Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Advanced Pharmacist Elderly Care, Rehabilitation and Frailty

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Job summary

Are you looking for a rewarding and dynamic role where you can apply your knowledge, contribute to patient safety and be part of a multi-disciplinary team?

NHFT is looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to lead and support the delivery of a clinical pharmacy service to their community inpatient beds.

The post holder will act as clinical lead for pharmacy services to Community Beds within NHFT.Our community hospitals offer inpatient specialist services for adult patients who need 24-hour inpatient care. The service is for sub-acute medicine and a combination of medical, physical and neurological needs.

The patients may:o Have had a severe illnesso Had a decline in their health after a long-term illnesso Need medical, physical or specialist rehabilitationo Have had a stroke or a brain injuryo Require end-of-life care

This is a varied role with the successful applicant needing to work independently and within the pharmacy team. Travel between sites will be necessary and you must be able to travel independently to other bases in the Trust across Northamptonshire.

Main duties of the job

As the Advanced Pharmacist Elderly Care, Rehabilitation and Frailty your duties will include:

o To be responsible for leading, delivering and evaluating clinical pharmacy services to patients within Community Bedso To provide a clinical pharmacy service to Community Beds inpatient areas, working with other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the teamo To provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters, undertaking risk management and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and local policyo To facilitate and support the efficient and cost-effective use of medicineso To be part of the Pharmacy team and work with staff within the Pharmacy department and across the Trust, to enable the objectives of the Trust to be achievedo To cascade to the members of Community Beds decisions made by Medicines Management Committeeo To contribute to the Trust compliance with Controlled Drugs, Pharmacy procedures, Medicines Management standards, Clinical Governance and Risk Management

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TG338-CORP

Job locations

Berrywood Hospital

Duston

NN5 6UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist
MPharm degree, or equivalent pharmacy qualification
Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent level of knowledge and experience)
Evidence of recent continuing professional development

Desirable

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Independent prescriber

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience within the NHS setting
Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit
Experience of teaching, mentoring and tutoring
Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit
Experience of data collection, analysis and report writing

Desirable

Experience of prescribing within a specialty to optimise medicines for specific patient groups
Management qualification relevant to the NHS
Experience of developing and implementing medicines management policies and procedures
Experience of managing staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist
MPharm degree, or equivalent pharmacy qualification
Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent level of knowledge and experience)
Evidence of recent continuing professional development

Desirable

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Independent prescriber

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience within the NHS setting
Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit
Experience of teaching, mentoring and tutoring
Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit
Experience of data collection, analysis and report writing

Desirable

Experience of prescribing within a specialty to optimise medicines for specific patient groups
Management qualification relevant to the NHS
Experience of developing and implementing medicines management policies and procedures
Experience of managing staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.