Highly Specialist Pharmacist Older Persons Medicine
| Posting date: | 13 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £33,414.00 to £37,609.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £33414.00 - £37609.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 February 2026 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, PO6 3LY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C8192-26-0068 |
Summary
Providing clinical pharmacy expertise in use of medicines for patients within the OPM care group during an inpatient hospital stay or on an outpatient, Homecare or day case basis. Participating in multidisciplinary meetings as required for the service. Lead on addressing overprescribing and polypharmacy within the Trust. Provide support to the palliative care and Parkinsons Disease teams. To undertake the role of pharmacy independent prescriber, with the appropriate qualifications where appropriate and according to the needs of the service. Identifying potential and clinical development within OPM and planning for implementation to ensure services continue to meet requirements and income is sufficient to fund development. Interpreting budgetary information for finance staff at agreed intervals to ensure that significant variances are highlighted together with proposals for appropriate action. Assisting the Pharmacist Team Leader for Medicine in evaluating the costs and benefits of new drug developments and presenting evaluated information to division and directorate lead clinicians and managers to aid them in deciding if new products or approaches to treatment should be used in the division. Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of business case applications to the Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts. Contributing to the production of prescribing guidelines and PGDs/PSDs to ensure that medicines are used safely and in such a way as to maximise benefits to patients within available resources. Participating governance meetings as the joint lead for clinical governance of medicines management issues, ensuring issues are communicated with the OPM service. Tutor a trainee pharmacist or postgraduate pharmacist student. Manage and mentor junior pharmacy staff. Providing training, teaching and support to underpin CPD and postgraduate qualifications in the Pharmacy department and deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare professionals.