Job overview

Specialist Frailty & PCN Pharmacist – Band 7/ 6-7 progression depending on experience

Are you an innovative Pharmacist looking for an opportunity to develop your career within a hospital and primary care setting?

KCHFT and ABC PCN are working collaboratively to offer an innovative opportunity for two pharmacists to develop patient centred medicines optimisation within each setting. You will be employed by KCHFT, but will be jointly supported and supervised with the PCN.

This exciting opportunity will require, cross sector multidisciplinary working both with frail elderly patients within our Community Hospitals and within the GP Practices. You will be responsible for providing safe and effective medicines optimisation services to cohorts of patients within these settings.

For those band 6 or newly qualified Pharmacists who require more support we are able to offer the right applicant a Band 6 to 7 progressive post. We will support successful candidates through the Post Graduate Clinical Diploma, Independent Prescribing and CPPE Primary Education Pathway. If you have the necessary skills and qualities, are adaptable and work well in a team, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will develop an expertise in the optimisation of medicines in frailty and other chronic conditions, working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure that we achieve the best medicines outcomes for patients. This is an evolving role and we are looking for enthusiastic and innovative Pharmacists.

You will provide patient centred medicines optimisation to frail patients

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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