Pharmacist | West London NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,388 - £62,785 Per Annum Inclusive of Allowances |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Southall, UB2 4SD |
| Company: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6319987/222-PHA-046-A |
Summary
Lead pharmacist virtual ward and community health services Ealing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join a friendly, progressive medicines management service that serves our community in Ealing. The role is to Lead the medicines management service for the Rapid response virtual wards. This supports admissions avoidance and early discharge from acute settings. You will also lead on allocated Community health services that include multiple community services such as MSK, diabetes service, district nursing, special schools, children with learning disabilities, SALT, physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry and TVN.
We aim to provide a calm and welcoming environment.
The successful candidate should be a highly motivated team player with goodcommunication skills and a keen interest in treatment of long term conditions and medicines optimisation. Experience of working with medical patients is preferred.
We encourage collaborative working, compassionate leadership and opportunitiesto positively influence. This post will be challenging and rewarding and hence we are looking for a self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills and a desire to work on in community health services, supporting patients, carers and healthcare professionals alike.
The post holder will be:
Leading on developing the medicines management service for Rapid response service virtual ward, supporting the multidisciplinary integrated care team with all medicines related issues, optimising medicines use for all patients under the care of the service
Responsible for providing medicines management support and medicines information to community based teams including: MSK, diabetes service, district nursing, special schools, children with learning disabilities, SALT, physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry and TVN.This list is not exhaustive
Responsible for managing and delivering comprehensive prescribing advice and information for clinicians, patients and carers
Responsible for ensuring the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines
To initiate, supervise and undertake medicine audits (where required) on behalf of the pharmacy team
Provide appropriate training and education for nursing and medical staff with regards to the use of medicines used in integrated care and other therapeutic area
Collate activity and outcome data for respective areas
To actively develop, monitor and integrate policies/guidelines and procedures covering all aspects of pharmaceutical care and medicines management within the service
The applicant will be required to take part in the out of hours on-call service as well as the weekend morning service on a rota basis. There are additional payments surplus to the main salary for these shifts
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024