We are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, independently motivated pharmacist to join our team working for Northumbria Healthcare Trust Pharmacy Department, mainly based in our Hexham hub.
We provide a proactive and collaborative, high quality medicines optimisation service for frail elderly patients in care homes and their own homes, working closely with colleagues in health and social care across both the primary and secondary care sectors.
The role will provide a mix of face to face, patient-centred consultations and telephone support to patients, family members and carers as well as involvement with multidisciplinary team meetings, care home visits and ward rounds.
We need an experienced pharmacist with a clinical diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience, and a non-medical prescribing qualification would be desirable.
The postholder would mainly be based at Hexham in the West with one day working within our hub in Blyth/Central (Ashington/Newbiggin).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Working within professional boundaries to provide person-centred, evidence-based structured medication reviews for care home residents and frail elderly patients in their own homes to ensure appropriate, cost-effective and safe provision of medicines.
Targeted review of care home residents and frail elderly patients in their own homes to help minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls, complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
Close working with the multi-disciplinary team, which is likely to include attendance at care home MDT meetings. Interacting with a wide variety of health/social care professionals including, GPs, community nurses/matrons, care home staff, specialist secondary care consultants (e.g., geriatricians, Parkinson's disease specialists), the old age psychiatry team, and pharmacy colleagues in community pharmacy, GP practices and the hospital setting.
Clinical leadership and support for a team of integrated care home technicians.
Provision of expert advice, information and recommendations on medicines and prescribing.
Promote safe and effective use of medicines, minimise waste and reduce medicines related incidents/errors.
The role is patient-facing, with reviews conducted through a combination of telephone, face-to-face and video consultations with patients/residents and their families/carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the clinical pharmacy in care home and frail elderly team to help deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services within care homes in Hexham and the surrounding areas.
To complete targeted review of care home residents and frail elderly patients, to help minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls, complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
To undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own assigned areas of responsibility.
To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and those pertaining to medicines management within the community and care homes.
To participate in medical and other ward rounds as well as multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
To role model compassionate and inclusive care for our care home residents and frail elderly patients including using your clinical skills to carry out structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation improve safety and quality with regards to medications in line with local and national policies and reduce inappropriate prescribing in these often-complex patients with a strong emphasis on shared decision making with residents/family members.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1st degree - Vocational masters degree in pharmacy Previous pre-registration training Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving following appointment.
Desirable
Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
Experience and knowledge
Essential
Significant and relevant post-registration experience Experience of supervising staff
Desirable
Experience of working with primary care colleagues Experience of managing staff
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
We provide a proactive and collaborative, high quality medicines optimisation service for frail elderly patients in care homes and their own homes, working closely with colleagues in health and social care across both the primary and secondary care sectors.
The role will provide a mix of face to face, patient-centred consultations and telephone support to patients, family members and carers as well as involvement with multidisciplinary team meetings, care home visits and ward rounds.
We need an experienced pharmacist with a clinical diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience, and a non-medical prescribing qualification would be desirable.
The postholder would mainly be based at Hexham in the West with one day working within our hub in Blyth/Central (Ashington/Newbiggin).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Working within professional boundaries to provide person-centred, evidence-based structured medication reviews for care home residents and frail elderly patients in their own homes to ensure appropriate, cost-effective and safe provision of medicines.
Targeted review of care home residents and frail elderly patients in their own homes to help minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls, complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
Close working with the multi-disciplinary team, which is likely to include attendance at care home MDT meetings. Interacting with a wide variety of health/social care professionals including, GPs, community nurses/matrons, care home staff, specialist secondary care consultants (e.g., geriatricians, Parkinson's disease specialists), the old age psychiatry team, and pharmacy colleagues in community pharmacy, GP practices and the hospital setting.
Clinical leadership and support for a team of integrated care home technicians.
Provision of expert advice, information and recommendations on medicines and prescribing.
Promote safe and effective use of medicines, minimise waste and reduce medicines related incidents/errors.
The role is patient-facing, with reviews conducted through a combination of telephone, face-to-face and video consultations with patients/residents and their families/carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the clinical pharmacy in care home and frail elderly team to help deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services within care homes in Hexham and the surrounding areas.
To complete targeted review of care home residents and frail elderly patients, to help minimise risk at transfer of care including those patients who have recurrent falls, complex polypharmacy, swallowing difficulties and those taking high risk medicines.
To undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own assigned areas of responsibility.
To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and those pertaining to medicines management within the community and care homes.
To participate in medical and other ward rounds as well as multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
To role model compassionate and inclusive care for our care home residents and frail elderly patients including using your clinical skills to carry out structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation improve safety and quality with regards to medications in line with local and national policies and reduce inappropriate prescribing in these often-complex patients with a strong emphasis on shared decision making with residents/family members.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1st degree - Vocational masters degree in pharmacy Previous pre-registration training Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving following appointment.
Desirable
Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
Experience and knowledge
Essential
Significant and relevant post-registration experience Experience of supervising staff
Desirable
Experience of working with primary care colleagues Experience of managing staff
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
