Clinical Pharmacist (Band 8A)

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As a Clinical Pharmacist (Band 8a) you will be part of our valued Hospital at Home team working across our BSW hubs, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 8a AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist looking to play a key role in transforming care for older and frail patients closer to home?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our innovative Hospital at Home (H@H) service, supporting the delivery of high-quality acute care within patient's own homes across the BSW system. As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will be at the heart of a multidisciplinary team, helping to optimise medicines, improve patient outcomes and support personalised care for some of the most complex patients in our communities.

Working closely with clinicians, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and wider healthcare professionals, you will provide expert pharmaceutical advice, contribute to Hospital at Home MDT discussions, and support clinical decision-making that enables safe, effective and patient centred care. You will lead on medicines optimisation for older people living with frailty, ensuring prescribing is evidence-based, cost-effective and tailored to individual needs.

This role offers the opportunity to influence service development, contribute to clinical governance and safety initiatives, develop guidance and protocols, and support innovative models of care that reduce hospital admissions and improve patient experience. You will also play an important role in ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, regulatory standards and best practice guidance, helping to maintain the highest standards of pharmaceutical care across the service.

If you are passionate about medicines optimisation, collaborative working and delivering exceptional care in new and innovative ways, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of healthcare delivery across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

As the Clinical Pharmacis t for Hospital at Home, you will lead, deliver and continuously develop a safe, effective and high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service for patients receiving acute care at home.

Working as a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert pharmaceutical advice, attend Hospital at Home MDT meetings, and support personalised care planning for older people living with frailty and complex health needs. You will champion safe, evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing, ensuring medicines are optimised to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The role also includes supporting clinical governance, developing policies and guidance, and working with pharmacy leadership colleagues to ensure compliance with medicines legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice standards, maintaining the highest quality of pharmaceutical care across the service.

• Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent (e.g. BSc/BPharm/MPharm), registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
• Clinical Pharmacy Diploma (2 years) or equivalent experience, with evidence of continuing professional development
• At least 2 years experience working in a clinical pharmacy role, including experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Good knowledge of medicines legislation and national standards, and of medicines management issues relating to transfer between primary and secondary care
• Knowledge of medication adherence/concordance and options to support safe management of medication by patients in the community
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management, and of prescribing and pharmaceutical systems/processes across care…