№ lp_2_3_41185
File format: docx
Character count: 20606
File size: 88 KB
Formal NHS job description outlining responsibilities, governance framework, and professional scope of a Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist role within frailty and older people healthcare services.
Job Title:
Specialist Pharmacist – Frailty and Healthcare for Older People
Band:
Band 8a
Reports to:
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Department/Directorate:
Pharmacy / Specialist Services
Organisation:
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Sector:
National Health Service (NHS)
Specialty:
Frailty and Healthcare for Older People
Role Type:
Clinical Pharmacy Leadership and Specialist Practice
Working Pattern:
Includes late duties, on-call, weekends and 7-day service
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical pharmacy service leadership, medicines optimisation, independent prescribing, multidisciplinary collaboration, research, audit, formulary compliance, discharge planning, education and training
Patient Group:
Older people and patients with frailty
Professional Accountability:
Clinical Pharmacy Manager (Northern)
Scope of Practice:
Inpatient and homecare services, high cost drugs management, medicines protocols and clinical guidelines development
Price: 8 / 10 USD
The file will be delivered to the email address provided at checkout within 12 hours.
The file will be delivered to the email address provided at checkout within 12 hours.
Don’t have cryptocurrency yet?
You can still complete your purchase in a few minutes:- Buy Crypto in a trusted app (Coinbase, Kraken, Cash App or any similar service).
- In the app, tap Send.
- Select network, paste our wallet address.
- Send the exact amount shown above.
The final amount may vary slightly depending on the payment method.
The file will be sent to the email address provided at checkout within 24 hours.
The product description is provided for reference. Actual content and formatting may differ slightly.
Institution:
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Medical specialty:
Cardiology and Transplant Medicine
Clinical focus:
Pre-cardiac transplant patients
Assessment type:
Frailty and geriatric evaluation
Patient population:
Hospitalized heart transplant candidates
Frailty models referenced:
Fried Frailty Phenotype; Short Physical Performance Battery
Components assessed:
Physical frailty; Functional status; Mood; Cognitive function
Functional measures:
Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL)
Mood measure:
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-5)
Cognitive measure:
Mini-Cog
Physical tests included:
Weight loss; Exhaustion; Physical activity; Chair rise; Balance test; Gait speed; Grip strength
Scoring systems:
Fried Frailty scoring; SPPB scoring
Intended users:
Clinical trainees and research assistants
Associated institution contact:
UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center
Associated clinician:
Ben Seligman, MD
Source type:
Clinical assessment protocol and standardized evaluation form
Year:
2022
Region / City:
Gloucestershire
Subject:
Health Care, Medical Procedure
Document Type:
Standard Operating Procedure
Organization / Institution:
Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Trust
Authors:
Dave Cooper
Target Audience:
Health Care Providers
Period of Validity:
Not specified
Date of Approval:
18/6/22
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Note:
Year
Topic:
Healthcare, Elderly Care, Assessment
Document Type:
Referral Form
Organization:
Integrated Care Centre – Frailty Support Team
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals, caregivers, nursing home staff
Year:
2024
Region / City:
Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Topic:
Hip Fracture, Frailty, Orthogeriatrics
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Author:
Rhodri Davies, Charlotte Le Brocq
Target Audience:
Healthcare Professionals, Hospital Management, Medical Team
Action Required:
Approval
Approval Date:
23 April 2024
Period of Action:
2024
Date of Last Update:
February 2024
Year:
2023
Region / City:
Cornwall, UK
Theme:
Healthcare, Frailty Management
Document Type:
Pathway Guidelines
Organization:
Acute GP Cornwall
Author:
Acute GP Cornwall
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals working with older adults and frail patients
Action Period:
Ongoing
Approval Date:
Not specified
Modification Date:
Not specified
Note:
Context
Job Title:
Frailty Liaison Practitioner
Band:
Band 6
Department/Directorate:
Medicine / Healthcare for Older People
Reports to:
Clinical Lead for Frailty – Northern Services
Region:
Northern region of the Trust
Associated Services:
Eastern services
Focus Area:
Frailty care for older people
Key Functions:
Clinical leadership support, education delivery, audit and data analysis, policy alignment, multidisciplinary collaboration
Scope of Practice:
Identification, assessment, treatment and management of frail older people
Working Relationships:
Multidisciplinary teams, governance co-ordinators, clinical audit, clinical nurse specialists, quality improvement team, medical education team, clinical tutors, external organisations
Information Systems Referenced:
DATIX incident reporting system, Meridian audit system
Document Type:
Job description
Organisational Context:
NHS Trust healthcare services
Professional Requirements:
Adherence to professional code of conduct and autonomous practice within professional boundaries
Note:
Year
Theme:
Geriatric care, nutrition, exercise
Document Type:
Workshop Overview
Organization:
National Healthcare Group Polyclinics
Target Audience:
Older adults, caregivers, healthcare staff
Context:
Educational material for a workshop focusing on preventing frailty in older adults through nutrition and exercise.
