Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (n/a)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8661MF
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ealing hospital
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/03/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/04/2025
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Pharmacist – (SDEC)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Find out more about Our HEART values
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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Under the direction of the Lead Care of Older People and Stroke Pharmacist in conjunction with the Pharmacy Lead for Clinical Services at Ealing Hospital, the post holder will:
· Provide an enhanced clinical pharmacy service to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)-Frailty (Ealing) and Older People wards
· SDEC-Frailty Pharmacy service is a referral based enhanced service for complex medicines optimisation and review
· To work as part of the SDEC-Frailty team and wider Older People teams and liaise with community-based services to ensure the seamless transfer of patient care on discharge.
· Provide daily ward pharmacy service to Care of Older people wards and SDEC-Frailty team when referrals are made
Main duties of the job
• To lead and develop the specialist pharmacy service to the acute geriatric wards and services (SDEC-Frailty) and where applicable, under the direction of Lead Pharmacist for Older People and Stroke for the Trust, be involved in Virtual Ward and /or Hospital@Home service, when set up.
• To provide highly specialised advice on all medicine related issues in area of responsibility i.e, cost effective optimal treatment either for individual patients or groups of patients in line with local, regional and national guidance and policies
• Provides high level of pharmaceutical care to patients on the ward, obtaining accurate medication history, reviewing choice of treatment and dosage to ensure safe and effective use of medicines in individual patients in line with Trust guidelines and Formulary. Using PCC, to support patients in decision making involving their care, and what is important to them.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
- Non-Medical Prescriber (or willing to achieve qualification upon attainment of post)
Desirable criteria
- Frailty Course
- Evidence of formal management training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant Older people hospital experience
- Wide range of ward pharmacy experience
- Previous relevant specialist clinical experience e.g. emergency, acute or older people medicine
- Experience in multidisciplinary team working
- Demonstrate up to date knowledge of treatment guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in frailty and ambulatory care units
- Evidence of evaluating own and pharmacy staff’s work to drive and deliver improvements in service quality
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paresh Parmar
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Older People and Stroke
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088693946
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