Are you looking for a rewarding and dynamic role where you can apply your knowledge, contribute to patient safety and be part of a multi-disciplinary team?
NHFT is looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to support the delivery of a clinical pharmacy service to Spinneyfields and Turn Furlong inpatient units.
Spinneyfields provides accommodation for people requiring health and social care recovery and rehabilitation, delivered through a multi-disciplinary team employed by NHFT in a recovering independence unit.
NHFT are the lead provider for the RIBU, collaborating with West Northants Council. The service offers support for people with an need for rehabilitation, recuperation and/or assessment; subject to the screening criteria for the service being met. It is anticipated that admissions will primarily come from acute hospital discharge (Pathway 2 as described in national Discharge to Assess guidance), either following an acute stay in hospital or being stepped out from an emergency attendance to avoid admission to hospital.
This is a varied role with the successful applicant needing to work independently and within the pharmacy team. They will have their own clinical responsibilities which will contribute to the healthcare team and support the pharmacist attending the wards. Travel between sites will be necessary and you must be able to travel independently to other bases in the Trust across Northamptonshire.
As the Advanced Pharmacist Elderly Care, Rehabilitation and Frailty your duties will include:
* To develop and deliver on-site clinical pharmacy services to Spinneyfields and Turn Furlong and consider and potentially implement the role of pharmacist prescribing in this area
* To undertake medicines reviews as needed to rationalise complex regimes
* To be responsible for leading, delivering and evaluating clinical pharmacy services to patients within Spinneyfields and Turn Furlong
* To provide a clinical pharmacy service to Spinneyfields and Turn Furlong inpatient areas
* Where a prescribing qualification is held, to make changes to prescribed medication within agreed competence as required and monitor the patient's progress.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.