Job summary
- Main area
- *
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 199-NN-7227989-AHP
- Employer
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon Health Services NHS trust
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 .
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
ICN pharmacist
Band 8a
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
ICN pharmacist
Band 8a
The ICN Medicines Optimisation Service (ICN MOS) is a group of six specialist clinical pharmacists and one Medicines Management Technician (MMT) working across six clinical networks in Croydon. The ICN pharmacists support vulnerable and housebound patients with long term conditions, to use their medicines safely and appropriately and to manage their medications independently for as long as possible.
The service aims to reduce medicines-related hospital admissions and medication incidents and errors. By promoting better use of medicines in an at-risk population, the service also supports a reduction in inappropriate polypharmacy and medicines waste.
ICN/ Neighbourhood core team members include GPs, pharmacists, community nurses, social workers and personal independence coordinators. ICN core teams attend weekly multi-disciplinary “huddles” at each GP practice to identify high risk patients and develop care plans.
*This is a maternity cover post for 12 months*
Interview Date TBC
Main duties of the job
The senior Locality Pharmacist for the ICN will:
§ Provide expert leadership and specialist professional advice on medicines management within a designated locality ICN and virtual wards.
§ Be responsible for developing and maintaining a service to support medicines optimisation issues for patients in domiciliary settings. Undertake medicine reviews and support patients with their medicines in domiciliary, care home and falls clinic settings.
§ Make recommendations and support the development of necessary frameworks for ensuring safe management of medicines through related strategy, policy and training within the Trust and integrated community networks.
§ Supervise band 7 and band 6 junior pharmacists, technicians and pre-registration graduates working in community services and ICNs, as required.
§ Attend and contribute effectively to ICN and other multidisciplinary meetings e.g. GP huddles, including identifying individuals suitable for discussion.
§ Have a knowledge of other services linked to the ICN and their partner organisations to enable appropriate referral and signposting.
§ Be responsible for developing systems to collate data, case studies and other relevant information to enable regular reports to be generated.
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from several community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital, is one of the busiest in London, hence the importance of the Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency & Acute Medicine role in improving patients' experience during their stay. Nowadays more than ever, across the NHS, staff is working hard to meet growing demands and we're no exception.
With the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. In addition, we are offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.
If you aspire for this opportunity to have a true impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference; a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy Degree Mpharm or equivalent
- Candidate must be Registered with GPhC and eligible to work in the UK
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Evidence of commitment to CPD and maintains an up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable criteria
- Independent prescribing qualification
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience working in hospital, primary or community setting
- Experience of working with other health care professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching, training and development of staff.
- Experience of prioritising own workload and that of others.
- Evidence of activity in research or audit
- Experience of dealing with highly complex drug or patient management issues e.g. advising on medication choice in people with multi-morbidities or complex multiple drug regimes
- Experience of working in a wide range of clinical disciplines.
- Experienced in complex negotiations with multidisciplinary groups and patients around clinical or service areas where advice may be challenged
- Experience of using the most appropriate information resources to respond to enquiries from healthcare professionals and patients.
Desirable criteria
- Minimum 4 years post graduate experience as a clinical pharmacist
- Previous experience of working in community health services or primary care
- Experience of line management, supervision and appraisal of staff.
- Experience of managing change and service developments.
- Experience of developing and implementing policies & procedures.
- Experience of conducting / being involved with quality improvement
- Experience in conflict resolution, handling complaints.
Knowledge and understanding
Essential criteria
- Understanding of commissioning process and delivery of health care within the NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation and its application in different health care or social care settings
- Broad and up-to date clinical knowledge
- Awareness of current NHS issues including national and local priorities
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and risk management
- Familiarity with concepts of evidence-based medicine, and ability to provide sound advice where information may be lacking
Desirable criteria
- Understands relationship between health & social care
- Specialist knowledge of pharmaceutical needs of older people or patients with long term conditions
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical needs of intermediate care and community and intermediate care health services
- Demonstrates an understanding of interface issues in relation to medicines management
- Experience of electronic prescribing
- Ability to use research findings to develop clinical services and guidelines
- Demonstrate knowledge of drug budget monitoring, and methods of quantifying the financial impact of clinical interventions
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently and motivate self without direct supervision.
- Ability to prioritise own work and that of others in response to changing and unpredictable demands and/or capacity.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills both verbal and written, and able to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding
- Able to communicate complex information around difficult prescribing issues
- Presentation and training skills.
- Evidence of good clinical pharmacy practice.
- Good IT skills including intermediate level Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Able to develop successful relationships with multidisciplinary teams and across professional groups.
- Effective time management and delegation skills
- Evaluation and critical appraisal skills.
- Ability to use own initiative and demonstrates an appropriate level of clinical reasoning and judgment
- Able to analyse and appraise options in order to solve problems
- Ability to demonstrate how Trust values are applied to working practice.
Desirable criteria
- High level IT skills including Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint
- Innovative and able to implement and manage change and embrace new technologies.
- Influencing / negotiating skills.
- Able to use pharmacy IT systems e.g.JAC
- Able to use EMIS
- Able to use Cerner Millennium.
Able to use Cerner Millennium
Essential criteria
- Able to travel to multiple sites across Borough of Croydon including to patient’s homes.
Desirable criteria
- Valid UK driving license and access to own car.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Misha Pattani
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist-ICORS lead&community services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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