# Principal Pharmacist, Frailty **Company**: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust **Location**: Epsom **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: temporary **Salary**: £63665.00 to £70887.00 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9343-26-0898?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_4df7b8eb-27e ## Description An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team on a fixed term 6 month basis as one of the Principal Pharmacists supporting Frailty Services. The successful candidate will join the multi-disciplinary team working on either the Mary Seacole frailty unit at Epsom Hospital, or at one of the Community Hospitals sites. The Mary Seacole Unit is a community-facing frailty unit based within Epsom Hospital. The unit supports patients who have frailty, complex needs and/or rehabilitation needs and offers enhanced Multidisciplinary team support in order to support the patients' transition of care back to their place of residence as soon as possible. The Community Hospitals provide care for people needing rehabilitation. They aim is to help patients return to living independently, or with care or other support. As the specialist pharmacist in the team you will lead on medicines optimisation and medicines management in the ward setting. You will provide advanced pharmaceutical expertise in frailty and polypharmacy. You will also conduct in-depth, personalised and goal orientated medication reviews with patients to improve their understanding of medicines, address adherence issues and reduce inappropriate polypharmacy. Ensuring seamless transfer of pharmaceutical care across interfaces will also be a key part of the role. **Main duties of the job** - To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the frailty unit or a SDHC Community Hospital ward. - Providing a well-integrated, comprehensive, patient-oriented specialist clinical pharmacy service at ward level throughout the frailty unit or SDHC Community Hospital site. - To provide advice and day to day clinical supervision for the pharmacy team working in the frailty unit or a community hospital ward, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines. - To promote safe, responsible, cost effective prescribing and usage of medicines, in line with the formulary, to optimise clinical outcomes and minimise adverse reactions and errors. - To liaise with appropriate MDT colleagues to ensure the implementation of National/Local guidelines related to medicines to optimise patient care and promote best practice. - Combining pharmaceutical expertise and technical skills to proactively support patient centred medicine. - Undertaking high-quality patient medication reviews to maximise the therapeutic effects of medicines, minimise the risk of harm and improve patient adherence to medication regimens. - Participating in Clinical audit, service and quality improvement where appropriate to aid shared learning and improvement. - Promoting the safer use of medicines through identification, reporting and investigation of medicines related incidents and sharing the learning from incidents with the wider team. **Benefits** - Agenda for Change pay scheme - Band 8a salary £63,665 to £70,887 a year pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata **Person Specification** **Qualifications** - Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent - Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience - Registered as a pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council **Experience** - Significant post registration hospital experience - Able to demonstrate experience providing a pharmacy clinical service to patients in a range of medical sub-specialities - Pharmaceutical Knowledge of Polypharmacy/ Care of older People/ Frailty - Experience of multidisciplinary team working - Experience in providing and evaluating pharmacy education & training - Experience of managing or supervising other staff - Experience of audit and quality improvement projects **Skills** - Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients - Able to manage difficult or ambiguous situations - Able to manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines and to prioritise and manage workload - Able to use own initiative to inform decisions and ensure accuracy - Critical appraisal skills ## Skills ### Required - Clinical Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Expertise - Polypharmacy - Frailty - Multidisciplinary Team Working - Medication Reviews - Audit and Quality Improvement ### Nice to have - Non-medical Prescriber - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Member - CMM Pharmacy Computer System - Change Management --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9343-26-0898?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)