Community Urgent Response and NHSHome Pharmacist | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £57,349 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN25 4AN |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6200645/249-6200645 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist who will embrace working within the community setting within Swindon. We are looking for a Senior Pharmacist (band 8a) but would also consider a development position (band 7-8a) if this is something you are looking towards.
You will be a Senior Pharmacist supporting the exciting Urgent Response and NHS@Home service in Swindon which incorporates Virtual Wards. A virtual ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care providing treatment and care in a patient’s own home. This supports early discharge out of hospital and prevents avoidable admissions. You will provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to virtual ward patients, optimising medicines and ensuring agreed changes in medication are implemented and sustained. This could involve remote consultations, home visits and attending multidisciplinary team meetings. You will be involved in developing and delivering safe and effective pathways of care to patients for a range of conditions. You will also be a key part of a collaborative approach to virtual wards across the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board (ICB).
As a Senior Pharmacist you may be required to support the wider pharmacy team within Great Western Hospitals as the needs require. This may include clinical pharmacy ward and dispensary support. Please see the job description for further details.
• Carry out medicine reviews virtually and face to face in patient homes, as necessary
• Work as an independent prescriber (when trained), optimising medicines and promoting appropriate evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing
• Utilise clinical assessment skills, where competent and appropriate, to support clinical review of patients within the Virtual ward
• Provide professional advice and support during consultant and multidisciplinary Virtual Ward rounds
• Assist in the management of prescribing across the primary/secondary care interface to promote a unified and coordinated approach
• Developing the pharmacy virtual ward service, in line with national standards
• Support patients and their carers in respect of their medication, including education for patients/carers and medicines advice to health and social care providers
• Support and develop the admission and discharge process to and from Urgent Response and NHS@Home services to ensure safe transfer of care in relation to medicines.
• Co-ordinate the day-to-day activities of the pharmacy service, supervising and line managing pharmacy technicians and rotational pharmacists within the service.
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
• Lead, develop and oversee the clinical pharmacy service provided to the Urgent Response and NHS@Home services
• Responsibility for leading pharmacy input into the Urgent Response and NHS@Home service at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Support and address a range of pharmaceutical care needs for patients, such as prescribing or deprescribing, medicines reconciliation, medication review, medicines adherence assessments, ensuring timely medicine supply, antimicrobial stewardship, and therapeutic drug monitoring for patients within these services
• Support the delivery of other domiciliary medicines optimisation services as new care models emerge and participates in the delivery of other community clinical pharmacy services as required
• To deputise and support the Lead Pharmacist for Integrated Community Services
Please see the attached job description for full information.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024
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