Principal Pharmacist for Community Services / LIMOS

Interested in a clinical leadership role working across both the interface and community setting as part of an established, successful, and friendly pharmacy team?, This senior role requires partnership working across both health and social care interfaces and presents the opportunity to further develop the integrated approach to medicines across community, primary and secondary care settings in Lewisham.

Key responsibilities include management and further development of the interface and domiciliary care service arm of the LIMOS team, provision of strategic pharmacy leadership around immunisation and vaccination to provider services, professional input into the development of patient group directions, and oversight of the safe and secure handling of medicines and associated policy development and medicines optimisation in community settings. The post will also include an element of clinical commitment and direct patient care to provide patient centred and holistic medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy particularly the elderly and those with multiple long-term conditions in both in-reach and home settings.

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, senior pharmacist to work within a leadership role as part of the Community Services Pharmacy team and award-winning Lewisham Integrated Medicines Optimisation Service (LIMOS). LIMOS provides a formal pathway for medicines support and pharmacy input which is integrated across both the pharmacy workforce and wider multidisciplinary teams working in hospital, community and care home settings., In addition to having lots of enthusiasm, applicants should ideally have some experience of working in primary care or the community services setting and a multidisciplinary environment. This is a full-time post however candidates interested in a degree of flexible working are also encouraged to make contact to discuss opportunities ahead of application.

LIMOS is a unique and highly regarded team which enables a collaborative approach to medicines support across the pharmacy workforce within the hospital, community and GP practice settings. Integration of medicines support assessments within pathways for social care adds to this joined up approach to a rewarding opportunity to work as part of the MDT to improve patient care as part of the delivery of robust structured medication reviews and overprescribing agenda.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development