Virtual Ward Pharmacist

Employer: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Community
Town: Halifax
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 16/01/2025
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading

One Culture of Care

underpins our values by creating an environment, tone, and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work, and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours, and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
Job overview
The role of the Virtual Ward Pharmacist sits within the Calderdale Urgent Community Response Service. This service provides urgent assessment, care, and intervention to support people to remain at home, avoid hospital admissions, and to step down from hospital to community sooner. The Urgent Community Response Service works as a multi-disciplinary team with Allied Health Professionals, Nurses, Rehabilitation Assistants, and Independent Living Officers - providing anything from a 0-2hr urgent assessment at home to supporting individuals with domiciliary care for up to a week. The service accepts anyone over the age of 18, therefore a very varied caseload of people to support, all with different needs.
Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients in their own homes or care homes in the Calderdale and Huddersfield area, which may be as part of the Virtual Ward (VW)/Urgent Community Response Team (UCR) or the wider Community Division. The post holder will be an integral part of the virtual ward team and work seamlessly between primary and secondary care and link with a range of healthcare professionals to optimise concordance and compliance with prescribed medication.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder:
Main Tasks
Patients will be reviewed in a home setting as soon as possible after acceptance on the Community Team caseload.
Review medication and work closely with Community Teams which includes consultants, advanced clinical practitioners, physiotherapists, OTs, nurses, GPs, and community pharmacists to ensure patients derive the maximum benefit from prescribed medication.
Participate in MDT meetings via Teams or Face to Face as per frequency and need of the service.
Assess compliance with medication and any other factors related to medication which may lead to hospital admission or deterioration in condition.
Work closely with patients to implement medicines management and optimisation.
Liaise with GPs and community pharmacists to ensure that medicines are reconciled following transfer to primary care. Identify and follow up any discrepancies.
Communicate with GPs, community pharmacists, and hospital consultants any recommendations in respect to individual patient medication changes, requirements, or concerns as appropriate to the needs of the patient.
Provide skilled pharmaceutical counselling to patients in the domiciliary care setting in order to improve concordance and compliance with medicines and to reduce risks from medication-related events.
Work in an independent manner to explore all ways of supporting patients with complex medication issues.
Work in partnership with the patient, carers, and relatives to reflect patient choice, to support self-care.
Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

MPharm or equivalent Degree in Pharmacy approved by RPSGB.
Registered Pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Evidence of practical experience of medication review in a hospital or community setting.
Good knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicines Management, and Pharmacy Practice acquired through training and experience.
Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail.
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Problem solving and analytical skills.
Demonstrate commitment to CPD.
Able to fulfil all physical requirements of the post with Occupational Health clearance.
Our vision is to provide

One Culture of Care

for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce; that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
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