Specialist Pharmacist - Virtual Wards
Location
Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/19/2025
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Description
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well-motivated, Clinical Prescribing Pharmacists (or working towards/willing to work towards prescribing qualification) with current significant experience in delivering hospital pharmacy services, to join our Virtual Ward team which is based from locations across North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
You will have sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to support the virtual ward teams (Consultants, ANP's and AHP's) to deliver safe and effective medicines management for these patients. This includes (but is not limited to) Medicines Reconciliation, clinical reviews, supporting safe and secure medicines audits, antimicrobial stewardship and ongoing service design in conjunction with the virtual ward team and the Lead Pharmacist.
You will support and work alongside the medicines management technicians on the virtual ward team as well as the technician senior leadership team.
You must be highly motivated and able to demonstrate leadership skills and manage conflicting demands on your time. You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will contribute to patient safety improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives including ensuring the implementation of best value medicines in your area.
Core hours of work will be Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:30 with some flexibility possible. There is currently no weekend, bank holiday or on-call commitment with this post.
The location for this post is flexible with some home working possible, there would be a minimum requirement to attend one of our acute inpatient sites for 20% of contracted hours, occasional meetings and training may be required at other sites. Please discuss with us at interview.
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life-threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenny Oakley Job title: Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Families Division Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01524 519433
We welcome informal discussions and visits.
Jenny Oakley, Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Families Division
01524 519433
or
Jenny Bowler (Associate Chief Pharmacist: Medicines optimisation, operational and digital) ([email protected]) 01524 516197
You will have sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to support the virtual ward teams (Consultants, ANP's and AHP's) to deliver safe and effective medicines management for these patients. This includes (but is not limited to) Medicines Reconciliation, clinical reviews, supporting safe and secure medicines audits, antimicrobial stewardship and ongoing service design in conjunction with the virtual ward team and the Lead Pharmacist.
You will support and work alongside the medicines management technicians on the virtual ward team as well as the technician senior leadership team.
You must be highly motivated and able to demonstrate leadership skills and manage conflicting demands on your time. You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will contribute to patient safety improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives including ensuring the implementation of best value medicines in your area.
Core hours of work will be Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:30 with some flexibility possible. There is currently no weekend, bank holiday or on-call commitment with this post.
The location for this post is flexible with some home working possible, there would be a minimum requirement to attend one of our acute inpatient sites for 20% of contracted hours, occasional meetings and training may be required at other sites. Please discuss with us at interview.
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life-threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenny Oakley Job title: Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Families Division Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01524 519433
We welcome informal discussions and visits.
Jenny Oakley, Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Families Division
01524 519433
or
Jenny Bowler (Associate Chief Pharmacist: Medicines optimisation, operational and digital) ([email protected]) 01524 516197
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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