University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Pharmacist - Elderly Care (Worthing and St Richards)
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Exciting Opportunity for a Pharmacist in Elderly Care
We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with a passion for working within elderly care to join our clinical pharmacy team at University Hospitals Sussex as the lead pharmacist for Elderly Care at Worthing and St Richards Hospital. The successful candidate will be engaged in actively reviewing patients across our elderly care wards alongside our junior pharmacist team and will have close contact with the MDT to provide excellent standards of care.
We seek a clinically experienced pharmacist with a passion to develop their skills in this area. As a senior member of the pharmacy team, you will be an integral part of the department and help support and promote our pharmacy and clinical strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership and Clinical Service: Have delegated responsibility for all our elderly care wards and supervision of the team within your rotations.
- Clinical Expertise: Provide an expert level of clinical pharmacy services to elderly care (including acute frailty if required) across Worthing and St Richards Hospitals as part of UHSussex NHS Foundation Trust.
- Service Development: Lead specialist clinical pharmacy practice for acute frailty and elderly care and be responsible for the delivery, development, evaluation, and coordination of clinical pharmacy services to Elderly Care in line with the objectives of the division and the UHSussex pharmacy strategy in collaboration with any cross-site counterparts.
- Medicines Management: Is responsible for all aspects of medicines management to optimize patient’s care involving the use of medication in elderly care.
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At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kavi Patel
- Job Title: Pharmacist Team Leader - Clinical (Medicine)
- Email Address: kavi.patel1@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01903 205111
- Ext: 85724
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