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Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Frailty

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford, TN25 4AZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

4 October 2026

6 days left

Job description

As part of a team of Clinical Pharmacists and technicians you will be responsible for providing safe and effective medicines optimisation services to ...

  • Optimising medicines choice through medication review for patients in their own home or community hospital setting
  • Ensuring safe transfer of care into community hospitals including medicines reconciliation
  • Participation in KCHFT and primary care network (PCN) multidisciplinary team patient reviews
  • Assessment of concordance and implementation of appropriate interventions
  • Providing responses to medication queries
  • Provision of legal and ethical advice as appropriate for the service provision
  • Undertaking clinical development and contributing to the development of others
  • Supporting training to staff within the pharmacy service
  • Where required undertake training to become and independent prescriber
  • Supporting and facilitating Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Liaising with key stakeholders in order to explore identified risk areas

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

Qualifications, training and experience

Essential

  • MSc in Pharmacy (entry level for pharmacy)
  • Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Post registration community or hospital experience
  • Understanding of practical medicines management issues in community based services
  • Commitment to mandatory continual professional development (CPD)

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Understanding of patient centred medicines optimisation including deprescribing
  • Expertise on legal and ethical pharmaceutical issues in all areas relating to community health services
  • Experience and knowledge of the supply, distribution, storage and administration of pharmaceuticals in Community Hospital and Primary Care settings
  • Knowledge of risk management and assurance issues relating to all aspects of medicines use
  • Knowledge of other professions and their registering bodies e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
  • Knowledge of the changing NHS environment and structures
  • Understanding of Government Policy and vision for the development of prescribing and pharmacy Services
  • Knowledge of storage, use and disposal of pharmaceutical products with due regard to local and national policies
  • Understanding of the concepts of Clinical Governance

Working Environment

Essential

  • A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) and the ability to travel independently are essential for this role. Should you require workplace adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to supporting you to meet the mobility requirements of the role wherever possible.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

15 September 2026

Last checked

17 September 2026

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About the employer

KCH
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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