Bank Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist INW

The post holder will support and deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service and medicines optimisation service to patients in Community Hospitals and ensure an integrated approach to the management of medicines and continuity of pharmaceutical care for patients admitted from secondary care/primary care into the Community Hospitals. The post holder may be in a rotational or fixed position as part of an integrated team and will support us in ensuring appropriate workforce across the sites.

The post holder will be required to work as an active member of the Medicines Management team to ensure the delivery of a safe, high quality and legal service which reflects national, local policy and priorities.

In this role you will be expected to travel and work across CLCH locations. Person needs to be flexible to travel to any of our Bedded Services sites within London (please see geographical CLCH map) A car would be useful for travelling but is not essential.

Main duties of the job

To provide and develop a high-quality specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service across a range of inpatient settings in the Community Hospitals (Rehabilitation Units, Interim Care Beds, Palliative Care, Discharge to Assess ward) covered by the Bedded Services team supported by the Lead Bedded Services Pharmacist.

To provide support and guidance to Medicine Management Pharmacy Technicians

To be responsible for individualised patient pharmaceutical care ensuring clinical prioritisation on a day to day basis at ward level.

To provide a patient focused pharmacy service to patients and staff includingmedicines reconciliation and full clinical screening of prescriptions to ensure safe and cost-effective use of evidence based and rational use of medicines, in line with local policies and national guidance ensuring medicines are optimised and risks to patients are minimized e.g. NICE, NHSE/I, PHE

About us

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job responsibilities

To assist in the development and maintenance of medicines related policies; protocols and procedures in relation to Bedded Services.

To develop and review Patient Group Directions (PGDs).

To contribute relevant articles to the monthly Medicines Management newsletter.

To assist in the implementation of national and local prescribing strategies.

To assist in the development, implementation, monitoring and audit initiatives to support safe medicines supply and use.

To support medicines management projects and other medicines optimisation workstreams.

Person Specification

• Experience of audit techniques
• Experience of training
• Experience of audit techniques
• Up to date clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
• Sound knowledge of prescribing, pharmacy and medicines management issues faced in primary and secondary care
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written including presentation skills and report writing
• Team player but able to work independently
• Demonstrates excellent decision making skills and is able to understand complex information
• Effective negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
• Good inter-personal skills and ability to build relationships
• Ability to provide succinct and objective advice
• To manage own time, prioritise workload effectively and work to tight deadlines
• Computer literate - working knowledge of office applications, internet, email and electronic diary systems
• Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against objectives
• Ability to command and deal sensitively with emotive situations and be seen as credible by professional colleagues
• Understanding of the NHS and political environment

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.