Job summary
You will be the lead clinical pharmacist within one of the Health and Well-being teams for one of the five localities in South Devon. Ensuring the delivery of a high quality clinical pharmacy service related to medicines optimisation across their locality. The role will include supporting intermediate care teams, long term condition clinics, care homes and inpatient beds located within the community hospitals.
This is an exciting opportunity to provide maternity leave cover in a well established and innovative medicines optimisation team, working in an intermediate care setting with strong links to both acute and primary care multidisciplinary teams.
You will provide expert information about medicines and medicines management to a range of audiences including service users, carers and wider trust staff and will ensure services in their locality are patient centred and are delivered in a manner which meets the needs of patients and other stakeholders.
Developing and supporting services in order to meet changing operational or clinical needs. This role is a key link between primary and secondary care.
Main duties of the job
To be the medicines optimisation lead within one of the five localities.
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the locality Health and Well-being team. This includes intermediate care.
Lead and deliver a specialist pharmacy service by providing in-depth, patient-focused clinical medication reviews to patients to ensure safe and effective care.
Provide highly specialised pharmaceutical advice in highly complex situations (where advice may be challenged) to health care professionals, care home staff, patients and carers. This will involve visiting patients in a range of settings including care-homes, community hospitals and patients' own homes.
Promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost-effective use of medicines
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to any community hospital beds within the locality, working closely with the local General Practitioners providing the medical cover for these inpatient beds. Attending ward rounds to focus on poly-pharmacy medicine reviews for patients admitted to community hospital wards.
About us
The TSDFT clinical pharmacy team culture is team based, patient focussed, innovative and supportive. With strong links to the acute team, locality pharmacists are embedded within the community Intermediate Care Teams and provide vital support on all aspects of medication to patients and healthcare staff. The locality team provide a clinical pharmacy service to the community hospitals at Dawlish, Totnes, Brixham and Newton abbot. All team members are expected to represent the pharmacy department and their profession in a visible, approachable and competent manner, demonstrating flexibility, positivity and problem-solving ability as appropriate to their role and competency.
Why Work With Us
Job description
Job responsibilities
Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience
Excellent negotiation skills/ability to influence senior clinicians
Demonstrable leadership skills and ability
Clinical pharmacy service provision
Ability to adapt to and learn from change
Please see the attached Job Description for further details of main responsibilities and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience
Excellent negotiation skills/ability to influence senior clinicians
Demonstrable leadership skills and ability
Clinical pharmacy service provision
Ability to adapt to and learn from change
Please see the attached Job Description for further details of main responsibilities and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with GPhC
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience
- Proven evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Specialised training in clinical pharmacy
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Non medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Proven ability to manage and make change
- Understanding of, and respect for, the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals
- Demonstrable leadership skills and ability
- Team building skills
- Excellent negotiation skills-ability to influence senior clinicians
- Patient counselling skills
- Ability to work independently and organise own workload
Desirable
- Experience of developing a pharmacy service
- Well-developed critical appraisal skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of medication related issues in all sectors of healthcare
Desirable
- Good understanding of medicines optimisation issues and systems across the primary secondary care interface
- Understanding of clinical governance issues relevant to clinical pharmacy
- Specialist clinical knowledge or experience in medicines optimisation relating to older patients and polypharmacy.
Skills
Essential
- Able to drive and have valid UK licence
- Excellent team worker, including in multidisciplinary settings
- Clinical pharmacy service provision
Desirable
- Production of treatment guidelines and protocols
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with GPhC
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience
- Proven evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Specialised training in clinical pharmacy
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Non medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Proven ability to manage and make change
- Understanding of, and respect for, the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals
- Demonstrable leadership skills and ability
- Team building skills
- Excellent negotiation skills-ability to influence senior clinicians
- Patient counselling skills
- Ability to work independently and organise own workload
Desirable
- Experience of developing a pharmacy service
- Well-developed critical appraisal skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of medication related issues in all sectors of healthcare
Desirable
- Good understanding of medicines optimisation issues and systems across the primary secondary care interface
- Understanding of clinical governance issues relevant to clinical pharmacy
- Specialist clinical knowledge or experience in medicines optimisation relating to older patients and polypharmacy.
Skills
Essential
- Able to drive and have valid UK licence
- Excellent team worker, including in multidisciplinary settings
- Clinical pharmacy service provision
Desirable
- Production of treatment guidelines and protocols
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).