Year:
2026
Region / City:
Ulm, Germany
Theme:
Blood biomarkers, Frailty, Geriatrics
Document Type:
Research Study
Institution:
Ulm University Medical Centre
Author:
Felix Boehm MSc, Lea Fritzenschaft, MD, Stefanie Braig, Michael Denkinger, MD, Dietrich Rothenbacher, MD, Dhayana Dallmeier, MD
Target Audience:
Researchers, Healthcare professionals, Geriatric specialists
Period of Validity:
Not specified
Approval Date:
Not specified
Modification Date:
Not specified
Document type:
Supplementary statistical tables
Research field:
Geriatrics and public health
Topic:
Frailty domains and health-related quality of life in older adults
Variables examined:
Physical frailty, psychological frailty, social frailty, PCS, MCS
Population:
Older adult participants
Sample size:
2167 participants
Countries included:
United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, The Netherlands, Spain
Data type:
Quantitative observational data
Statistical methods:
Descriptive statistics, UNIANOVA interaction analysis, multivariate linear regression
Outcome measures:
Physical Component Summary (PCS), Mental Component Summary (MCS)
Covariates:
Age, sex, country, education level, living situation, lifestyle factors, multi-morbidity
Lifestyle variables:
Alcohol risk, exercise frequency, smoking status
Education categories:
Primary or less, secondary or equivalent, tertiary or higher
Living arrangement categories:
Living alone, living with others
Significance threshold:
p<0.05 with Bonferroni correction for multiple testing
Missing data reported:
Education, living situation, alcohol use, exercise, smoking, multi-morbidity
Note:
Year
Document type:
Religious text
Year:
2025
Location:
York, United Kingdom
Salary:
£33,569 per annum
Working hours:
37 hours per week
Duration:
2 years (funded)
Department:
York Frailty Hub
Reporting to:
Deputy Chief Executive
Role type:
Full-time, on-site
Responsibilities:
Leadership of Social Prescribing teams, service delivery, partnership development, budget oversight, quality monitoring
Qualifications:
Degree in social/public policy, health/social care, or community studies preferred
Target group:
Frail patients in the community
Prepared by:
Peter Otter
Date prepared:
April 2025
Year:
Not specified
Region / City:
Not specified
Topic:
Frailty, Diabetes Mellitus
Document Type:
Search strategy
Institution:
Not specified
Author:
Not specified
Target audience:
Researchers, medical professionals
Validity period:
Not specified
Approval date:
Not specified
Date of changes:
Not specified
Year:
2024-2025
Region / City:
England
Topic:
Frailty assessment and follow-up in general practice
Document Type:
Research brief / Policy brief
Organization / Institution:
NHS England, National Audit Office (NAO)
Author:
Hleb Buziuk
Target Audience:
Policy makers, healthcare providers, NHS decision-makers
Period of Validity:
Until 2027
Approval Date:
N/A
Date of Changes:
N/A
Year:
2023
Region / City:
United Kingdom
Subject:
Advanced Pharmacist Credentialing
Document Type:
Regulations
Organ / Institution:
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Author:
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Target Audience:
Pharmacists seeking advanced credentialing
Effective Period:
From 2 May 2023
Approval Date:
2 May 2023
Date of Changes:
None mentioned
Year:
2024
Region / city:
Victoria, Australia
Topic:
Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
Document Type:
Patient Handout
Organ / Institution:
Department of Health, Victoria
Author:
Department of Health, Victoria
Target Audience:
Women and gender diverse people with female biology aged 18-65
Period of validity:
March 2024
Approval date:
March 2024
Date of amendments:
N/A
Contextual Description:
Patient handout providing details about treatment, eligibility, and self-care for uncomplicated urinary tract infection under a pilot program for community pharmacists.
Version:
REDACTED
Year:
2016
Target Environment Name:
VA Mobile Framework (VAMF)
Version Number:
REDACTED
Release Date:
02/17/2016
Servers Affected:
REDACTED
JIRA Project:
Ask A Pharmacist (AAP)
Link to JIRA:
REDACTED
Description:
Ask A Pharmacist is a mobile application designed to supplement the current mobile caregiver application with a FAQ archive and secure messaging system to facilitate communication with pharmacy staff.
SCM Tool:
Atlassian
JIRA:
Tracking bugs, enhancements, user stories, and tasks
Stash / Git:
Managing source code
Jenkins:
Building deployment packages
Wiki:
Storing documents relevant to this release
Note:
Contact Information
POC Type:
Development Point of Contact
Name:
REDACTED
VA E-mail Address:
REDACTED
Phone Number:
REDACTED
Release Inventory:
REDACTED
Electronic Media Released:
REDACTED
Physical Media Released:
Not applicable
Associated Supporting Documentation:
REDACTED
Year:
2025
Region / city:
United States (based on context)
Theme:
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Pharmacists
Document type:
Template
Organization:
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Author:
Not specified
Target audience:
Healthcare providers, pharmacists, physicians
Duration of agreement:
1 year (or as determined by state/region/organization)
Approval date:
Not specified
Amendment date:
Not specified
Year:
2025/2026
Region / City:
England
Topic:
Pharmacy Training, Healthcare
Document Type:
Training Plan
Organization:
NHS England
Author:
Not specified
Target Audience:
Foundation Trainee Pharmacists, Supervisors
Period of Validity:
2025/2026
Approval Date:
Not specified
Amendment Date:
Not specified