Band 8a

Job summary

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist seeking a new challenge, wanting to make a positive difference to patient care in the community?

Are you passionate about delivering patient centeredmedication reviews to older adults with complex health needs, in their own homes? If so, we are looking for highly enthusiastic, proactive and self-motivated Senior Clinical Pharmacists to join our Medicines Management Team.

Main duties of the job

You will be the medicines optimisation lead for the local ProactiveCare multidisciplinary community teams in your area.

As a core member of these teams, you will visit adults with multiple long term conditions in their own homes for patient-centred structured medication reviews (SMR), reviewing prescribing and making recommendations to improve patient outcomes focusing on quality and safety. You will be liaising with primary care pharmacists, community pharmacies and others involved in patient care as required to implement medicines optimisation.You will be supported by a small team of experienced pharmacists as well as the wider trust pharmacy team; the medicines management team (MMT). Your development and career progression is also important to us - to start with you will need to have a Clinical Diploma or evidence of robust relevant CPD, a knowledge of prescribing in the frail elderly population is desirable but not essential as we can support your development. If you are not already a prescriber, we will support you to undertake a prescribing course once established in role.

Looking to the future the proactive care pharmacy service is part of an expanding, dynamic and proactive Medicines Management team with roles across East and West Sussex including in-patient, care home, advanced and specialist pharmacy roles, so there will be opportunities to further develop your career in the future.

About us

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community healthcare provider in Sussex.

• Over 8,400 full time, part time and bank staff members
• Medical, nursing and therapeutic care provided to over 10,000 children and adults a day
• July 2018 Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of 'Good' with 'Outstanding' features
• Flexible working patterns offered across all services
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader

SCFT is an inclusive employer that promotes equality and challenges discrimination, and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. Applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, disabled candidates and LGBT+ candidates are particularly encouraged, to ensure the Trust's workforce reflects the diverse communities it serves.