Specialist Pharmacist - Frailty

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics & Clinical Support Services

Band: 8a

We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist-Frailty who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, ensuring that the Trust remains the first choice for patients and staff.

Main duties of the job

The Frailty Directorate is expanding with new services such as a 7-day Same-Day Emergency Care and Rapid Access Care of the Elderly clinics. This role supports the development of an Integrated Frailty Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Network.

Our team focuses on continuous improvement for patient benefit, welcoming new ideas. We aim to upskill our workforce, including pharmacy assistants supporting ward medicines management, dispensing, and discharge checks to enhance safety and reduce waste.

Our core values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open, and Together. We value reflecting these principles in our work and employment practices.

We are dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and fair treatment throughout our recruitment process.

Join us and contribute to our exciting future by applying today.

About us

Do you aspire to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by providing excellent care every time? Here at Medway, we work together to achieve this vision for our patients.

As a key healthcare provider in our community, we pursue our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Our approach involves operational excellence and a focus on transformation, seeking skilled and creative individuals to join our team.

Our culture and values are central to who we are, underpinning our patient care, staff support, and leadership:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust offers a dynamic environment with career development opportunities and flexible benefits to suit individual and family needs.

Job responsibilities

As part of a multidisciplinary team within the frailty service, you will provide a 7-day patient-facing clinical service supporting medicines optimisation, including participation in research.

You will ensure the safe and effective use of medicines to improve outcomes, reduce polypharmacy, and enhance patient understanding and adherence.

Involvement will include ward rounds, clinics, and collaboration with Primary Care Networks and Medicines Optimisation teams. The team also provides training, conducts audits, and contributes to service development and planning.

You will engage in service development projects, focusing on safe medication transfer and interface care, improving patient flow and care quality.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Master's degree in Pharmacy and successful pre-registration training
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or eligible
• Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or working towards it)

Knowledge

• Understanding of frailty syndromes and medicines optimisation principles
• Strong core therapeutic knowledge

Experience

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Good ward practice, medicines management, ward rounds participation

Values Based Question

• Provide an example of a role model you have acted as

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS check is required to verify any criminal convictions.

Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 per annum/pro-rata