Permanent Jobs in Stoke on trent, staffordshire, uk

Main area : Pharmacy Grade Band 8a

Contract : Permanent

Hours : 37.5 hours per week (across a 7-day working rota with a maximum weekend commitment of 1 in 4; usual shift Monday to Friday 9 – 4.50)

Job ref : 205-877828

Employer : University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type : NHS

Site : Royal Stoke University Hospital

Town : Stoke on Trent

Salary : £53,755 - £60,504 per annum

Salary period : Yearly

Closing : 05 / 02 / 2025 23 : 59

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Elderly Care

Band 8a

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge and are passionate about the area of elderly care?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the elderly care team and support this complex polypharmacy and rapidly growing population group.

You will lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and deprescribing within the elderly care specialty, supporting medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.

Main duties of the job

• Providing a clinical pharmacy service to the elderly care wards including ward round attendance to support medicines optimisation and deprescribing initiatives for the polypharmacy population.
• Training and development of rotational junior and trainee pharmacists in elderly care.
• Reviewing adverse incident reports and educating medical and nursing teams on pharmaceutical issues.
• Reviewing expenditure reports and developing cost improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details please see the attached job description and person specification, this details the qualifications and experience needed for this role.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Important information about your application

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent / received via non-encrypted format.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name : Helen Haley

Job title : Clinical Lead Pharmacist for General Medicine

Email address : [emailprotected]

Telephone number : 01782 674536

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