Overview
Job summary:
* Providing medicines advice to patients and carers, health and social care professionals and skilled non-registered staff working collaboratively to resolve complex medication queries.
* Medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge and clinical medication reviews.
* Making evidence-based clinical interventions and recommendations to prescribers to provide patient-centred care.
* Supporting patients in managing their medication safely, including facilitating self-administration.
* Work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification.
* Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team (including medical and ACP prescribers, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, primary care, community pharmacy, mental health teams, care providers and social care staff professionals).
* Provide a high quality, safe and patient focused clinical pharmacist service to the Community Care Group, including community hospital inpatients and patients in their own homes.
Details
Date posted: 05 May 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 185-63302-11450
Job locations: Exmouth Hospital, Claremont Grove, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2JN
Job responsibilities
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below. More detail about the role:
We are looking for an experienced pharmacist to join our established Community Services Pharmacy Team, a team of skilled and patient-focused clinical pharmacists and medicines management technicians. We provide a clinical pharmacy service to community hospital adult inpatients as well as a medicines optimisation service to patients with complex medication needs in their own homes. This role will be in and around Exmouth and will be based primarily in Exmouth Community Hospital. You will work with colleagues to enable the safe and effective use of medicines through provision of medicines optimisation and personalised medication reviews.
Employees of the Trust benefit from using a shared electronic prescribing and medication administration record (EPIC) which supports integrated care across acute and community services.
We are looking for candidates who:
* demonstrate excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
* show initiative and adaptability in a dynamic healthcare environment.
* will work with pharmacy technicians to support safe and timely discharge of patients and manage a caseload of referred patients requiring an intervention at home.
* are flexible, organised and committed to delivering patient-centred care.
* can prioritise workload effectively in response to changing patient needs.
You will be offered appropriate training with plenty of scope to develop in the role, with the expectation to qualify and use independent prescribing skills to facilitate excellent patient-focused care while promoting medicines safety, admission avoidance and discharge facilitation.
You will join a self-motivated and flexible team able to work both independently and as part of a team, helping patients regain independence with their medication regimens and stay healthy when they need it most.
The candidate will provide a competent and efficient pharmaceutical service to hospital inpatients and patients at home to meet changing operational demands. Ideally you will have completed, or be on your way towards finishing your clinical diploma and have experience in a hospital pharmacy setting. Applications from experienced pharmacists from any sector will be considered.
Working Pattern: 22.5 hours per week
Interview date: 16 October 2025
Contact for further information: Suzy Bidwell, Clinical Pharmacy Manager at 07825 904604 or suzybidwell@nhs.net; or Sam Smith, Integrated Pharmacy Services Lead at 01392 402427 or samsmith2@nhs.net
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). We provide integrated health and social care services across various settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and in people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC). Our state-of-the-art equipment and links to local universities support research and innovation to provide world-class care.
Candidate requirements
We are looking for candidates who:
* demonstrate excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
* show initiative and adaptability in a dynamic healthcare environment.
* will work with pharmacy technicians to support safe and timely discharge of patients and manage a caseload of referred patients requiring an intervention at home.
* are flexible, organised and committed to delivering patient-centred care.
* can prioritise workload effectively in response to changing patient needs.
You will work in an experienced, ambitious and motivated pharmacy team with training and development opportunities, including potential independent prescribing to enhance patient care while promoting medicines safety.
Benefits
We offer benefits to support staff wellbeing and development, including:
* 27 days of annual leave increasing to 33 days plus bank holidays, plus access to occupational health services and wellbeing activities.
* Salary sacrifice options and staff discounts, including a Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts, and access to an on-site nursery in Exeter.
* Cycle to work scheme and the NHS Pension scheme.
* Flexible working schemes and family-friendly policies to support work-life balance.
Compliance
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and the Disclosure and Barring Service checks as required.
Employer: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Exmouth Hospital, Claremont Grove, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2JN
Website: https://royaldevon.nhs.uk/
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