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Specialist Pharmacist for EHCH

3 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic 7 Pharmacist who is passionate about the care of frail, older people to join the Haringey (West) - Enhanced Health in Care Homes Team.

The national EHCH model and its requirements are a multi-disciplinary and multi-facetted approach which is outlined in a National EHCH framework . It's implementation relies on close collaboration between partners (including care homes themselves), particularly primary care and community healthcare services. It is part of progressing the NHS Long Term Plan goal of "dissolving the historic divide" between the two sectors and sets a minimum standard for NHS support to people living in care homes.

This is an opportunity to be part of the newly formed Haringey (West) EHCH Team as part of the wider Haringey Proactive Care /Multi-Agency Care and Coordination (MACC) Team.

The Haringey (West) EHCH is a nurse led service. As part of the wider MDT you will also be actively working alongside and Trusted Assessors, care home staff and GP Practices. The MACC Team managers will support from an operational perspective.

The Haringey (West) EHCH will focus on intervention in care homes, providing specialist support for residents, resident's family, their carers and GPs.

Main duties of the job

Working in six Haringey (West) care homes, the Pharmacy role will be to support with medication advice, input and review as part of the initial assessment as well as planned and unplanned reviews. The Pharmacist will be working alongside the consultant geriatricians and the wider multidisciplinary MDT in order to carry out Structured Medication Reviews. You will also be part of the monthly multidisciplinary meetings for each care home which allow for better development of trust between the MDT members, better integrated working with Care Home staff and GPs improving the patient/resident experience. The Pharmacist will carry out comprehensive medication reviews for frail patients both in their own home (residential placement) or over the phone where this is appropriate. These patients often have polypharmacy and multiple complex comorbidities.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacist will support medication reviews for those who are referred directly to the service or those who meet the referral criteria face to face at the residential homes.

The structured medication reviews are conducted in line with the standards of medicine optimisation, to ensure the safe and effective use of medication in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team to provide holistic medication reviews.

A medication review will involve the completion of an SMR tailored to the needs of the resident with their involvement. The EHCH Pharmacist will proactively promote safe and evidence-based prescribing with the nominated general practitioners.

The EHCH Pharmacist will be involved in de-prescribing where required, ensuring safe and effective reduction of stopping inappropriate medicines.

The Pharmacist will support local care partners to provide care to elderly patients in community and engage in new projects. The pharmacist will participate in audits, to implement cost-effectiveness.

To work in collaboration with the GPs, consultant geriatricians and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide holistic medication reviews.

To raise the profile of care home pharmacists and engage in new projects with the North Central London ICB to improve medication safety and practices in care homes.

To support local care partners (such as GP federations, Primary Care Networks and community pharmacy colleagues) provide care to elderly patients in the care homes, if required.

Demonstration of an understanding of the specific clinical aspects of medicines management, in this clinical frailty speciality.

To support implementation of national guidance in medicines management for older people in the care homes with complex pharmaceutical care needs.

To act as a mentor and role model to junior staff within Pharmacy.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

MPharm (or equivalent) Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Completion of a certificate in Pharmacy Practice/ Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral. Able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing) Able to influence and inform decisions about the pharmaceutical management of patients

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Appropriate post qualification experience in the acute NHS sector. Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance Experience of MDT working.