Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Proactive Care

You will be the medicines optimisation lead for the local Proactive
Care multidisciplinary community teams in your specified area(s).
As a core member of these teams, you will visit adults with multiple long term conditions in their own homes for patient-centred structured medication reviews (SMR), reviewing prescribing and making recommendations to improve patient outcomes focusing on quality and safety. You will be liaising with primary care pharmacists, community pharmacies and others involved in patient care as required to implement medicines optimisation.
You will be supported by a small team of experienced pharmacists/technician as well as the wider trust pharmacy team (the medicines management team (MMT)).
Your development and career progression is also important to us - to start with you will need to have a Clinical Diploma or evidence of robust relevant CPD, a knowledge of prescribing in the frail elderly population is desirable but not essential as we can support your development. If you are not already a prescriber, we will support you to undertake a prescribing course once established in role.
Looking to the future the proactive care pharmacy service is part of an expanding, dynamic and proactive Medicines Management team with roles across East and West Sussex including in-patient, care home, advanced and specialist pharmacy roles, so there will be opportunities to further develop your career in the future.

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist seeking a new challenge, wanting to make a positive difference to patient care in the community?
Are you passionate about delivering patient centred medication reviews to older adults with complex health needs, in their own homes? If so, we are looking for highly enthusiastic, proactive and self-motivated Senior Clinical Pharmacists to join our Medicines Management Team., To be considered for this exciting opportunity you will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven team working abilities. You should be able to work autonomously and manage your time effectively by prioritising your own workload, and clinical issues to make
effective patient centred interventions to improve care and outcomes for patients. You will need to be resourceful and make complex clinical decisions to provide advice, including where there is ambiguity. You will recognise the importance of key performance indicators in demonstrating
the differences made to patient care and patient outcomes.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
+ Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support, Based with community multidisciplinary teams at multiple Trust sites in West Sussex the successful candidate will travel to provide domiciliary medication review across a defined geographic region. You will also be expected to periodically travel to other areas covered by Sussex Community Foundation Trust. This will require you to have access to your own mode of transport (e.g. car).
Working hours are between Monday to Friday, no weekends or on call. Flexible working may be considered.
Consideration may be given to suitable candidates with less experience seeking a development role
Informal visits prior to application or interview are encouraged. For further details / informal visits contact:
Helena Stimpson, Principal Clinical Pharmacist, Proactive Care
[email protected] 07825 60685
At the heart of how we operate is our Trust values:
+ Compassionate Care
+ Working Together,
+ Achieving Ambitions
+ Delivering Excellence
Our values are fundamental to the high-quality care we provide to the people who need us. We are proud to be a community that cares, delivering our services as a team whilst supporting our employees as individuals.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer that actively promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We embrace and celebrate diversity, encouraging applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with an ethnically diverse heritage, those with disabilities, and individuals identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our aim is to grow a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
We strive to create an environment where every individual is valued and respected. Our recruitment process is designed to support candidates who require reasonable adjustments and to accommodate the needs of applicants.
This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.
Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically, please ensure you check your emails, including your junk folder. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

+ Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
+ Excellent training and development opportunities
+ Research opportunities
+ Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
+ Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
+ Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
+ Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
+ Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
+ Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff