Job overview
We are excited to offer an innovative opportunity to enhance primary care delivery to care homes in the borough of Ealing. As a Care Home Foundation Practice Pharmacist, you will assist in areas of patient care and chronic disease management within the care home practice, undertaking clinical medication reviews to manage patients especially for polypharmacy, older people, residential and nursing home residents with multiple co-morbidities.
As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will receive robust support from GPs and an experienced group of nurses, including advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators.
What We Offer:
- Collaborative Environment: As part of Ealing Community Partners (ECP), you will collaborate with other ECP community teams such as rapid response, diabetic services, and mental health teams, ensuring quality care for our patients.
- Work-Life Balance: We encourage flexible scheduling options to ensure you have time for both your professional and personal life.
- Opportunities for Development: We encourage your ideas for quality improvement of our service, and as an employee of West London NHS Trust, you will have access to numerous training and development opportunities plus pathways for career progression—something that is not always available in independent or private practices.
Main duties of the job
- Service Operation: Our GP service operates 7 days a week with one of partner organisations currently covering evenings and weekends.
- Patient Population: We provide enhanced primary care to over 1100 patients living in nursing and residential homes in Ealing.
- Rewarding Work: Engage in meaningful work with opportunities to develop your expertise in frailty, dementia, multi-morbidity, and polypharmacy through direct patient care and via our weekly MDT meetings attended by secondary care and community colleagues such as Marie Curie nurses.
- Patient-Centred Care: Work with care home residents and their dedicated care home staff who will support with care management plans and ongoing monitoring.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
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This advert is for Pharmacist with West London NHS Trust in Southall, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive. The contract type is Fixed term: 5 months (Contract until 31/10/2026). The application deadline is 11 Jun 2026.
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