Total 695 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Birmingham, B30 3LN

Salary

£25,355.20 Per Annum

Regional Supplements of £395.20 per annum

Working Pattern

Mon - Tue - 16:00 - 01:00 Wed - 16:00 - 00:00 Thurs - 16:00 - 23:30 Friday - 16:00 - 22:30 Alternate Sundays - 07:00 - 12:00

Are you an experienced and skilled warehouse operative who is looking for a new career as a Team Leader?

Do you pride yourself on being reliable in your work and do you enjoy managing a warehouse team?

Have you an interest in helping your community with its health?

If you answered yes to the above questions and you have a can do attitude then please read on and apply as we are really interested in speaking with you!

About Us:

PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution is a national full-line pharmaceutical wholesaler with a network of distribution centres nationwide. We pride ourselves on delivering a high quality supply chain service to our customers, who include pharmacy, GPs, and hospitals. All of our depots are licensed by the MHRA, and comply with BSI ISO Quality and Environmental standards. We operate twice daily deliveries from our distribution centres across Monday to Friday and on a Saturday morning, and our local teams are supported by a centralised function team, primarily from our Head Office in Runcorn.

At Phoenix Medical Supplies we value, support and celebrate working with colleagues from all backgrounds. As part of our commitment to ensuring equal opportunities for all, we strive to support the residents in each and all of our local communities, gaining employment.

About the opportunity:

We are currently looking for a Warehouse Team Leader within our Birmingham Distribution Centre.

You will act as a link between the supervisors and warehouse staff providing immediate hands on leadership and supervision ensuring maximum effort and attention to detail in a safe and tidy environment.

Your main responsibilities will include coordinating, prioritising and delegating warehouse activities in order to ensure that depot service level requirements are met at all time, effective management and control of productivity within the warehouse team, to ensure the achievement of contractual and internal KPI’s are met and control all aspects of staff operations within the depot to ensure all duties are carried out as required and encourage high standards of work from each employee.

Training and Support

You will receive a comprehensive induction from the Learning and Development Facilitators.

We pride ourselves on ensuring the wellbeing of our employees and providing a good working environment and benefits package, which includes:

22 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service

Access to High Street discounts

Free Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited Training Programmes

Essential Skills/Experience

- Numeracy and literacy skills

- Attention to detail

- Team Player

- Communication Skills

- Ability to prioritise own workload

- Experience in a similar role

Who we want:

Our ideal candidate will be organised and self-motivated so if this sounds like you we are very keen to speak to you to discuss our opportunity further. You can apply here online by completing our short application.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification. We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


An interesting and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Support Officer, based within the multi award winning Programme Management Office.

The Project Support Office is responsible for providing an efficient, accurate and professional Business Administration and Project Support facility to the Programme Management Office, with overall responsibility for facilitating, monitoring and analysing project progress.

This includes:
• Providing general administration
• Acting as first point of contact for all project enquiries
• Providing first line project management advice and training on the Trust methodology to project leads, clinical staff and others involved in project work.

To be responsible for providing a Project support service to the Programme Management Office team, providing and coordinating a comprehensive support service to projects. Facilitating and monitoring project progress including general administration and acting as first point of contact for all project enquiries.

The post holder will have the following qualifications:-
• Evidence of continued Professional Development
• 2 or more A-Level’s (or equivalent) or relevant demonstrable experienceor
• 5 GCSE’s A*-C (or equivalent) or relevant demonstrable experience

And the following experience
• Experience of working within an administration environment
• Experience of working in a Project Support role
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications
• Experience of taking high quality minutes
• Working in the NHS, healthcare, or public sector environment
• Excellent track record of meeting deadlines and delivering objectives in a timely manner

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

This role gives the opportunity for hybrid working and you will typically be asked to work in a hybrid way, working from your home and also from Trust HQ The Uffculme Centre, or any other agreed site.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)


This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


Occupational Therapy Assistant Low Secure CAMHS.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Low Secure Forensic Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Ardenleigh Hospital for an Occupational Therapy Assistant who is passionate and highly motivated to work with young people with complex mental health and neuro development needs.

