Job summary
- Main area
- Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR6307916
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Amersham
- Town
- Amersham
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Care Homes Pharmacist
Band 8a
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH) team within the Community and Rehabilitation Care Group in Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust. The work of the MOCH team supports to reduce medicines related avoidable hospital readmission from care homes and has improved care across health and social care for the patients of Buckinghamshire. This is an excellent career opportunity for a pharmacist to work collaboratively with community specialist teams, care homes and Primary Care Network (PCN) clinicians, to support the medicines optimisation agenda and to make a real difference.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to:
- work with an integrated, flexible, clinical pharmacy workforce with support functions to deliver complex clinical post-hospital discharge reviews for care home patients to reduce hospital readmission as part of the Trust’s objectives.
- support care home providers and staff to improve medicines safety, as well as safeguarding concerns as appropriate.
- undertake guideline development, education, and training, sharing learning and best practices to improve system-wide medicines management processes for care homes and key stakeholders as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Edication Qualification and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree in Pharmacy (currently a Master’s degree of 4 years plus 1 year pre-registration training) or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Evidence of post qualification education and continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MSc in a clinical pharmacy discipline or evidence of extensive clinical training and experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post graduate experience in hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
- Experience of developing and implementing formularies, policies, guidelines and audit
- Experience of devising and delivering training within health or social care setting
- Experience of influencing, negotiating and implementing change in practice
- Experience of managing and motivating a team member and reviewing project performance
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
- Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems for London
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Ability to achieve personal and corporate goals
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Proven time management skills and ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver to tight timescales
- Ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate clinical evidence, data and information from various sources to make judgements, decisions and provide recommendations
- Computer literate and able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint Internet unaided as needed for routine work
- Ability to make decisions in complex situations where there are several factors that require analysis, interpretation and comparison
- Knowledge of legislation and guidelines regarding the handling, storage and supply of medicines, including standards required by regulatory bodies i.e. CQC
- Clinical expert and knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Sound therapeutic and clinical knowledge in the pharmaceutical care of older people or people with long term conditions
- Understanding of the implications of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidelines particularly those that impact on the care of older people and those with long term conditions
- An understanding of the current agenda in the NHS, modernisation and service improvement as it relates to pharmacy and medicines particularly in primary care
- Understanding of primary care working and organisational structures
Communication Skills & Analytical
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an acknowledged member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to see situations holistically and influence the clinical governance agenda for the team
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate complex and contentious information in a sensitive and appropriate style
- Ability to influence and negotiate with a range of stakeholders to implement change in practice
- Excellent written skills, with the ability to produce reports, presentations and proposals to a very high standard
- Willingness to tackle difficult issue
- Ability to make decisions in complex situations where there are several factors that require analysis, interpretation and comparison
- Ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate clinical evidence, data and information from various sources to make judgements, decisions and provide recommendations
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Logical and focused approach to problem solving and ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty, ability to make important decisions in pressured situations
- Computer literate and able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint Internet unaided as needed for routine work
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Car driver and owner and ability to travel across county and undertake home visits, attend meetings
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organizer, influencer and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Unoma Okoli
- Job title
- Lead Interface pharmacist Older People
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07841106796
- Additional information
Afam Odili
Care Homes Pharmacist
[email protected]
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