Clinical Pharmacist Community Beds

We are seeking an experienced and motivated clinical pharmacist to join our new community care bed team. This is a key role responsible for reviewing patients' medicines use within the four community care bed bases across Leeds, working with a wide multidisciplinary team including consultant geriatricians, GPs, advanced care practitioners, pharmacy technicians, and non-registered carers, in an innovative partnership between Leeds GP Confederation, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and Leeds City Council.

The post-holder will provide clinical knowledge to ensure prescribing and use of medicines in community beds is safe, effective, and high quality, and support pharmacy technicians who are employed through partner organisations. The role will be deployed in matrix working across the four community bed bases, working across organisational boundaries to give safe and effective care to patients who need additional care after discharge from hospital before returning home.

Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities:

• Provide specialised pharmaceutical advice to health care professionals, non-registered caring staff, patients, and carers.
• Participate in the community care bed MDT providing medicines-related advice and targeted clinical medication reviews to community care bed patients identified as high risk or need, working within a team of senior and training doctors, advanced care practitioners, pharmacy technicians, and carers.
• Advise, support, and work directly with community care bed staff to identify any problems with systems, policies, and procedures that support the medication needs of the patient including the safe prescribing, handling, and administration of medicines.
• Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from community care bed staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy), and patients with queries about medicines.
• Suggest and recommend solutions, arranging relevant follow-up for patients with MDT to monitor the effect of any changes.
• Support community care beds with learning from Significant Event Analysis involving medicines, working with Leeds GP Confederation clinical and operations colleagues as well as those from partner organisations.

About us:

Leeds GP Confederation exists to make a positive difference to the 870,000 people living in Leeds. We are committed to improving general practice and people's health and wellbeing. Through our support, resources, and expertise, we enable GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to flourish, collaborate, and provide excellent care for their communities. We are driven to ensure the unified voice of general practice is central to the health and care system and are committed to fostering a culture that is open, inclusive, and focused on continuous improvement.

Job responsibilities:

• Have awareness of changes to medicines that can result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal, and other local and national guidance, working with colleagues to help implement such changes.
• Provide advice and support in risk management, clinical governance issues, and ensure compliance with medicines legislation, patient safety advisory notices, and other established good practices to manage and minimise risk.
• Contribute to a positive, open culture where teams feel supported to raise concerns, learn, and improve.
• Consistently demonstrate and promote Leeds GP Confederation's values and behaviours in all aspects of work.
• Professional support of pharmacy technicians employed by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust deployed into community care bed units.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across clinical and operations teams to support service delivery and organisational objectives.
• Ensure adherence to information governance standards, maintaining confidentiality and data protection in line with organisational policy and legal requirements.
• Promote and support safeguarding practices.
• Maintain compliance with statutory and mandatory training requirements.
• Contribute to a culture of compliance, accountability, and high standards of governance.

Personal/Professional Development:

• The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by Leeds GP Confederation as part of this employment, such training to include:
• Completion of all mandatory training.
• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning, and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

In agreement with their line manager, carries out such other duties as may be reasonably expected in accordance with the grade of the post. Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately. Participate in team meetings, training, and personal development activities. Build and maintain professional working relationships with stakeholders.

Person Specification:

• Understanding of information governance (e.g. GDPR) and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Commitment to confidentiality and data protection.
• Demonstrable experience in clinical medication review and medicines optimisation.
• Ability to provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to MDT professionals, patients, and carers.
• Experience identifying and resolving medication-related problems.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working and contributing to patient-centred care planning.
• Registered pharmacist with current GPhC registration.
• Understanding of clinical governance, patient safety, and quality frameworks.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Independent non-medical prescriber.
• Strong understanding of polypharmacy and high-risk patients.
• Experience supporting medicines safety initiatives and incident learning (e.g. Significant Event Analysis).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex medicines information clearly.
• Excellent prioritisation and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing demands.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems proactively.

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.