Clinical Pharmacist – Community Division: Sponsorship Available

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The post holder is responsible for providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients in their own homes or care homes in the Calderdale and Huddersfield area this may be as part of the Hospital at Home (H@H), Urgent Community response Team (UCR) or the wider Community Division.

The post holder will be an integral part of the Community Division Pharmacy team and work seamlessly between primary and secondary care and link with a range of healthcare professionals to optimise concordance and compliance with prescribed medication.

For the purpose of this post all patients who are accepted to the Community caseload and are registered with a GP in Calderdale or Huddersfield may be reviewed, they may also be referred directly from CHFT staff or Gateway to Care when concerns about medication that might increase chances of admission or readmission are identified. Patients may be on high-risk medication or complex regimes.

Main duties of the job

  • Review medication and work closely with Community Teams
  • Ensure patients are able to derive the maximum benefit from prescribed medication.
  • Participates in MDT meetings.
  • Liaise with GPs and community pharmacists to ensure that medicines are reconciled following transfer to primary care. Identify and follow up any discrepancies.
  • To communicate with GPs, community pharmacies and hospital consultants any recommendations in respect to individual patient medication changes,
  • To provide pharmaceutical counselling to patients in the domiciliary care setting in order to improve concordance and compliance with medicines and to reduce risks from medication related events.
  • To work in an independent manner to explore all ways of supporting patients with complex medication issues.
  • To work in partnership with the patient, carers and relatives to reflect patient choice, to support self-care.
  • Work closely with Hospital at Home and UCR teams within CHFT and key personnel in the community in Calderdale and Huddersfield.
  • To develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the appropriate healthcare professionals and other agencies in primary and secondary care.
  • Work with the Community team to develop the service and provide training to staff
  • Visits patients as a lone worker in their own homes or care homes.
  • Participates in weekend, public holiday, out of hours and extended hours provision of pharmacy services

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MPharm or equivalent Degree in Pharmacy approved by RPSGB.
  • Independent Pharmacist Prescriber

Desirable

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
  • Registered Pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of practical experience of medication review in a hospital or community setting.
  • Recent relevant pre-registration training and experience in hospital.
  • Good knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicines Management and Pharmacy Practice acquired through training and experience.
  • Evidence of Pharmacy Practice Research and Clinical Audit
  • Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  • Problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Demonstrate commitment to CPD
  • Education & Training skills
  • Able to fulfil all physical requirements of the post with Occupational Health clearance

Desirable

  • Knowledge of drug budgets

Communication and relationships

Essential

  • Computer literate
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Self-motivating and the ability to influence others
  • Must be eligible to work in the UK.
  • Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust
  • Ability to use dispensing systems such as EMIS Web or similar

Desirable

  • Has recent experience using: Systmone, EMIS, Cerner and Pharmoutcomes
  • Experience of managing staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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