Specialist Pharmacist

1 month ago

Leicester, United Kingdom University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is a great opportunity for a pharmacist with hospital and/or primary care experience to join the LLR Care Homes Pharmacy Team.

This unique role involves working across the interface in LLR at UHL admissions wards, in primary care, and at care homes.

Our team offers specialist support for care homes and has a particular focus on medicines optimisation for frailty, polypharmacy, and "high-risk" care home residents. The work involves specialist medication reviews, medication audits, MDT working, support for care home projects around Leicestershire, and much more.

Successful applicants will get the opportunity to be involved in innovative projects, research, and help shape the national agenda for care homes pharmacy.

Job Overview

To provide a medicines optimisation service to care home residents across LLR and work across the interface to ensure the best outcome for these patients. To deliver a clinical service to patients, including taking patient drug histories, rationalising prescribing, advising on and compiling treatment protocols, therapeutic drug monitoring, and monitoring compliance (in primary and secondary care). To support the CMG Lead Pharmacist in maintaining and improving the pharmaceutical service to the clinical management group (CMG). To be responsible for the delivery of an agreed standard of pharmaceutical care to patients to achieve the safe and cost-effective use of medicine.

The vacancy is for days per week but we are happy to consider other working patterns.

Please see the attached job description and person specification with this post. To discuss the role further please contact Kishan Karia.

Main duties of the job

Participate in the delivery of optimum pharmaceutical care to patients served by the clinical directorate on the specified wards, identified care homes, and across the interface Provide advice to patients, medical and other clinical staff on any drug element of relevant guidelines and to MDT care teams, including areas of highly complex medicines and chronic disease states to optimise patient care Contribute to the management of the relevant drugs budget via regular expenditure analysis feedback and participate in structured ongoing drug use audits to ensure optimal drug usage Collate and feedback intervention and audits as determined by senior pharmacists Provide education and training to all other healthcare staff as appropriate within UHL and across LLR Actively pursue audit, research, and development within the area and the department. Publicise the results of such work through presentations and publications Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice Liaise as appropriate with other health care professionals within primary care, particularly providing a focus on care across the interface and within Care Homes Work to identify patients within Care Homes who are at risk of admission into hospital and minimise this risk by effective medication review Undertake other such duties as commensurate with the post

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

high-quality care for all, being a great place to work, partnerships for impact, and research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

we are compassionate, we are proud, we are inclusive, and we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a fantastic opportunity for a pharmacist with hospital and/or primary care experience to join the LLR Care Homes Pharmacy Team.

The role is unique and involves working across the interface:

At UHL on the admissions wards In primary care alongside PCN / GP / ICB colleagues Directly at care homes around Leicestershire

Our team offers specialist support for care homes (and their residents) and has a particular focus on medicines optimisation for frailty, polypharmacy, and high-risk care home residents. The work involves specialist structured medication reviews, medication audits, MDT working, support for various care home projects around Leicestershire, and much more

Please see the attached PDFs with this post for the job description and person specification.

We are ideally looking to fill the full ( days per week) but are happy to consider other working patterns.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Pharmacist registered with the Genereal Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

Essential

Significant post-registration experience suitable to role

Desirable

Experience of working in care homes and across the interface

Knowledge

Essential

Sound current clinical knowledge

Desirable

CPPE MOCH / PC PEP pathway

Skills

Essential

Evidence of good communication skills (verbal/written)

Desirable

Previous supervision/management training. Evidence of management of staff in previous post

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