Ardenleigh CAMHS service is a nationally commissioned Tier 4 Low Secure Service, which has received recognition through the National Autism Society receiving accreditation. We have an incredible national reputation and have successfully launched our new therapeutic model of care into the service followed by a DBT approach to the service.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, creative, and imaginative individual to be able to adapt and deliver high quality skills within a well-established multidisciplinary team and to make significant difference to the lives of the young people and their families with the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.

We have also launched the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme into the CAMHS service, this will be a fantastic opportunity to embed OT and its core values to continue to empower young people recognise their strengths and skills for future development.

There will be opportunities for the OT to gain further qualifications and to attend training such as MOCA, Sensory Integration and DBT skills.

The OT service is a well-resourced department that provides occupational therapy treatment to support young people with complex mental health and neurodevelopmental needs to move successfully though their care pathway

· To hold a small case load of individual referrals for treatment that support young people to engage in their recovery.



· To co-facilitate planned therapy programmes that aim to improve communication, cognitive and life skills.



· To ensure that young people’ views are represented in the delivery of therapies in line with the clinic’s recovery focussed strategy.



· To support young people to transfer their skills into a community setting.



· To contribute to assessments through observation, communication and accurate record keeping.



· To maintain accurate clinical records and appropriate data.

· To promote OT services and support visitors to the department.



· To contribute to their own personal development through the Trust ADR process and have a positive attitude towards supervision.



· Embed DBT principles and values into the ward environment to support young people.



Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Please refer to the job specification and Job description to understand the roles and responsibilities of the job.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


Do you have a passion for male HDU rehab and want to be part of a highly motivated management team?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to recruit a passionate, dedicated and highly motivated Deputy Ward Manager for who is excited to be part of the Male HDU Rehab Ward based at Endeavour Court, S2R.



Endeavour Court is an exciting service to be part of. We work within a specialist multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality care to patients experiencing serious mental illness in a HDU rehab setting. Successful applicants must be able to work in a challenging and dynamic environment. You will need to demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication, strong leadership skills, empathy, self-awareness, resilience and critical self-reflection skills.

You will need to be passionate about mental health and supporting patients. It is important for you to be committed to working within a multi professional team as well as possessing excellent communication, risk assessment and care planning skills.

We are looking for ambitious staff with the desire for self-development. We offer regular management supervision and close working with the Ward Manager and other Deputy Ward Managers as well as promoting continuous professional development.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

Are you a passionate and caring Registered Nurse looking for a rewarding career with excellent training and opportunities for development? Join Care UK, a multi award winning care provider as a Registered General Nurse.

The Role

Providing outstanding leadership for care staff
Supporting residents with a range of complex needs and dependency levels
Provide clinical nursing to residents including medication management, infection prevention and control procedures, e.g. wound care, catheter management
Continuously strive towards ensuring clinical excellence within the home
Developing tailored care plans to delivering excellence across everything you do

Some of our benefits you’ll receive by joining the Care UK family

Paid Annual NMC Registration (T&Cs apply)
Wagestream- access your wages at any-time
Bank Holiday Pay Enhancements
Career development, training and access to our approved apprenticeship scheme
Hundreds of online and in-store discounts
Wellbeing support

About You

An NMC Registered Nurse
Understands clinical assessment tools like Waterlow and MUST
Experienced in writing comprehensive care plans

We are looking for people to make a difference to residents’ lives every day. When you join Care UK you’ll be joining a team who share the same values: caring, passionate and teamwork. You’ll have a strong desire to help people and put residents at the heart of everything you do.

We are committed to recruiting diverse, talented people, who share our passion for helping others. We see the potential in everyone, let us help fulfil yours.

