Job Overview
Pharmacist with an interest in Frailty required to cover Monday to Wednesday - 08:00- 16:00pm
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist with a special interest in Frailty to join the Integrated Frailty Liaison Team at Wexham Park Hospital permanently.
This is a role in which you can develop your specialist pharmacy skillset and advance your clinical skills work working closely with the acute frailty Liaison Team.
As a Specialist Pharmacist, you will spend time in a patient-facing role enhancing your clinical skills. You will gain experience in treating a range of complex patients with multiple co-morbidities. You will work closely with the rest of the clinical pharmacy team, with access to a range of specialist pharmacists.
Frailty team is at the forefront of aligning with the national strategy for improving upon the existing processes involved in the identification of frailty and in the coordination of care between different Community and hospital teams to deliver better experiences and outcomes for our patients.
Main duties of the job
- The Frailty Service provides a front door assessment service including the development of comprehensive geriatric assessments and complex care plans to support admission avoidance, reduce length of stay and avoid unnecessary readmissions for individuals living with frailty.
- To provide high quality innovative clinical practice , be proactive in clinical decision making, underpinned by an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge, and be able to demonstrate improved patient care outcomes.
- Our service is 7 days a week and you will be part of the Pharmacy On-call service.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- For further information about this role please see the Job Description document attached.
- If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy degree
- Non Medical Prescriber
- Diploma on Pharmacy
- Registered with GPhC
- Advanced physical assessment or willing to undertake
Desirable criteria
- MSc or higher degree
- Project management
- UKCPA membership
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of producing guidelines
- Experience of producing drug appraisals
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant post qualification experience working as a pharmacist
Desirable criteria
- Regular experience of providing clinical pharmacy support to Frailty.
- Clinical audit experience.
- Teaching/tutoring experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to adapt and cope with challenges
- Applied clinical knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Excellent IT skills
- Evidence of interest in research
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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