Job overview

Pharmacist with an interest in Frailty required to cover Monday to Wednesday - 08:00- 16:00pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist with a special interest in Frailty to join the Integrated Frailty Liaison Team at Wexham Park Hospital permanently.

This is a role in which you can develop your specialist pharmacy skillset and advance your clinical skills work working closely with the acute frailty Liaison Team.

As a Specialist Pharmacist, you will spend time in a patient-facing role enhancing your clinical skills. You will gain experience in treating a range of complex patients with multiple co-morbidities. You will work closely with the rest of the clinical pharmacy team, with access to a range of specialist pharmacists.

Frailty team is at the forefront of aligning with the national strategy for improving upon the existing processes involved in the identification of frailty and in the coordination of care between different Community and hospital teams to deliver better experiences and outcomes for our patients.

Main duties of the job

• The Frailty Service provides a front door assessment service including the development of comprehensive geriatric assessments and complex care plans to support admission avoidance, reduce length of stay and avoid unnecessary readmissions for individuals living with frailty.
• To provide high quality innovative clinical practice , be proactive in clinical decision making, underpinned by an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge, and be able to demonstrate improved patient care outcomes.
• Our service is 7 days a week and you will be part of the Pharmacy On-call service.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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