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


As team administrator you will undertake a wide range of administrative and secretarial duties including but not limited to; receiving of all correspondence and ensuring action is taken appropriately, processing clinical letters, reports and other correspondence as required by the team, minute taking and covering calls that come into the office. You will be expected to liaise with multi-disciplinary team members and other health professionals, GP’s, Social workers, care coordinator, Service users, and other appropriate agencies. It is essential that applicants are able to work on their own initiative, demonstrate effective organisational skills, have the ability to prioritise their workload and can process enquiries in a confidential and timely manner.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced administrator to provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the the South Perinatal Team. In addition to administrative experience, the successful applicant must have the ability to communicate in a helpful and empathic manner with women and their families who contact the service.

The perinatal service operates Monday-Friday; 9.00am-5.00pm. The team provides a specialist perinatal mental health service for women living in Birmingham. The team offer support to women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness during the perinatal period (through pregnancy and up to 24 months post natal).

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024

Do you have passion and commitment to public health and the early intervention agenda and want to work in one of the most diverse and thriving cities in England?

BCHC is committed to providing a good work-life balance, therefore offering flexible/agile working to all our staff. We are looking for passionate and committed Health Visitors who are highly skilled, enthusiastic, clinical practitioners and have a good understanding of the needs of children, young people and their families and want to be part of our journey to work as part of an integrated early years, health, and wellbeing service.

We have openings inPerry Barrdistrict.

If you wantto give every child an equal chance to have the best start in life so they can achieve their full potential,this post would be well suited to you.

There are development opportunities that support career progression within health visiting. We have a number of Band 7 posts that can be considered alongside either clinical or management development.

BCHC also support practitioners who have been out of practice for a while, and offer a Return to Practice framework, all of the above can be discussed at interview.

The post holder is responsible for assessing need and providing health promotion and illness prevention services to the local population. The post holder will work within a corporate caseload as well as with the local population on children and family centred public health related issues.

The post holder will be a first level registered nurse with a Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/ Certificate. The post holder will work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

You will be responsible for:

Day-to-day management and delegation of work to nursery nurses, link workers and any other support staff within the team (including supervision and monitoring the work of these staff)

Overseeing and planning in-service development for these staff

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion starts with our people shapes the way we deliver our services and the way we build our teams. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to help us deliver great care to all of our communities.

BCHC offer an attractive Recruitment & Retention Premia for health visiting based on an additional payment for colleagues in Band 6 and Band 7 posts.
1. To consistently demonstrate in all relationships with families, colleagues and partner professionals, the BCHC Trust Values and the C’s of nursing of commitment, competence, courage, communication, compassion and care in the role of Health Visitor. To develop a workload profile identifying those groups within the population with specific health needs
2. To work closely with the primary health care team, participating in activities that address the health needs of the general practice, case load, families using local children’s centres, early education clusters, and other health partners
3. To deliver the Health Child Programme through compassionate caring assessment, analysis of need, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care using assessment tools in line with commissioner service specification for the health visiting service to address identified health needs. To use the common assessment framework to assess and plan with families where multiagency partnership working is required
4. To formulate and agree with families packages of care appropriate to their need where necessary open active health and wellbeing files. To monitor all open files in accordance with the records keeping policy, closing when package of care is complete
5. To carry out health promotion and disease prevention activities. Meeting and reporting on agreed key performance indicators where appropriate
6. To give evidence-based advice on health issues to members of the local population in a way which promotes behavioural change and builds on strengths
7. To work to current NICE guidelines on antenatal and postnatal mental health to identify, support and referral of women at risk of developing postnatal depression, and those who are mild to moderately depressed
8. To maintain quality standards of care using audit and other monitoring systems to evaluate the service
9. To identify vulnerable children in need of protection and refer to Social Care and Health following the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board policies in all cases of suspected or actual emotional, physical, sexual abuse and neglect. To follow up domestic violence notifications in line with Trust policy
10. To attend team around the family meetings, case conferences, undertake and fulfil the responsibilities that are appropriate to the role of the Health Visitor as agreed in the multi-agency child protection plan
11. Work in partnership with families to plan and arrange appointments for clinics and home visit
12. To develop and maintain effective working relationships with the families, primary healthcare team and other professionals working in both the statutory and voluntary organisations
13. To ensure all equipment used by professionals in clinic settings are maintained and fit for purpose
14. To order equipment for client use as identified following a healthcare assessment. To advise on safe fitting and appropriate use
15. To promote and support immunisation programmes offered nationally to service users
16. To enter all data required on the data collection system accurately and on time according to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust policy
17. To attend and actively participate in staff meetings including multi-agency steering groups etc and take responsibility for completion of appropriate tasks arising from any such meeting e.g. commenting on, and having input into policy development and standard setting within HV remit
18. To ensure all written records are kept to the required NMC standard, to be able to write letters of referral to other services and to produce complex reports for court hearings relating to child protection
19. To deal with and support families through difficult family situations such as illness, domestic violence, bereavement and child protection
20. To have ongoing responsibility for the management of a caseload, including electronic recording, data inputting and reports
21. To provide professional advice on issues relating to Health Visiting and promote an understanding of health needs among other agencies
22. To supervise, mentor and assess pre-registration student nurses on placement with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust where appropriate as part of their education programme. To provide mentoring for other healthcare students, including health visitor students
23. To access safeguarding, caseload and clinical supervision in order to ensure a resilient workforce which prioritises excellent safe, compassionate care
24. To participate in Nurse prescribing – undertaking a full assessment of minor conditions appropriate to the role of the Health Visitor, and where indicated prescribe from the formulary appropriate to level of training, and access continuing professional development in prescribing
25. To convey complex information to other professionals and to clients and to work with other professionals and clients in difficult circumstances such as child protection, terminal illness or bereavement
26. To plan, organise and run clinics/groups.

