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Job Details:

Posting Date: 08 May 2024

Salary: £56,388.00 to £62,785.00 per year

Additional Salary Information: £56,388.00 – £62,785.00 a year

Hours: Full-time

Closing Date: 19 May 2024

Location: Southall, UB2 4SD

Company: NHS Jobs

Job Type: Permanent

Job Reference: C9222-24-0504

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Job Summary:

An exciting opportunity awaits for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our friendly and progressive medicines management service, serving the community in Ealing. The role involves leading the medicines management service for the Rapid Response Virtual Wards, supporting admissions avoidance and early discharge from acute settings. Additionally, you will oversee various community health services, including MSK, diabetes service, district nursing, special schools, children with learning disabilities, SALT, physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry, and TVN.

We strive to provide a calm and welcoming environment and are seeking a highly motivated team player with excellent communication skills and a passion for treating long-term conditions and optimizing medicines. Experience with medical patients is preferred, and we value collaborative working, compassionate leadership, and opportunities for positive influence.

Main Duties of the Job:

The post holder will be responsible for:

Leading the development of the medicines management service for the Rapid Response Service Virtual Ward

Providing medicines management support and information to various community-based teams

Managing and delivering comprehensive prescribing advice and information

Ensuring safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines

Initiating, supervising, and undertaking medicine audits

Providing training and education for nursing and medical staff

Collating activity and outcome data

Actively developing and integrating policies, guidelines, and procedures

The applicant will be required to participate in the out-of-hours on-call service as well as the weekend morning service on a rota basis, with additional payments provided.

About Us:

West London NHS Trust is a diverse healthcare provider delivering mental health, physical healthcare, and community services. With Broadmoor Hospital under our purview, we care for patients across various secure and non-secure settings. We employ 4,500 staff, prioritizing diversity, and our turnover for 2023-24 was £426m.

Rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission, our forensic services are rated ‘Outstanding.’ We are actively involved in the North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board, leading initiatives in mental health provision.

To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.