# Principal Pharmacist, Frailty > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-pharmacist-frailty/f015d159-7a40-474b-900f-9af2811c2dc8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-pharmacist-frailty/f015d159-7a40-474b-900f-9af2811c2dc8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Epsom General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term 6 months) - **Employment type:** Part time - 4.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T14:00:43.828Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Epsom/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8405906 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8405906?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team on a fixed term 6 month basis as one of the Principal Pharmacists supporting Frailty Services. The successful candidate will join the multi-disciplinary team working on either the Mary Seacole frailty unit at Epsom Hospital, or at one of the Community Hospitals sites. The Mary Seacole Unit is a community-facing frailty unit based within Epsom Hospital. The unit supports patients who have frailty, complex needs and/or rehabilitation needs and offers enhanced Multidisciplinary team support in order to support the patients' transition of care back to their place of residence as soon as possible. The Community Hospitals provide care for people needing rehabilitation. They aim is to help patients return to living independently, or with care or other support. As the specialist pharmacist in the team you will lead on medicines optimisation and medicines management in the ward setting. You will provide advanced pharmaceutical expertise in frailty and polypharmacy. You will also conduct in-depth, personalised and goal orientated medication reviews with patients to improve their understanding of medicines, address adherence issues and reduce inappropriate polypharmacy. Ensuring seamless transfer of pharmaceutical care across interfaces will also be a key part of the role. If you are a motivated, autonomous individual who enjoys direct working with patients and being part of an MDT then this is the role for you. ### Main duties of the job - To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the frailty unit or a SDHC Community Hospital ward. - Providing a well-integrated, comprehensive, patient-oriented specialist clinical pharmacy service at ward level throughout the frailty unit or SDHC Community Hospital site. - To provide advice and day to day clinical supervision for the pharmacy team working in the frailty unit or a community hospital ward, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines - To promote safe, responsible, cost effective prescribing and usage of medicines, in line with the formulary, to optimise clinical outcomes and minimise adverse reactions and errors. - To liaise with appropriate MDT colleagues to ensure the implementation of National/Local guidelines related to medicines to optimise patient care and promote best practice. - Combining pharmaceutical expertise and technical skills to proactively support patient centred medicine - Undertaking high-quality patient medication reviews to maximise the therapeutic effects of medicines, minimise the risk of harm and improve patient adherence to medication regimens. - Participating in Clinical audit, service and quality improvement where appropriate to aid shared learning and improvement. - Promoting the safer use of medicines through identification, reporting and investigation of medicines related incidents and sharing the learning from incidents with the wider team ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients - Able to manage difficult or ambiguous situations - Able to manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines and to prioritise and manage workload - Able to use own initiative to inform decisions and ensure accuracy - Critical appraisal skills **Desirable** - Familiarity with CMM pharmacy computer system - Ability to manage change ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post registration hospital experience - Able to demonstrate experience providing a pharmacy clinical service to patients in a range of medical sub-specialities - Pharmaceutical Knowledge of Polypharmacy/ Care of older People/ Frailty - Experience of multidisciplinary team working - Experience in providing and evaluating pharmacy education & training - Experience of managing or supervising other staff - Experience of audit and quality improvement projects **Desirable** - Experience in the provision of pharmacy expertise to the clinical governance agenda - Experience of implementing and/or reviewing PGDs ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent - Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience - Registered as a pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council **Desirable** - Non-medical prescriber - Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10737749) - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) ## 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.