Advanced Pharmacist, Frailty/Elderly and Stroke
We are seeking an innovative and driven Advanced Pharmacist with a passion for Frailty, Elderly, and Stroke medicine to join our forward-thinking and friendly clinical pharmacy team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role within the stroke and geriatric multidisciplinary teams to lead, develop and improve the pathways for our acute frailty, elderly and stroke patients. Your expertise will transform the approach to care and improve the outcomes for some of our most vulnerable patients.
As the Advanced Frailty, Elderly and Stroke Pharmacist, you will work alongside the enthusiastic specialist pharmacists to elevate the clinical service to the Frailty, Elderly and Stroke wards. You will support and mentor junior pharmacists rotating through the specialty, sharing your knowledge and expertise to aid their professional development. You will be able to use your prescribing skills alongside our MDT.
Main duties of the job
1. To lead the Pharmacy Service to the Geriatric medical wards, Stroke wards, and the Acute Frailty Pathway, alongside the Specialist Pharmacists.
2. To operate as an Advanced Pharmacist for Elderly, Stroke, and Frailty patients and develop the dedicated pharmacy service (DWP) with a priority on frail patients.
3. To communicate highly complex information relating to medicines with clinicians, nurses, independent prescribers, carers, and patients.
4. To lead, develop and evaluate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused Clinical Pharmacy Service to the Elderly, Stroke, and Frailty wards.
5. To lead the strategic planning of pharmaceutical issues relating to the Elderly, Stroke, and Frailty wards e.g., consideration of medicines management post-stroke.
6. Facilitate achievement of clinical standards for 7-day Pharmacy Services.
7. To supervise and train Pharmacy staff rotating through the clinical specialties within the Medicine and Urgent Care Group.
8. To play a lead Trust role in promoting and developing the optimum use of medicines as per Primary and Secondary policy use of medicines.
9. To contribute to the delivery of the Trust Medicines Optimisation Strategy.
10. To undertake/support projects or developments within the specialty (e.g., Quality Improvements, Audits, and Research).
11. To contribute towards the development and maintenance of guidelines and PGDs within the specialty.
About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Job responsibilities
1. Lead and continue to develop aspects of the delivery of clinical pharmacy and medicines management services to the Frailty and Stroke Pathway under the auspices of the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine, and in liaison with the Specialist Clinical Pharmacists in DWP.
2. Proactively promote safe and evidence-based prescribing with all grades of doctors, prescribers, and nursing staff in admission areas by communicating and providing highly complex information on medication and challenging poor practice.
3. Implement high-quality specialist prescribing and effective use of medicines in patients presenting in the Acute Frailty Unit, Stroke, and Elderly wards.
4. Prescribe safely in the interests of the patients and in line with the formulary, policy, procedures, or guidance.
5. Provide general and specialist pharmaceutical advice and support to the Stroke, Elderly, and Frailty Team staff, to enhance the quality of patient care.
6. Liaise closely with medical, pharmacy, and nursing staff to develop and implement complex therapeutic guidelines.
7. Manage and participate in the delivery and development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service.
8. Develop standards of clinical pharmacy practice which align with national frameworks and performance management measures.
9. Maintain an up-to-date clinical expert knowledge in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice.
10. Optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing medication reviews, and using patients' own medicines.
11. Promote and develop strategies for effective, safe, and timely discharges from Urgent Care settings.
12. Detect, record and report adverse drug reactions during admissions.
13. Record your clinical activity and monitor the outcome of your advice.
14. Fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good Professional Practice.
15. Implement the Duty of Candour.
Person Specification
Education, Training, and Qualifications
* Registered with GPhC.
* Achieved postgraduate clinical qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience, diploma Masters in Clinical Pharmacy.
* Independent prescriber or working towards.
* Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
* RPS faculty recognition.
* Member of UKCPA or other society.
Knowledge and Experience
* Extensive Post-graduate hospital clinical pharmacy experience.
* Good clinical knowledge.
* Experience of working with respiratory team or at consultant ward rounds.
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Skill mix issues, role of Technicians in Clinical Services.
* Awareness of interface issues.
* Teaching, supervising, and training staff.
* Appraisals and personal development.
* NHS arrangements, eg CCGs, NICE, CQC, Clinical Governance.
* Staff supervision.
* Experience of prescribing within respiratory or urgent care to optimise medicines for specific patient groups.
* Pharmaceutical care of respiratory or urgent care patients.
Skills
* Ability to prioritise.
* Ability to delegate.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Ability to work alone and as a team member.
* Time management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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