Specialist Pharmacist – Frailty and Care of the Elderly
Title: Specialist Pharmacist – Frailty and Care of the Elderly
Department: Pharmacy
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week plus on-call, weekends & bank holiday rota. Note: all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
The closing date is 30 July 2026
Job responsibilities
As the Specialist Pharmacist – Frailty and Care of the Elderly, you will work closely with the Principal Pharmacist to provide expert clinical pharmacy services to older adult inpatients. You will undertake comprehensive medication reviews, supporting the safe and effective use of medicines to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. The role focuses on optimising medicines, reducing inappropriate polypharmacy, improving adherence, and enhancing patients’ understanding of their medicines to support safe, person‑centred care.
You will have the opportunity to work in our newly built specialist inpatient wards, purpose‑designed to provide high‑quality care for older adults, including those living with dementia. You will also work closely with our experienced Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and Virtual Ward multidisciplinary frailty teams, delivering comprehensive, patient‑centred geriatric care to older people across Milton Keynes. In addition, there is an opportunity to support the pharmaceutical care of older patients within a rehabilitation unit associated with the Trust.
Alongside delivering ward‑based clinical pharmacy services within Frailty and Care of the Elderly and providing clinical support to the dispensary, you will develop leadership and service improvement skills, support and supervise junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, undertake quality improvement and audit projects, champion medicines optimisation and medication safety initiatives, and collaborate with the Principal Pharmacist to address medicines‑related issues across the elderly care division.
Our standard working pattern consists of four long days per week (8:00 am to 6:00 pm), with participation in a weekend and Bank Holiday rota. Following a comprehensive induction and training programme, you will also contribute to the pharmacy out‑of‑hours service.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
- B.Sc. / B.Pharm. / M.Pharm
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Evidence of ongoing CPD (in line with GPhC requirements)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or evidence of equivalent experience e.g. GLF
- Member of RPS
- Evidence of a good understanding of medicines management issues at the interfaces between primary, secondary and tertiary care
Experience
- Post‑registration experience in a hospital‑based clinical post
- Experience working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Experience of clinical audit work
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues
- Experience of Medicines Information
- Knowledge of the medical management of disease in a range of the specialties
- At least 2 years post‑registration experience in a hospital‑based clinical post
- Evidence of influencing medicines use to optimise care and help clinicians manage expenditure
- Experience managing prioritisation in relation to the use of new drugs and new uses for drugs
- Evidence of significant contribution to innovative or developmental roles and activities within pharmacy
Skills
- Effective and safe pharmaceutical skills
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others and deal effectively with unexpected demands
- I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and members of the public
- Problem solving
- Good teamwork and ability to work alone
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
Personal and people development
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development to meet GPhC standards
- Evidence of leadership
Communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Evidence of team working
- Evidence of effective and timely project delivery
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
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