# Advanced Pharmacist - Discharge to Assess > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacist-discharge-to-assess/d86657bf-2ebc-4cc7-b25c-1b2eb493eea2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacist-discharge-to-assess/d86657bf-2ebc-4cc7-b25c-1b2eb493eea2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stockport - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Weekend working, late shifts, on-call, Bank holidays) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working weekends, Bank holidays, lates and on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:13:32.579Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Stockport/Stockport_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacist/Pharmacist-v7960172 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7960172?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be based in the community. The team aim to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and prevent avoidable Emergency Department attendances by providing a holistic multidisciplinary intervention and support to help stabilise patients in their own home or usual residence. The post holder will work as a Non-Medical Prescriber. ### Main duties of the job - To complete a full medication review on the patient’s admission to the service, reducing the likelihood and consequences of patient harm from their prescribed medication - To ensure rationalisation of medication particularly for complex patients with polypharmacy, including rationalising medication timing to aid patient concordance for self-managed medication, and to help reduce the number of care calls required for patients with managed medication - To complete patient-centred consultations and liaise with a prescriber, or use the skills as a pharmacist prescriber, to change medication regimes - To educate the patient on their medicines and discuss concordance - To liaise with the community health care teams about the patient’s needs including ongoing monitoring requirements - To provide information and refer to other healthcare professionals and services, including community pharmacies and GPs ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary  In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16. ## Job Details The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be based in the community. The team aim to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and prevent avoidable Emergency Department attendances by providing a holistic multidisciplinary intervention and support to help stabilise patients in their own home or usual residence. The post holder will work as a Non-Medical Prescriber. ## Job Description To complete a full medication review on the patient’s admission to the service, reducing the likelihood and consequences of patient harm from their prescribed medication To ensure rationalisation of medication particularly for complex patients with polypharmacy, including rationalising medication timing to aid patient concordance for self-managed medication, and to help reduce the number of care calls required for patients with managed medication To complete patient-centred consultations and liaise with a prescriber, or use the skills as a pharmacist prescriber, to change medication regimes To educate the patient on their medicines and discuss concordance To liaise with the community health care teams about the patient’s needs including ongoing monitoring requirements To provide information and refer to other healthcare professionals and services, including community pharmacies and GPs ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of use of clinical IT systems - Advanced level of clinical knowledge ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in clinical pharmacy services in a UK NHS hospital - Experience in delivering training and education - Experience in audit - Experience of delivering Medicines Management Standards and Policies ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Methodical and organised - Excellent communication skills - Demonstrate good level of written english - Demonstrates an enthusiastic approach to work - Able to influence and negotiate with colleagues of all levels ### Education & Qualification **Essential** - Master degree in Pharmacy - Registered Pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council - Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice - Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice/ Clinical Pharmacy - Prescribing Qualification **Desirable** - Management qualification ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [d2a pharmacist mat leave (pdf, 466.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10242104) - [pharmacy career pathways (pdf, 559.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2749) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.