Management and Leadership Responsibilities

1. Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate.

2. Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDR’s resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans.

3. Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR’s.

4. Develop a culture that ensure that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

An exciting full-time opportunity has arisen to develop the Band 6 clinical Pharmacist role in our patient focused pharmacy service, based at Moseley Hall Hospital and West Heath Hospital.

As a qualified and registered clinical Pharmacist you will specialise in Elderly Care, joining our team of Pharmacists and Technicians providing medicines optimisation support and advice to our adult in-patient wards.

You will have the opportunity to experience a variety of areas and continue to challenge yourself to grow as a Pharmacist.

Our team endeavours to provide a comprehensive, efficient and safe Pharmacy service to all clinical areas. This is to ensure we are consistently contributing to quality improvements in both prescribing and overall patient care.

We are looking for a friendly, dedicated and motivated Pharmacist to join our expanding team.

Working alongside clinical colleagues you will be integrated in to the ward teams, attending multidisciplinary meetings and consultant ward rounds to support the pharmaceutical needs of patients under your care.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in addition to being able to organise your workload to prioritise your time. You will also have the ability to work under pressure, whilst ensuring that all patients experience out Trust values whilst in our care.

The ideal candidate will be willing to learn and would be looking to start a post-graduate clinical diploma.

An on-call commitment will be part of the role.

We are a small, friendly forward thinking team that is currently expanding, providing a ward based Pharmacy service. Patient experience and safety is at the centre of everything we do.

IMPORTANT
• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process

• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

• Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.

