Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist – Band 7

Are you a pharmacist looking for new challenges? We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic registered pharmacist to join our small and friendly Medicines Optimisation Team and help deliver our medicines optimisation programme. The role is varied including policy development, medicines safety initiatives, contract monitoring and professional pharmacy support to colleagues. Medicines Optimisation sits within the Quality Directorate and you will report directly to the Chief Pharmacist. The post will predominantly be based at Trust Headquarters junction 11A of the M5 but will involve visiting inpatient and community based physical and mental health services

• To support the Chief Pharmacist to deliver safe and effective prescribing and medicines optimisation across the Trust
• Establish strong relationships across all Trust Services which prescribe and handle medicines, working with a range of professional and managerial staff, providing and receiving complex information.
• To support the development and production of patient group directions for staff employed/engage by the Trust
• To work closely with other professionals across the ICS to facilitate timely and safe patient care in relation to medicines
• To support services to meet all medicines related aspects of Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulation

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people. We are keen to develop a more representative diversity of our senior staff and particularly encourage applications from those individuals with protected characteristics – in particular from women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled candidates. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trust’s view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy. This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health. A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker. To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document ‘Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice’ prior to applying for the role. Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.