Job summary
Specialist Pharmacist-Frailty
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics & Clinical Support Services
Band: 8a
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Week Commencing 26th May 2025
We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist-Frailty who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The Frailty Directorate is undergoing as exciting expansion with the development of a Frailty 7-day Same-Day Emergency Care service and Rapid Access Care of the Elderly clinics. This role would be supporting the development of an Integrated Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Network.
We as a team are keen to focus on continuous improvement of our services for the benefit of our patients and welcome new ideas and opportunities. We aim to continuously upskill and develop our workforce and currently pharmacy assistants on ward areas supporting with medicines management including dispensing on wards, and medication supply checks for discharges, improving safety and reducing waste.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As part of multi-disciplinary team within the frailty team providing a 7 day patient facing clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation within the trust in an exciting new Frailty Pathway, including partaking in research opportunities.
Providing safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & improve adherence and patients understanding of medicines
Together there will be structures to expand the team, work on improving patient flow and optimising patient care through medicines management across sectors. This will include involvement in post-take ward rounds, clinics and joining up care with our interface, Primary Care Network (PCN) and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams. The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty team also provide and deliver training, undertake clinical audit and service evaluations, contributing to service planning and development.
As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As part of multi-disciplinary team within the frailty team providing a 7 day patient facing clinical service to support Medicines Optimisation within the trust in an exciting new Frailty Pathway, including partaking in research opportunities.
Providing safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & improve adherence and patients understanding of medicines
Together there will be structures to expand the team, work on improving patient flow and optimising patient care through medicines management across sectors. This will include involvement in post-take ward rounds, clinics and joining up care with our interface, Primary Care Network (PCN) and Medway & Swale Medicines Optimisation teams. The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty team also provide and deliver training, undertake clinical audit and service evaluations, contributing to service planning and development.
As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
- Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
- Good core therapeutic knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of when you have acted as a role model
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
- Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of frailty syndromes and principles of medicines optimisation
- Good core therapeutic knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Evidence of good ward practice, medicines management and participation on ward rounds
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of when you have acted as a role model
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