Support, mentoring and further training will be provided to the successful candidate by the Head Pharmacist and team members, to ensure that you fulfil your potential in this new challenging role. You will be actively encouraged to contribute to service development and quality improvement. This will provide the opportunity to develop leadership and managerial skills.
• Dispensing and checking of prescriptions & issuing medication from the Pharmacy and aiding patient discharges, including competent in the use of the computer system. Act as the responsible Pharmacist for the dispensary as allocated.
• To clarify poorly written prescription charts, discharge letters and other forms for prescribing. Challenging inappropriate prescribing.
• To query irrational or inappropriate prescribing, including unlicensed, off-licence and non-formulary prescribing. Record clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy.
• Document patient care contributions in the patients’ history notes and use the trusts incident reporting system to report any medication errors.
• To support the Head Pharmacist in maintaining an efficient and safely operating Pharmacy service and drug supply service to the wards.
• To help maintain and develop a clinically orientated Pharmacy service to ward and outside units. Formulate individual patient pharmaceutical care plans. Participation in Consultant wards rounds.
• To ensure the efficient supply of pharmaceuticals is maintained to the wards.
• To supervise Pharmacy Technicians as appropriate.
• Provision of drug information as necessary utilising the Drug Information Departments at local NHS Trusts, as appropriate.
• Interpretation of therapeutic drug level results and provision of professional advice where needed.
• To help support the self-administration of medication scheme in operation at both hospitals under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist. Education of patients about their drug therapy.
• To help support discharge counselling at both hospitals under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist.
• To co-operate with objective setting, individual personal assessment and continuing education and training programmes, in order to ensure continuing professional development and competence to practice as required by clinical governance.
• To attend and participate in Pharmacy clinical meetings.
• To promote the formulary for antimicrobial stewardship, educational and drug economy purposes.
• To help support a pharmaceutical educational programme for Nurses on each site under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist.
• To help support the medicine reconciliation service on the wards. Review patients’ medication to ensure safe and effective use
• To advise on the development of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Pharmacy and wards.
• To cover leave of the Pharmacists at each hospital.
• To promptly act on drug alerts and drug recalls.
• To support mandatory medicines management training of clinical staff. Provide information to medical staff, other healthcare professionals and members of the public regarding medicines.
• Any other duties as required to maintain and develop the Pharmacy service.
• To comply with the requirements of National Statue and local policy, including the Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Health and Safety at Work Act etc, so that work done in the department is within recommended and legal parameters.
• To attend meetings in the Pharmacy as necessary in order to fulfil job functions.
• May need to provide on-call Pharmacist duty within the on-call rota.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Support, mentoring and further training will be provided to the successful candidate by the Head Pharmacist and team members, to ensure that you fulfil your potential in this new challenging role. You will be actively encouraged to contribute to service development and quality improvement. This will provide the opportunity to develop leadership and managerial skills. Dispensing and checking of prescriptions & issuing medication from the Pharmacy and aiding patient discharges, including competent in the use of the computer system. Act as the responsible Pharmacist for the dispensary as allocated. To clarify poorly written prescription charts, discharge letters and other forms for prescribing. Challenging inappropriate prescribing. To query irrational or inappropriate prescribing, including unlicensed, off-licence and non-formulary prescribing. Record clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy. Document patient care contributions in the patients history notes and use the trusts incident reporting system to report any medication errors. To support the Head Pharmacist in maintaining an efficient and safely operating Pharmacy service and drug supply service to the wards. To help maintain and develop a clinically orientated Pharmacy service to ward and outside units. Formulate individual patient pharmaceutical care plans. Participation in Consultant wards rounds. To ensure the efficient supply of pharmaceuticals is maintained to the wards. To supervise Pharmacy Technicians as appropriate. Provision of drug information as necessary utilising the Drug Information Departments at local NHS Trusts, as appropriate. Interpretation of therapeutic drug level results and provision of professional advice where needed. To help support the self-administration of medication scheme in operation at both hospitals under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist. Education of patients about their drug therapy. To help support discharge counselling at both hospitals under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist. To co-operate with objective setting, individual personal assessment and continuing education and training programmes, in order to ensure continuing professional development and competence to practice as required by clinical governance. To attend and participate in Pharmacy clinical meetings. To promote the formulary for antimicrobial stewardship, educational and drug economy purposes. To help support a pharmaceutical educational programme for Nurses on each site under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist. To help support the medicine reconciliation service on the wards. Review patients medication to ensure safe and effective