Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Virtual Hospital
Band 7
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Clinical Pharmacist looking for a unique opportunity?
We are looking for a pharmacist with a proven track record supporting acutely unwell medical and surgical patients, to work in the Virtual Hospital in West Essex.
The team cares for acutely unwell patients in homes. We enable patients to remain at home by preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital and by supporting them to leave hospital earlier to continue their treatment at home. This includes the utilisation of remote technology to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission.
The post holder will provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to the Virtual Hospital, to deliver medicines-related care of patients, support the provision of medicines management services and participate in training and education. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the local population and deliver an NHS national priority.
Joining our team will provide you with opportunities to undertake further study and help support your professional development. If you are looking for a full-time job in a responsible and challenging post, this could be the role for you. The post includes participation in the weekend and bank holiday dispensary rota, plus responsible pharmacist and on call rota and there may be opportunity to work additional hours elsewhere within the pharmacy team, as part of our staff bank.
Main duties of the job
This post is based within the Virtual Hospital MDT that accept referrals from acute hospitals and community providers. We offer expert medical treatment, clinical advice and personalised medication management plans in real time, to keep acutely unwell patients at home or support those patients who are discharged early from hospital.
You will be expected to forge strong professional relationships with nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals and doctors. This role requires a passion for clinical pharmacy and a genuine drive to help patients. You will be working to provide practical clinical solutions, and you will be changing patients’ lives for the better. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team with a range of skills and clinical expertise. You need to be flexible, have excellent communication skills and appreciate the need for professional development within your practice to ensure we establish a responsive and effective team.
Although based in the Virtual Hospital, this post forms an important pillar of the EPUT pharmacy department. At times, the post holder will need to, supervise junior colleagues. A commitment to providing responsible pharmacist duties plus out of hours services are implicit. Post holders should be registered with the GPhC and be able to demonstrate their clinical credentials.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
ROLE SUMMARY
To provide specialist clinical pharmacy input to the Virtual Hospital/Hospital @ Home MDT, to support the medicines-related care of patients, support the provision and development of medicines management services and to participate in training, education and research as required.
- To actively contribute to, and participate in, the provision and development of pharmaceutical services, and safe and effective use of medicines, within the West Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Trust’s pharmacy and medicines management team.
- To participate as an active member of the Virtual Hospital, and support the safe and effective use of medicines.
- To contribute to the organisation and management of the clinical pharmacy service to the Virtual Hospital.
- To provide clinical pharmacy and medicines management advice in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk in relation to medicines
- To support and participate in clinical audit.
For further details, please see the full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- General Pharmaceutical Council registration
- PG certificate/diploma or equivalent experience. Willing to work towards
- Independent prescriber / studying or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in management studies / equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Broad technical, clinical & pharmaceutical knowledge
Skills / experience
Essential criteria
- IT/Computer skills
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing & negotiating skills
- Good organisational, prioritising & time mamangement
- Relevant post-registration clinical pharmacy experience
- Ability to work under pressure and demonstrate good time management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of tutoring & training
- Evidence of writing procedures, guidelines, protocols etc
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of managing staff
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates Trust beliefs and values and models these
- Driving licence / access to a car
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Thiloshini Pillay
- Job title
- Advanced Pharmacist Virtual Hospital
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07581 055735
- Additional information
Please contact Thilo Pillay ([email protected]) or Noriko Conday ([email protected]) for an informal discussion about this post.
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