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Senior Pharmacist - Frailty | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2024 |
| Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
| Company: | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6458400/419-120724-SP-PSD |
Summary
We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated senior clinical pharmacist with a interest in caring for frailty patients to join our pharmacy frailty team.
Working alongside another senior colleague and a junior team you will be responsible for providing a specialised level of pharmaceutical care to frailty patients in the acute hospital, rehabilitation, and the novel enhanced care at home settings.
Using your prescribing qualification, you will provide expert advice on prescribing and de-prescribing in relation to inappropriate polypharmacy, falls prevention and adherence to medication.
You will also integrate into the Frailty MDT at our York Hospital site. This role involves assessment and treatment of patients in an array of settings including ward round and clinic style consultations. Experience of effective engagement with patients and team members is a vital skill for this post.
You will work closely with the senior pharmacist for Frailty at York Hospital to implement systems to improve the safe transfer of care for frailty patients. You will also work with the senior pharmacist for Frailty at Scarborough hospital to review systems of practice cross-site. You will work alongside directorate leads to investigate incidents and promote medication safety and deprescribing initiatives.You will also develop close links with primary care colleagues.
You must possess excellent communication skills, have strong clinical skills and must demonstrate competence in technology and project management. We welcome interest from pharmacists from all backgrounds, but you must hold a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy to Diploma level and be (or be willing to train to be) an independent prescriber.
This post includes participation in working the weekend (1 in 8), bank holiday (1 per year) and on-call rotas. On-call working frequency (from home) is only approximately 1 in 30.
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.
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 you 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.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jul 2024
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