Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic, motivated and innovative pharmacists to join our expanding Medicines Management team at Central London Community Healthcare Trust. We are looking for part-time and full-time pharmacists to provide a clinical pharmacy service to our inpatients in our Rehabilitation Service across the Trust. Are you looking for a rewarding career within the pharmacy world? Perhaps a move from secondary care but still wanting to work as a clinical pharmacist and help patients with their medicines? If yes, this could be the post for you: CLCH is one of the largest Community Health Trusts in England and provides services across 11 CCGs to more than two million people across ten London boroughs and Hertfordshire. We are part of 4 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) with the aim of shifting health care from acute hospitals to settings closer to people’s homes, and moving away from reactive care to preventative care based on early interventions. As an integral member of the team, you will be providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst supporting to address both public health and social care needs of patients. You will be involved in conducting structured medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy, long-term conditions, or high-risk patients ensuring an integrated approach to the management of medicines. If you are successful, you will join the existing team of Band 7 pharmacists at the Trust covering a range of rehabilitation specialties. You will be supported by experienced Senior Clinical Pharmacists allowing you to gain new skills in each rotation and the ideal opportunity to develop strategic, quality improvement, and leadership skills. The post holder may be required to travel across the different sites within the Trust where we have Bedded Services inpatients, so some flexibility will be required. If you would like an informal and confidential conversation to understand the different options available with these vacancies, please contact: Jayne Yeung or call on 07393 142 857. Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours! We can offer you: A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role. Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply. Flexible working options. Annual travel card loan. Training, support, and development in your career. To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits Responsibilities include: To provide and develop a high-quality specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service across a range of inpatient settings in the Community Hospitals (Rehabilitation Units, Interim Care Beds, Palliative Care, Discharge to Assess ward) covered by the Bedded Services team supported by the Lead Bedded Services Pharmacist. To provide support and guidance to Medicine Management Pharmacy Technicians. To be responsible for individualised patient pharmaceutical care ensuring clinical prioritisation on a day-to-day basis at ward level. To provide a patient-focused pharmacy service to patients and staff including medicines reconciliation and full clinical screening of prescriptions to ensure safe and cost-effective use of evidence-based and rational use of medicines, in line with local policies and national guidance ensuring medicines are optimised and risks to patients are minimised e.g. NICE, NHSE/I, PHE. Facilitate changes to the patients’ own use of medicines to improve safety, adherence and empower as much independent use of medicines as possible and appropriate. Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities. This advert closes on Sunday 12 Jan 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr