Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

o Responsible for leading and delivering a specialist pharmacy service to a directorate or equivalent area, or in the community.o Provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters in a specialist field.o Lead and develop clinical audit; undertake research.o Provide support on defined Kent and Medway MO work streams to ensure safe and cost-effective use of medicines within clinical pathways.o Undertake tasks as deemed appropriate by the line manager. o Support the delivery of Medicines Optimisationprojects in locality, including primary and secondary care.o Prepare and deliver practice prescribing reports via face-to-face or online meetings. o Provide medicines optimisation expertise and advice to the system-wide stakeholders including primary and secondary care healthcare teams.o Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreedbenefits.o Support the identification and sharing of best practice.o, We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

Are you an experienced pharmacist with a passion for medicines optimisation, quality improvement and transforming patient care? Do you thrive on working across organisational boundaries to influence prescribing practice, improve medicines safety and deliver meaningful change at scale?

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.