Main area: Pharmacy
Grade Band: 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On Call and Weekend working)
Job ref: 287-DSS-506-24
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Aintree
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/12/2024 23:59
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Frailty
Band 8a
Job overview
The Frailty Service at LUHFT is progressive and forward-thinking. The Aintree Frailty Service delivers front-door assessment to patients over the age of 65, presenting with frailty symptoms. Each patient receives a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment delivered by a multidisciplinary team, including pharmacy.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to work as a team and help lead our established clinical pharmacy team within the Department of Medicine for Older People.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist the Lead Divisional Pharmacist- Medicine in the development of pharmacy services and medicines management within the Frailty Service and Department of Medicine for Older People (DMOP).
2. Provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Frailty Service.
3. Assist the Lead Divisional Pharmacist-Medicine in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to the Frailty Service.
4. Provide non-medical prescribing services to the Frailty Service.
5. Work with the current Advanced Specialist Pharmacist in Frailty and DMOP Services in delivering the key responsibilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To provide an advanced clinical service to the Frailty Service within the Division of Medicine in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies.
2. Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Directorate and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
3. Act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber).
4. Participate in Consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings relevant to the designated wards and or directorate.
Person specification
Skills
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
* Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others.
* Ability to affect and manage change.
Qualifications
* Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience.
* NMP Qualification (or registered as a NMP within 3 months with the GPHC).
* MRPharmS.
* UKCPA Member.
Experience
* Significant experience in a relevant specialist pharmacist role.
* Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education and training.
* Experience as a NMP.
Knowledge
* Excellent clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills for the relevant specialist role.
* Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Other
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy.
All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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