STH community services. Main duties of the job
Provision of clinical pharmacy services to the frailty virtual ward and patients under the care of STH community services. Attendance at MDT meetings. Contribute to the development of the clinical pharmacy virtual ward service. Work within the Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS) alongside the lead clinical pharmacist and medicines management technicians. Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients on the virtual ward and under the care of the CAPS team. Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council Studying for Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent Qualification or evidence of equivalent experience Completed a diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent or equivalent advanced practice supported by training Registered Independent Prescriber. Experience
Experience providing pharmacy care to older people Broad clinical pharmacy experience and knowledge of therapeutics Experience of pharmacy service development and/or audit Experience of attendance at consultant MDT meetings Skills and Knowledge
Excellent communication skills; non-verbal, verbal and written Able to plan and organise own and others workload to achieve clinical objectives Ability to sustain prolonged concentration despite unpredictable workload. Able to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries Proven experience in the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate highly complex therapeutic options. Other Factors
Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to an alternative means of transport.
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NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to provide medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services to the frailty virtual ward team and community services in Sheffield. This will require enthusiasm, self-motivation, and commitment to forge excellent communication between community and secondary care teams and to help to drive the pharmacy service to the virtual ward forward. The postholder will be an independent prescriber or willing to start the course within the first year of post. The post will encompass close working with hospital pharmacy teams, community services teams, and the STH Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS). CAPS provides pharmacy support for patients in their own homes either on the virtual ward or following acute hospital discharge or to prevent avoidable admissions during periods of acute illness within STH community services. Main duties of the job
Provision of clinical pharmacy services to the frailty virtual ward and patients under the care of STH community services. Attendance at MDT meetings. Contribute to the development of the clinical pharmacy virtual ward service. Work within the Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS) alongside the lead clinical pharmacist and medicines management technicians. Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients on the virtual ward and under the care of the CAPS team. Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council Studying for Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent Qualification or evidence of equivalent experience Completed a diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent or equivalent advanced practice supported by training Registered Independent Prescriber. Experience
Experience providing pharmacy care to older people Broad clinical pharmacy experience and knowledge of therapeutics Experience of pharmacy service development and/or audit Experience of attendance at consultant MDT meetings Skills and Knowledge
Excellent communication skills; non-verbal, verbal and written Able to plan and organise own and others workload to achieve clinical objectives Ability to sustain prolonged concentration despite unpredictable workload. Able to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries Proven experience in the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate highly complex therapeutic options. Other Factors
Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to an alternative means of transport.
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