Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Post Discharge counselling project

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Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

15 hours per week Job ref 337-NP-8676DG

Site Northwick Park Hospital Town Harrow Salary £59,490 - £66,239 Per annum inclusive of HCAS pro-rata (figure is for full time) Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/2025 23:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job overview

This is an opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to be involved in a charitable funds approved post-discharge counselling project.

The project involves identifying suitable patients during their inpatient stay and providing a follow up counselling appointment post-discharge.

The project aims to identify patients on high risk medication and ensure they can make the best use of their medications once they have left the hospital.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone with vast ward based experience and a passion in this area of work within hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and a patient/staff orientated pharmacist dedicated to patient safety.
You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

You will be a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have significant clinical experience.

This is a fixed term post for one year to support the charitable funds project.

The post involves:

• Contacting patients who have been discharged from our Trust
• Providing counselling on a range of medication
• Signposting to primary care or other appropriate services
• Supporting data collection for project evaluation
• Presenting findings within the pharmacy and wider as required
• Working closely with the existing project team to ensure the project is delivering on all KPIs
• Communicating with ward teams on potential inpatient interventions where identified

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• MSC
• Previous publications in national journals
• Previous experience as a tutor or mentor
• Wide range of ward pharmacy experience
• Training, mentorship, supervision of staff
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage workload
• Evidence of time management skills
• Management of people, systems and change

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

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As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Naina Patel Job title Lead pharmacist - Patient services Email address Naina.patel1@nhs.net Additional information

Poureya Aghakhani - Deputy Chief Pharmacist

Poureya.aghakhani@nhs.net