Job summary
We are seeking a forward-thinking, highly motivated pharmacist with expertise in frailty to co-lead our established and progressive Frailty Team.
This post supports the NHS England ambition to shift care left, delivering acute-level care through community and virtual models. The successful post holder will use advanced clinical pharmacy skills to support admission avoidance, early supported discharge and proactive frailty management. You will contribute to the design, evaluation and ongoing improvement of frailty and virtual ward pathways, aligned to Trust and national priorities around ageing well, flow, urgent and emergency care recovery and system integration.
Working within our Hospital at Home service, you will provide expert pharmaceutical care to patients managed safely at home, including participation in virtual multidisciplinary ward rounds, medicines reviews, prescribing within scope, and making clinical decisions supported by digital monitoring and escalation pathways.
Across community rehabilitation inpatient units and the community response team, you will provide senior clinical pharmacy leadership, supporting step-down and step-up care whilst ensuring safe, seamless transitions of care with strong communication across primary care and community services.
This is an ideal role for a pharmacist passionate about frailty and motivated to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care beyond the hospital walls.
Main duties of the job
- You will work under the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine (Acute & Frailty) with another Senior frailty pharmacist and co-lead a team of junior rotational pharmacists.
- Work collaboratively cross-site with the team at the Scarborough site.
- Deliver expert, patient-centred pharmaceutical care for frailty patients across acute, rehabilitation and community pathways
- Act as a senior clinical pharmacist within the Frailty MDT, providing specialist advice on complex prescribing and deprescribing decisions
- Lead on medicines optimisation, polypharmacy reduction and falls prevention initiatives
- Hold a non-medical prescribing certificate
- Participate in audit, research, and service evaluation to demonstrate outcomes and improve care
- Support and develop junior pharmacists, technicians, medicines management staff and the wider MDT
About us
Trust Information Pack:https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy (Masters or equivalent)
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Continuous Professional Development to meet the requirements of the GPhC
- Postgraduate qualification in pharmacy at least to Diploma/MSc level, relevant to post or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or specialist pharmacist group
- Management training
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
Experience & Knowledge Required
Essential
- Broad post registration experience at least part of which must be of hospital pharmacy A length of experience sufficient to gain the competencies required for the post
- Knowledge of Medicines & Pharmacy Legislation, professional ethics, Health & Safety and the wider Health Service
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance, Medicines Optimisation, Patient Safety, Risk Management, NICE guidance, Shared Care Guidelines, and the development agenda relevant to the post
- Knowledge of theoretical and practical issues, including professional guidelines and legislation, related to use of medicines and practice of pharmacy in the specialist areas
- Understanding and practical experience of audit and service improvement
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team of professional and support staf
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Able to communicate complex or contentious information to individuals or groups and deal with challenges
- Able to influence and persuade patients and professionals with respect to safe, economical and effective use of medicines
- Able to use computer programmes relevant to the post.
- Able to communicate complex and specialist information appropriately
- Able to negotiate solutions to problems
- Able to lead and manage a team
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Strong team player
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training to other staff groups
Aptitude & Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate motivation for applying for a post in this organisation.
- Ability to plan, prioritise and reorganise daily, weekly and monthly workload in the face of changing and competing demands on time
- Aware of own limitations and able to enlist help of others when necessary
- Flexible to changing demands
- Proactive
- Patient focussed
- Problem solving skills
Values, Drivers & Motivators
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours: - Kindness - Openness - Pursue Excellence
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy (Masters or equivalent)
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Continuous Professional Development to meet the requirements of the GPhC
- Postgraduate qualification in pharmacy at least to Diploma/MSc level, relevant to post or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or specialist pharmacist group
- Management training
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
Experience & Knowledge Required
Essential
- Broad post registration experience at least part of which must be of hospital pharmacy A length of experience sufficient to gain the competencies required for the post
- Knowledge of Medicines & Pharmacy Legislation, professional ethics, Health & Safety and the wider Health Service
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance, Medicines Optimisation, Patient Safety, Risk Management, NICE guidance, Shared Care Guidelines, and the development agenda relevant to the post
- Knowledge of theoretical and practical issues, including professional guidelines and legislation, related to use of medicines and practice of pharmacy in the specialist areas
- Understanding and practical experience of audit and service improvement
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team of professional and support staf
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Able to communicate complex or contentious information to individuals or groups and deal with challenges
- Able to influence and persuade patients and professionals with respect to safe, economical and effective use of medicines
- Able to use computer programmes relevant to the post.
- Able to communicate complex and specialist information appropriately
- Able to negotiate solutions to problems
- Able to lead and manage a team
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Strong team player
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training to other staff groups
Aptitude & Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate motivation for applying for a post in this organisation.
- Ability to plan, prioritise and reorganise daily, weekly and monthly workload in the face of changing and competing demands on time
- Aware of own limitations and able to enlist help of others when necessary
- Flexible to changing demands
- Proactive
- Patient focussed
- Problem solving skills
Values, Drivers & Motivators
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours: - Kindness - Openness - Pursue Excellence
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
