Care Home Team Clinical Pharmacist, Droitwich Ombersley and Rurals PCN
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | Droitwich Spa, WR9 8RD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0158-25-0045 |
Summary
Key duties and responsibilities Lead, deliver and evaluate a specialist care home pharmacy service by providing in-depth, patient focused Structured Medication Reviews to the care home residents under the care of our PCN care home team. Support with care home visits and ward rounds as required by the care home team and in line with local need. Promote the safe, high quality and cost-effective use of medicines in care homes. Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice in complex situations, where advice may be challenged, to health care professionals across the PCN and to care home staff. Communicate highly complex medicines related information with residents and or their carers who may have complex care and communication needs. Work with the care home team to develop and co-ordinate discharge pathways for our care home residents to ensure all patients have appropriate and timely medicines optimisation post-discharge and suitable pharmaceutical management plans moving forwards. Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues. Ensure prescribing and administration of medicines and disposal of medicinal waste follows appropriate legislation and health and safety policies To support the PCN in ensuring the Network Impact and investment Fund and Clinical Excellence Investment Framework targets are met and maximum reimbursable achieved where possible. Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through structured medication review. Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues across the network to foster good working relationships and improve their understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the care home team as needed Oversee the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, including reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates Ensure adherence to the Hereford & Worcestershire formulary and the optimizeRx prescribing support software to improve the quality, safety, and cost effectiveness of prescribing Action any relevant medication safety alerts for care home residents in line with local guidance and in liaison with the practice pharmacy teams Lead on supporting the care homes in the safe and timely monitoring of any high-risk medications in line with appropriate local and national guidance Lead and develop clinical audit relating to the use of medicines in care homes and for care home SMRs Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-based guidelines Work with Commissioning organisations and the PCN to comply with local medicines optimisation schemes and projects Deliver medicines information and training to members of the care home team, local practices within the PCN, care home team members and other local stakeholders as needed.