Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Virtual Hospital

We are looking for a pharmacist with a proven track record supporting acutely unwell medical and surgical patients, to work in the Virtual Hospital in West Essex.
The team cares for acutely unwell patients in homes. We enable patients to remain at home by preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital and by supporting them to leave hospital earlier to continue their treatment at home. This includes the utilisation of remote technology to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission.
The post holder will provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to the Virtual Hospital, to deliver medicines-related care of patients, support the provision of medicines management services and participate in training and education. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the local population and deliver an NHS national priority.
Joining our team will provide you with opportunities to undertake further study and help support your professional development. If you are looking for a full-time job in a responsible and challenging post, this could be the role for you. The post includes participation in the weekend and bank holiday dispensary rota, plus responsible pharmacist and on call rota and there may be opportunity to work additional hours elsewhere within the pharmacy team, as part of our staff bank., This post is based within the Virtual Hospital MDT that accept referrals from acute hospitals and community providers. We offer expert medical treatment, clinical advice and personalised medication management plans in real time, to keep acutely unwell patients at home or support those patients who are discharged early from hospital.
You will be expected to forge strong professional relationships with nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals and doctors. This role requires a passion for clinical pharmacy and a genuine drive to help patients. You will be working to provide practical clinical solutions, and you will be changing patients' lives for the better. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team with a range of skills and clinical expertise. You need to be flexible, have excellent communication skills and appreciate the need for professional development within your practice to ensure we establish a responsive and effective team.
Although based in the Virtual Hospital, this post forms an important pillar of the EPUT pharmacy department. At times, the post holder will need to, supervise junior colleagues. A commitment to providing responsible pharmacist duties plus out of hours services are implicit. Post holders should be registered with the GPhC and be able to demonstrate their clinical credentials.

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Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.
+ Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
+ Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
+ If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
+ We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication., To provide specialist clinical pharmacy input to the Virtual Hospital/Hospital @ Home MDT, to support the medicines-related care of patients, support the provision and development of medicines management services and to participate in training, education and research as required.
+ To actively contribute to, and participate in, the provision and development of pharmaceutical services, and safe and effective use of medicines, within the West Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Trust's pharmacy and medicines management team.
+ To participate as an active member of the Virtual Hospital, and support the safe and effective use of medicines.
+ To contribute to the organisation and management of the clinical pharmacy service to the Virtual Hospital.
+ To provide clinical pharmacy and medicines management advice in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk in relation to medicines
+ To support and participate in clinical audit.
For further details, please see the full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.
Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.
You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.
The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.
We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.
We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.
We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.
Join us and you'll do the best work of your life - and make a difference to other people's lives. What we do together, matters.

+ 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
+ Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
+ Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
+ £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
+ Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Work that wraps around your needs
+ Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.