Advanced Specialist Pharmacist for Elderly Care & Frailty

Are you a pharmacist seeking a greater sense of purpose and looking to make positive interventions with patients and other healthcare professionals? If you are looking for a rewarding clinically-focused career in hospital pharmacy, look no further! At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust we are committed to this vision and are passionate about supporting pharmacists who are willing to join us on this exciting journey.

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, patient-focused and motivated clinical pharmacist with specialist knowledge to manage the service provision and pharmacy team within the Elderly Care & Frailty Clinical Service Line.

The post holder will lead in all aspects of medicines optimisation to the Elderly Care & Frailty areas at the Bedford site and will further develop our well-stablished role in the transfer of care around medication and the Discharge Medicines Service.

You will have the opportunity to further develop close working relationships with our Integrated Discharge Team, PCNs, CCGs and community pharmacies by ensuring safe discharge of patients and continuity of care.

As a GDE exemplar site, we are a digitally advanced Trust with ePMA in place since 2015, an Automated Dispensing System on each site and a wide range of other innovative digital solutions. We have an excellent support network for pharmacists of all grades and are unwavering in our commitment to your personal development., To supervise and be a role model for other pharmacists in order to lead, plan and develop an advanced specialist clinical pharmacy service, which is consistent with the priorities and needs of the Elderly Care & Frailty Service Line. This should also be in line with local and national policies and best practice. This will ensure the safe, clinical and cost-effective use of medicines and staff resources.

To be responsible for delivering the defined service Key Performance Indicators and include close working with other Lead Pharmacists.To deliver specialist pharmaceutical care including (where applicable) non-medical prescribing to a defined caseload of patients, in line with the agreed scope of practice, undertaking risk management and ensuring compliance with local and national clinical guidance.

To support the Principal Pharmacist- Acute & Elderly Care in meeting its risk, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.

To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the speciality and to take an active part in projects to support patient safety.

To undertake clinical supervision of junior pharmacists, medicines management pharmacy technicians and pre-registration pharmacistsTo act as a professional role model to all clinical pharmacy staff, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.