Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Post Discharge counselling project

Job summary

This is an opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to be involved a charitable funds approved post-discharge counselling project.

The project involves identifying suitable patients during their inpatient stay and providing a follow up counselling appointment post-discharge.

The project aims to identify patients on high risk medication and ensure they can make the best use of their medications once they have left the hospital.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone with vast ward based experience and a passion in this area of work within hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and a patient/staff orientated pharmacist dedicated to patient safety.You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.You will be a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have significant clinical experience.This is a fixed term post for one year to support the charitable funds project.

The post involves:

• Contacting patients who have been discharged from our Trust
• Providing counselling on a range of medication
• Signposting to primary care or other appropriate services
• Supporting data collection for project evaluation
• Presenting findings within the pharmacy and wider as required
• Working closely with the existing project team to ensure the project is delivering on all KPIs
• Communicating with ward teams on potential inpatient interventions where identified

The job description attached gives an idea of the level of experience and skills required, but is not reflective of the intended role. Please contact us for more specific details if interested in applying.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.