About this role
Job summary
We are excited to offer an innovative opportunity to enhance primary care delivery to care homes in the borough of Ealing. As a Care Home Foundation Practice Pharmacist, you 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.
As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will receive robust support from GPs and an experienced group of nurses, including advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators.
What We Offer:
Collaborative Environment:As part of Ealing Community Partners (ECP), you will collaborate with other ECP community teams such as rapid response, diabetic services, and mental health teams, ensuring quality care for our patients. Work-Life Balance:We encourage flexible scheduling options to ensure you have time for both your professional and personal life. Opportunities for Development: We encourage your ideas for quality improvement of our service, and as an employee of West London NHS Trust, you will have access to numerous training and development opportunities plus pathways for career progression--something that is not always available in independent or private practices.
Main duties of the job
Service Operation:Our GP service operates 7 days a week with one of partner organisations currently covering evenings and weekends. Patient Population: We provide enhanced primary care to over 1100 patients living in nursing and residential homes in Ealing. Rewarding Work:Engage in meaningful work with opportunities to develop your expertise in frailty, dementia, multi-morbidity, and polypharmacy through direct patient care and via our weekly MDT meetings attended by secondary care and community colleagues such as Marie Curie nurses. Patient-Centred Care:Work with care home residents and their dedicated care home staff who will support with care management plans and ongoing monitoring.
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 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
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) 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--obased healthcare. An appreciation of the nature of GPs, PCN, ICB and Primary Care An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing Good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills Good written and verbal communication skills Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients) 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
Southall
UB1 3EU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)