Clinical Pharmacist Community Health Services East London

Clinical Pharmacist – East London NHS Foundation Trust

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Lead Pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical support to Community Health Services, Newham (CHN).
• Enhance clinical pharmacy input to Fast Falls Services (FFS) and support Extended Primary Care Teams (EPCTs).
• Deliver Structured Medication Reviews for service users across Newham CHS.
• Implement and monitor Trust clinical pharmacy standards, ensuring high-quality, patient-focused service.
• Work as an integrated team member, providing medicines optimisation support.
• Support medicines optimisation on inpatient wards.
• Support training and education for clinical staff.
• Support safe and effective prescribing within Newham CHS.
• Provide input into pharmaceutical policies and procedures.
• Provide pharmaceutical support to EPCTs and other services.
• Participate in audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide dispensary cover (Mile End Hospital, London) as needed.
• Deputise for CHN Lead Pharmacist in their absence.
• Participate in pharmacy on-call service, bank holidays, and Saturday service.
• Provide clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
• Implement and monitor Trust’s clinical pharmacy standards, ensuring high-quality, patient-focused service.
• Support quality improvement projects.
• Provide professional expertise, advice, support, and training to health professionals.
• Ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines.
• Provide clinical pharmaceutical input to Fast Falls and other services.
• Support staff training on medicines management.
• Organise home visits to check medication appropriateness.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation and support one-to-one discussions.
• Review prescriptions for accuracy and legality.
• Ensure appropriate management of controlled drugs in domiciliary settings.
• Monitor patients for adverse effects.
• Ensure patient understanding of medications.
• Liaise with community staff for effective medicine supply.
• Support patient discharge planning regarding medication.
• Promote self-medication for suitable service users.
• Provide advice on unlicensed medicines use.
• Support nurses in transcribing medications on MAR charts.
• Manage and refer to other team members.
• Critically appraise literature and improve medicine use.
• Reduce risk associated with medicines use.
• Act as a clinical role model.
• Provide medicine information enquiry.
• Provide accurate, evaluated, impartial, and up-to-date advice.
• Assess medicine regimes and provide advice.
• Identify and respond to specialist pharmaceutical information needs.
• Communicate Trust decisions and policies to local clinical areas.
• Support Fast Falls Services with medication review.
• Liaise with CHN clinical leads regarding clinical pharmacy support.
• Assist in identifying local service developments and areas for improvement.
• Support pharmacy technicians with medicines reconciliation.
• Ensure medicines are handled safely and securely.
• Contribute to writing local SOPs and Trust-wide medicines policies.
• Support local implementation of Trust Medicines policies.
• Support in departmental and CHS meetings.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of training for clinical staff.
• Participate in ward-based training for students.
• Provide education and training for pharmacy staff.
• Participate in ELFT Pharmacy in-house CPD sessions.
• Participate in Trust-wide medicines audits and directorate audits.
• Assist in identifying audit topics or project work.
• Plan and organise workload.
• Manage medicines storage and security.
• Support implementing changes required by audit cycles.
• Review and propose changes to Trust medicines policies.
• Participate in achieving KPIs and CQUIN targets.
• Support the Lead Pharmacist in analysing ePACT data.
• Manage pharmacy technician involved in Newham CHS services.

Skills and Expertise

• Clinical pharmacy skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation (Medicines Act, Mental Health Act).
• Experience with medicines optimisation.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Training experience, especially with education and training of clinical staff.

Job Facilities/Benefits

• Flexible working.
• Wellbeing initiatives.
• Internal and external education and training programs.