Job overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our team as a Band 8a Senior Pharmacist for the Care of the Elderly service.

Main duties of the job

• The Senior Pharmacist is responsible for delivering advanced clinical pharmacy services within Care of the Elderly, including medicines reconciliation, clinical review, prescribing (where appropriate), and management of complex pharmaceutical care for older adults with frailty and polypharmacy. 

  The post holder will work directly on wards, contributing to consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary team discussions to support safe, effective prescribing and improved patient outcomes. They will lead on medicines optimisation initiatives such as deprescribing, adherence support and antimicrobial stewardship, and identify opportunities to reduce length of stay and medicines-related delays to discharge. 

  Working closely with the Lead Pharmacist, the role will contribute to service development, implementation of national guidance and continuous improvement of clinical pharmacy services within the speciality. 

  Governance responsibilities include participation in audit, risk management, incident reporting and development of medication-related guidelines, ensuring compliance with Trust policies and safe systems of work. 

  The post holder will also support education and training of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, and contribute to cost-effective prescribing and sustainable use of medicines within the service.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.