Specialist Pharmacist Healthcare of the Elderly (HCE) and Frailty

To undertake and develop competence in activities in the following areas: o Departmental evening, weekend, and bank holiday service o Departmental first on call rota and participate in out of hours on-call pharmacy service o Department, HCE and frailty service lines, quality improvement and audit agenda o HCE and frailty focussed research o Practice supervision of junior pharmacists and trainees o Complete designated/educational supervisor training and become an educational supervisor for trainee pharmacists and/or pre-registration pharmacy technicians o Submit or support formulary applications to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) o Medicines finance reporting and monitoring of drug expenditure and finance budgets o Commissioning of high cost drugs and supporting or submitting a request for a non-commissioned treatment o MDT meetings including consultant-led ward rounds o Formulary adherence o Patient safety management and governance activities including investigation of medicines related incidents and management of medication shortages.

o First port of contact for Medicines Information enquiries in clinical area o Role model and mentor for newly qualified staff o Demonstrate collaborative working with the MDT and wider pharmacy team. o Deliver education and training external to the department and for non-pharmacy staff Continue to develop Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) portfolio working toward the advanced pharmacist framework and progression to an advanced specialist role in HCE and frailty