clinical pharmacist Sheffield, England
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to lead and develop medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services to the newly established frailty virtual ward team in Sheffield. You will work alongside pharmacist and medicines management technicians and be part of the multidisciplinary frailty virtual ward team. This includes consultants, ACPs and community matrons. This will require enthusiasm, self- motivation and commitment to forge excellent communication between community and secondary care teams and to drive the pharmacy service to the virtual ward forward. The post holder will be an independent prescriber or willing to start the course within the first year of post.
The post will encompass working within the STH Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS). CAPS provides pharmacy support for patients following an acute hospital discharge or to prevent avoidable admissions during periods of acute illness within STH community services.
In addition to providing pharmacy support to the virtual ward, the CAPs team work closely with a range of community services; Active Recovery Assessment Team, Community Nursing, Community Stroke Service and Community Therapy teams.
CAPs headquarters are at Community House, Northern General Hospital. Flexible /portfolio working will be considered.
- To lead and coordinate medicines optimisation services and clinical pharmacy development to the frailty virtual ward to improve quality of care, personalise care and patient experience.
- To lead, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services provided by the CAPS pharmacy team in order to ensure safe, clinically-effective and cost-efficient medicines management services.
- To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team for the Frailty Virtual Ward and across community services teams to assist in improving the independence, health and wellbeing of patients and to minimise the risks associated with medicines.
- To perform medication reviews and prescribe as an independent pharmacist in line with the NMP governance procedures at STH.
- To assist in the implementation of national and local prescribing strategies through the provision of expert advice.
- To provide clinical leadership to the CAPS pharmacy team.
- To be responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and audit of safe medicines administration procedures and processes for the service.
- To be responsible for the development and delivery of education and training for staff and patients to maximise safety and efficiency in medicines management.
At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals we know that our people are as important as the patients and populations we serve. The vision of Making it Personal is simple: to create a brilliant, personal place to work by attracting, developing and engaging all staff and volunteers from all backgrounds to transform the lives of our patients and the public.
To do this, we need to care for, develop and enable the collective potential of all our people and harness their energy, ingenuity, talents, differences and shared sense of purpose.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
