NHS@Home Clinical Pharmacist Band 7 inWeston-Super-Mare inWeston-Super-Mare PUBLISHED
THU 2 JAN 2025
Sirona care & health CIC rSApwpnb
The role demands strong inter-organisational collaboration, requiring the pharmacist to work closely with an interdisciplinary team including pharmacists, nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals. The position is primarily based in North Somerset, with a necessity for travel across the BNSSG area for patient visits and meetings. Candidates should possess clinical experience in relevant settings and must be drivers with access to their own vehicle. Alongside clinical responsibilities, the role includes management and leadership elements within the NHS@Home pharmacy team.
We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our innovative team.
The NHS@Home service - our Virtual Ward - offers an alternative to hospital care. It combines innovation and technology with face-to-face treatments for people who are acutely unwell in their own homes across BNSSG.
The service is run in partnership between Sirona, North Bristol Trust (NBT), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and BrisDoc.
We are looking for a patient-focussed and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist for this interesting and varied role. The successful candidate will truly work across the interface between primary, community and secondary care, spending time providing pharmaceutical care for NHS@Home patients onsite at Weston General Hospital, as well as in patients' homes across Weston-super-Mare and neighbouring areas.
There is a strong element of cross-organisational working to the role, requiring close liaison with the rest of the NHS@Home team, as well as the clinical & pharmacy teams within UHBW. The NHS@Home pharmacy team is friendly and supportive, with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in both of our Acute Trusts and Sirona.
The successful candidate will be able to use their clinical skills across the range of NHS@Home clinical pathways.
If you have experience as a clinical pharmacist in a relevant setting - whether that is primary or secondary care - we would love to hear from you.
You will work alongside NHS@Home pharmacy colleagues based at UHBW, NBT and Sirona, to deliver and develop the clinical pharmacy aspects of the NHS@Home service across BNSSG.
You will contribute to the clinical pharmacy service for NHS@Home patients. Currently the following clinical pathways are delivered
- Heart Failure
- Respiratory
- Frailty
- Outpatient Parenteral Anti-microbial Therapy (OPAT)
- General pathway (for a range of general medical & surgical conditions)
You will contribute pharmacy skills and expertise to the NHS@Home multi-disciplinary team, which consists of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, nurses, nurse associates, doctors, paramedics, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, support workers and other allied health and care professionals.
This post will be primarily based in North Somerset and will require the successful candidate to:
- Work closely with the NHS@Home and Pharmacy teams at UHBW.
- Work in an agile way to deliver pharmacy services to NHS@Home patients:
- At Weston General Hospital- In their home/other place of residence across Weston-super-Mare (WSM) and neighbouring areas.
Travel will be required across the BNSSG area for meetings and other duties.
You will need to be a driver with access to your own vehicle and will be eligible to claim travel expenses.
Aside from delivering clinical services, the post involves a range of management & leadership roles.
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