About this role
Job summary
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinically skilled pharmacist to support the Care Homes & Frailty Pharmacy Service across Lambeth and Southwark. The post holder will contribute to the safe and effective use of medicines for older adults living with frailty, providing clinical expertise across care-home and community settings.
The role centres on improving medicines optimisation processes, strengthening multidisciplinary working, and supporting consistent, person-centred care across the frailty pathway. The post holder will contribute to service development through audit, guideline work and quality-improvement activity, ensuring alignment with local and national priorities.
Regular mentorship and clinical supervision will be provided by senior pharmacists within the service, supporting the development of specialist knowledge in frailty therapeutics and progression towards senior practice. The position requires a motivated clinician with strong communication skills, sound clinical judgement and the ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
Interviews planned for: w/c 5th October
Please note: we are advertising for 3 positions in total. 2 x Band 8a positions at 0.6WTE and 1 x Band 7 position at 1.0WTE. Individuals can apply for both vacancies if they wish.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Homes and Frailty Pharmacist, you will provide clinical pharmacy input across care homes, community settings and primary care interfaces in Lambeth and Southwark. You will undertake medicines reconciliation, structured medication reviews and targeted optimisation interventions for older adults living with frailty.
You will work with pharmacy technicians, care-home staff, GPs, geriatricians and adult social care teams to address medicines-related risks, support safe prescribing and deprescribing, and ensure effective communication of pharmaceutical care plans. You will contribute to improving medicines systems within care homes, including reviewing processes and supporting implementation of best practice.
Your responsibilities will include participating in audit and quality-improvement activity, contributing to guideline and SOP development, and delivering training to registered and non-registered staff. You will take part in MDT discussions and case reviews to support coordinated, person-centred care.
For further information on the role and its requirements please refer to attached job description and person specification documents.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the role and its requirements please refer to attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered member of GPhC Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma or equivalent experience
Desirable
Qualified non-medical prescriber Specialist training, qualification or education in the care of older people
Experience Essential
Working within multidisciplinary teams across primary, community or social care Undertaking medication reviews in older people including adherence support and deprescribing Delivering direct pharmaceutical care to patients with long term conditions and frailty Delivering training to care home staff or community teams or non-pharmacy teams Developing and undertaking audits
Desirable
Experience working across integrated care settings (PCNs, GP practices, community services and social care) Experience managing patients independently (e.g., polypharmacy clinics, anticoagulation clinics, frailty pathways)
Knowledge Essential
Demonstrable knowledge, skills and ability to undertake clinical screening and medicines reconciliation Demonstrable experience of clinically influencing at senior level e.g. ward rounds or MDT meetings Understands primary and secondary care working and organisational structures in relation to the ageing population Understands the effects of ageing on drug handling and medicines use Understands pharmacy and medicines risks in older people living with frailty, polypharmacy, multimorbidity and the role of pharmacy to mitigate those risks
Desirable
Understands national policies and the context around managing long term conditions, case management and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions in the NHS and their implication for medicines management
Skills Essential
Ability to provide high-quality clinical advice and communicate complex pharmacy issues that may be frequently challenged Willingness to tackle difficult issues as well as challenge practices and systems that lead to sub-optimal use of medicines Highly developed communication, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills Able to recognise limitations and scope of their practice and know when to escalate matters appropriately Ability to make important decisions in pressured situations.
Additional Information Essential
Self-sufficient in word processing, internet, PowerPoint, e-mail and spreadsheet use Able to communicate and work effectively and co-operatively with a wide range of people of different backgrounds and viewpoints
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - across all community based sites
London
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)