Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Integrated Pharmacy Team | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a pharmacist looking for a change in role or to move sector? Have you wondered how you can spend more time with patients working with patients in their own home? Whatever your background as a pharmacist then keep reading as this may be the role for you!

The pharmacy department within Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking for Band 7 pharmacist colleagues who are enthusiastic and keen to develop their skills. We are looking for pharmacists who are willing to work in different environments and thrive on the variety of work a community Trust brings. We hope our applicants naturally exhibit the core values of the Trust to be compassionate, aspirational, responsive and excellent. We are looking for applicants who are keen to take time with patients in their own homes and work to optimise patients' medication, taking a patient focused approach to care.

We really hope you will consider applying to this role if you're adaptable, work well both in a team as well as lone working where necessary. You will also be able to develop your clinical skills and qualities needed in order to excel in the band 7 pharmacist role. You will also be given the opportunity to complete the clinical diploma and independent prescribing course if you have not already done so. If you're willing there's opportunity to enhance your knowledge to develop the skills needed to excel in areas the role and receive training to become a Clinical Pharmacist with a focus on frailty.

As part of a team of Clinical Pharmacists and technicians you will be responsible for providing safe and effective medicines optimisation services to patients referred into the Integrated Pharmacy Team (IPT). In addition, you will provide pharmaceutical advice to a range of specialist services.

You will develop an expertise in the optimisation of medicines in frailty, working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure that we achieve the best medicines related outcomes for the patients we serve.

We love inquisitive minds! So, if you're not sure what a community Trust does, what services we provide or who we employ please take a look at our website or give us a call to find out more. You will be surprised at the wide range of services and healthcare professionals and what links we have working with acute Trusts, GPs PCNs and multidisciplinary teams. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are an outstanding Trust who have a diverse and caring workforce. We look forward to hearing from you.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated 'outstanding' by the CQC. We've got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we're reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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