Vacancies Community Services Pharmacist Locality Lead
Role Summary
* To lead and provide a high quality, safe and patient focused clinical pharmacist service to the Community Care Group; including community hospital inpatient units, outpatient clinics, ambulatory clinics and patients’ home settings including nursing homes to meet professional, Care Group and Trust requirements.
* Responsible for providing specialist pharmacist advice on medicines to prescribers, registered clinicians, unregistered staff and patients within community services.
* To deliver high quality patient care in line with legislation, national guidance and specifications.
* Optimise clinical outcomes, improve medicines safety and deliver best value from medicines within community services.
* To work as an independent prescriber managing a defined patient caseload.
* To participate in the wider pharmacy service and its development in response to patient care needs.
* To contribute to the development of medicines management and optimisation throughout the patient care pathway.
* To support co-ordination and delivery of training and mentoring of clinical pharmacists to include post-graduate and undergraduate clinical placements.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to join our well established Eastern locality community services pharmacy team at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and provide high-quality pharmaceutical care to community services patients in the Mid-Devon area.
The post holder will join a team of skilled and patient-focused clinical pharmacists and medicines management technicians based in Tiverton Hospital who provide care to inpatients and patients in their own home. You will work with colleagues to enable the safe and effective use of medicines through provision of medicines optimisation and personalised medication reviews. You will also provide medicines advice to patients and carers, health and social care professionals and skilled non-registered staff working collaboratively to resolve complex medication queries.
The team works closely with multidisciplinary teams within the community services team including doctors, nurses, non-medical prescribers and other allied health professionals as well as other health and care services including colleagues in the acute hospital, primary care, community pharmacy, mental health teams and care providers.
You will have line management responsibility and supervision duties for pharmacy colleagues in the team as well as foundation and junior pharmacists.
Working Pattern: 22.5 hours per week.
Interview Date: Thursday 8th May
For further information or to arrange an informal visit to meet the team, please contact: Suzy Bidwell, Clinical Pharmacy Manager suzybidwell@nhs.net or Sam Smith, Integrated Pharmacy Services Lead Tel 01392 402427/samsmith2@nhs.net
This post has been identified as involving access to vulnerable adults and/or children and in line with Trust policy successful applicants will be required to undertake a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure Check/Enhanced Disclosure Check.
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
* National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
* Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
* Car lease schemes.
* The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
* Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
Community Services Pharmacist Locality Lead
* Salary Band 8a: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
* Frequency Annual
* Vacancy Reference 185-1421-10234
* Contract Type Permanent
* Closing Date 22 April, 2025
* Job Category Pharmacy
* Staff Group Additional Professional Scientific and Technical
* Location Tiverton and District Hospital, Kennedy Way, Tiverton, Devon, United Kingdom
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