use To advise on the development of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Pharmacy and wards. To cover leave of the Pharmacists at each hospital. To promptly act on drug alerts and drug recalls. To support mandatory medicines management training of clinical staff. Provide information to medical staff, other healthcare professionals and members of the public regarding medicines. Any other duties as required to maintain and develop the Pharmacy service. To comply with the requirements of National Statue and local policy, including the Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Health and Safety at Work Act etc, so that work done in the department is within recommended and legal parameters. To attend meetings in the Pharmacy as necessary in order to fulfil job functions. May need to provide on-call Pharmacist duty within the on-call rota. Undertake any other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Responsibilities and Duties Medication reviews Repeat prescription re-authorisation Processing of hospital discharge letters Processing out-patient treatment requests from specialists Long term condition clinics Qualifications Pharmacy degree Registered with the GPhC Independent prescribing qualification Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development Skills A good clinical knowledge Excellent verbal & written communication skills Ability to engage with patients via telephone and during face to face consultations Good interpersonal and presentation skills High degree of self-motivation and ability to work on own initiative Change management Problem solving Ability to deal diplomatically with conflict or confrontation Capability to work well in a team both within and across organisations Ability to negotiate and influence others Good level of computer literacy and word processing skills Highly Desirable Previous experience in a GP practice and/or hospital environment. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE: Fulfil locally defined outcomes Optimise medicines for patients who are on complex medicine regimes. Improve management of medicines to help reduce adverse effects to medicines. Maximise clinical outcomes for patients by focusing on patient engagement through medication reviews. Reduce potential waste medicines by medicine synchronisation and identifying non-adherent patients. Ensure cost effective use of investment in prescribing by ensuring full utilisation of resources and implementation of change to current prescribing. Key responsibilities Undertake and record reviews of discharge/clinical letters where medication is involved to ensure all changes are accurately recorded on the clinical system and patients contacted where changes to medication have occurred or further tests are required Undertake and record medication reviews with direct patient contact for patients on complex medicine regimes/at high risk of harm from medicines (for example patients prescribed oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, warfarin/NOACs, ACE inhibitors/ARBs, antidepressants, beta-blockers, digoxin, opioid analgesics or aspirin), including patients residing in care homes. Proactively liaise with clinical staff to ensure this service is offered to patients who would benefit from having their medicines optimised Record interventions made during medication reviews using template provided and details of interventions that may have prevented an admission. When undertaking medication reviews, where appropriate, consideration should be given tapering, withdrawing, discontinuing or stopping medications to reduce over-prescribing, adverse drug effects and inappropriate or ineffective medication use by re-evaluating the ongoing reasons for, and effectiveness of medication therapy (de-prescribing). Challenge requests made to prescribe medication outside of local or national guidance Undertake a regular medication related audits and implement any actions identified. Communications & Working Relationship Communicate with staff of all levels in and outside the practice Communicate effectively with clinicians of all disciplines on complex medication issues Lead on forming and maintaining relationships with community pharmacists and other service providers Communicate medication issues to patients and carers showing discretion and understanding Leadership Act as an advocate and care co-ordinator for patients with complex pharmaceutical needs, liaising with clinicians, social care staff and others Act as a local champion for medicines optimisation Promote standards for the quality use of medicines to deliver medicines optimisation and ultimately improved patient outcomes Challenge prescribing decisions of others where these are contrary to accepted guidance or not in the patients best interests Education, training and development To act as an expert in-house resource on medicines optimisation Participate in clinical audit and lead on audit of medicines-related activities e.g. prescribing Develop and deliver appropriate training for non-clinical practice staff and patients regarding medicines use. This to include direct patient contact, therapeutic updates etc. Keep abreast of current drug safety advice and alerts; ensure that relevant audits (i.e. MHRA safety alerts etc.) are carried out and guidance is circulated to GPs, pharmacists and other appropriate personnel in a timely fashion. Provide advice and support regarding necessary action required. Agree, implement and monitor actions required for the medicines management QIPP plan, as requested by the CCG. Meet at least annually with the CCG to discuss the medicines optimisation service, receive updates from CCG and discuss and agree actions required for medicines management audits and QIPP Undertake other medicines optimisation activities (relevant to the defined outcomes for the service ) Contribute to the development and implementation of care pathways within the practice that involve medicines, taking into account national (NICE etc.) and local clinical guidelines, formularies and prescribing policies Work closely with local community pharmacists to facilitate any agreed changes to drug therapy and collaborate on optimising the use of medicines Clinical Maintain professional accreditation and CPD as required by the GPhC. Prescribe acute and repeat medication for patient need within areas of competency.