About this role
Job summary
Thank you for your interest in this post for as a Care Home Practice Foundation Pharmacist in the Care Home GP Practice.
The Care Home GP Practice is part of Ealing Community Partners (ECP) and provides an enhanced primary care service to Care Homes (Nursing and Residential) across Ealing. The team includes GPs, Pharmacists, Nurses, Advanced Practitioners and Administrators and the service is provided 8am - 8pm 7 days per week.
The service works closely with colleagues across ECP and Ealing's Borough Based Partnership teams as well as Care Home providers with the aim of providing an integrated approach to the care available to the residents.
The service has transferred to the Trust, from a previous subcontracted arrangement, and this will give the opportunity to explore the current and future delivery of the service via a transformation programme.
Main duties of the job
The ECP Care Home GP Practice provides enhanced primary care services for over 1000 patients in nursing homes and care homes in the borough of Ealing.
The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will assist in areas of patient care and chronic disease management within the care home practice, undertaking clinical medication reviews to manage patients especially for polypharmacy, older people, residential and nursing home residents with multiple co-morbidities.
The post holder will provide support to pharmacy team and care home general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing advice on clinical medicines issues while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in primary care.
The post holder will provide clinical advice on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Professional Registration Essential
Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with independent prescribing annotation Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society/ PCPA
Desirable
Working towards Post-registration Foundation Pharmacist Credentialing
Qualifications Essential
Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent) Working towards specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
Desirable
Enrolled, or working towards equivalence to Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway from Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education
Skills knowledge and experience Essential
Therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare. Is able to plan, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
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 West London NHS Trust
Address Armstrong Way
London
UB1 3EU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)