Advanced Specialist Pharmacist, Hospital @ Home/ Rapid Access ServiceNHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacist to join our innovative Hospital at Home and Rapid Access Service. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert medicines optimisation support for patients with complex healthcare needs being managed at home, helping to avoid hospital admissions and support timely discharge
Main duties of the job
You will be an experienced clinical pharmacist with:
- Significant experience in acute, community, intermediate care, virtual ward or Hospital at Home settings.
- Clinical expertise in frailty, polypharmacy and complex multimorbidity.
- Strong leadership, communication and service development skills.
- A passion for delivering high-quality care and improving patient outcomes.
This is an opportunity to shape and develop pharmacy services within an expanding Hospital at Home model, working across organisational boundaries to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care where patients want it most, in their own homes.
Job description
Be the source of expert clinical advice for medicines information related queries & provide professional advice and support on the safe prescribing, handling and administration of medicines.
Provision of information about medicines where evidence base is lacking
Promote safe, high quality, cost effective, evidence based prescribing
Lead on medicines governance within delegated services, including reviewing medicines related incidents, formulating learning lessons & robust actions to reduce risks, conducting medicines related audits & key performance indicators.
Manage complex medicines optimisation problems within the team and across the interface.
Collaborate with internal and external agencies to improve and develop robust medicines optimisation pathways. This will include developing links with local ICBs, Local Authorities, primary and secondary healthcare providers to facilitate collaborative work on pharmaceutical issues.
About us
Main duties
- Lead medicines optimisation for Hospital at Home patients and support the wider Rapid Access Service pathways.
- Deliver complex medication reviews, domiciliary assessments and prescribing support.
- Improve medicines safety, governance and transfer of care across acute, community and primary care services.
- Provide expert medicines advice and education to multidisciplinary teams.
- Lead medicines related audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
Support the development of innovative, patient-centred pharmacy services closer to home