Senior Pharmacist for Care of Older Adults

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic senior clinical pharmacist who is keen to support medicines optimisation of older adults with complex disease. The post holder will be responsible for the senior oversight of the Care of Older Adults Directorate. They post holder will also participate in multidisciplinary team working on wards and in clinics, delivering high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.

The individual will act as a clinical role model within the Pharmacy department and supervise junior and pharmacy support staff at ward level. The post holder will be responsible for the delivery and further development of pharmacy services to the Care of Older Adults Directorate.

At RWT we are passionate about developing and training our Pharmacy workforce and identifying new ways of working. This role is a unique opportunity to further develop your leadership abilities, whilst still maintaining a high level of clinical practice. You will have the support of an experienced Pharmacy Leadership Team. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their own skills through mentorship and training and education.

We have well established links with the clinical teams and work closely to provide clinical support for our patients to achieve optimal care.

We welcome applications from candidates who:

• Have recent and relevant experience working as a clinical pharmacist in secondary care.
• Have a passion for Care of Older Adult medicine

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical and directorate support to the Care of Older Adults Directorate and wards. The directorate is located across all 3 sites at RWT.

Support the Principal pharmacists for Division 2 with developing relevant clinical services and the Principal pharmacist for Division 3 in the provision of clinical input to virtual wards.

To provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice to patients and liaise with the consultants and nursing teams to support safe and appropriate prescribing in this patient group.

To ensure that developments in the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to patients who are treated in line with the strategic direction for the development of clinical pharmacy services within the Trust.

To continuously monitor the drug expenditure against budgets for the Care of Older Adults Directorate. To analyse expenditure information, seeking and investigating changing trends and making recommendations for savings, without compromising patient care, to appropriate consultants and departments. To assist consultants and departments in implementing the agreed changes required to make cost savings.

To manage any medicine-related switch schemes or CIPs that may arise, in conjunction with the wider pharmacy and Care of Older Adults teams ensuring as far as possible a safe, efficient and comprehensive service.

To work under the supervision of the Principal Pharmacist for Division 2 (medicine).

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.

We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.