Specialist Pharmacist - Care of the Elderly Progressional Post

Job overview

The care of the Elderly Pharmacist work alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team, including consultants, junior doctors and a range of specialist nurses, specialist pharmacists, junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide a robust clinical service.

This role can be started as a Band 6 and moved to Band 7 once objectives have been met.

• Providing a core clinical pharmacy service to Care of the Elderly inpatients in line with the Trust’s clinical pharmacy standards.
• Ensuring high quality, patient centred, and cost effective pharmaceutical care is provided for the patients from admission, during the inpatient stay and right through to the successful discharge from hospital. This includes the transfer of key information on to the patient’s primary care providers when appropriate.
• Providing a clinical pharmacy service to community hospitals as defined by our service level agreements with Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust.
• Providing a clinical pharmacy service to hospices as defined by our service level agreements
• Actively providing medicines information and medication counselling to health care professionals, patients and/or carers.
• Working with multiprofessional teams across the care of the elderly speciality to produce, and review, medication guidelines that promote rational, economical and evidence based prescribing; with appropriate monitoring practice to ensure policies and guidelines are adhered to.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Work health assessments
• Criminal record check standards
• Right to work checks

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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

Person specification

Qualifications

• masters degree in Pharmacy
• Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-Graduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent) OR working towards

• Registered Independent Prescriber (or willing to train)
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

• Significant post registration experience covering a range of specialties.
• Experience as a clinical pharmacist in acute hospital setting.
• Clinical supervision of junior staff.

• Experience of deputising for a more senior clinical pharmacist
• At least RPS Advanced Stage I (Foundation) or equivalent in care of the elderly.
• Clinical Research experience, or willingness to undertake
• Experience of training staff using coaching or teaching methods

Thank you for your application if you have not received a reply within 21 days of the closing date you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be aware that your application and related documents will be retained confidentially for a period of 12 months.

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. To work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require a visa - we may be able to provide sponsorship, but this is not guaranteed.

Benefits include optional pension and life assurance and a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team

We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support the ever-changing environment in which we operate.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organisation.

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Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities employer.