West London Mental Health Trust • SOUTHALL UB1 3EU
About this role
We are excited to offer an innovative opportunity to enhance primary care delivery to care homes in the borough of Ealing. As a Care Home Foundation Practice Pharmacist, you will assist in areas of patient care and chronic disease management within the care home practice, undertaking clinical medication reviews to manage patients especially for polypharmacy, older people, residential and nursing home residents with multiple co-morbidities.
As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will receive robust support from GPs and an experienced group of nurses, including advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators.
What We Offer
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Collaborative Environment
As part of Ealing Community Partners (ECP), you will collaborate with other ECP community teams such as rapid response, diabetic services, and mental health teams, ensuring quality care for our patients.
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Work-Life Balance
We encourage flexible scheduling options to ensure you have time for both your professional and personal life.
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Opportunities for Development
We encourage your ideas for quality improvement of our service, and as an employee of West London NHS Trust, you will have access to numerous training and development opportunities plus pathways for career progression—something that is not always available in independent or private practices.
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Service Operation
Our GP service operates 7 days a week with one of partner organisations currently covering evenings and weekends.
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Patient Population
We provide enhanced primary care to over 1100 patients living in nursing and residential homes in Ealing.
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Rewarding Work
Engage in meaningful work with opportunities to develop your expertise in frailty, dementia, multi-morbidity, and polypharmacy through direct patient care and via our weekly MDT meetings attended by secondary care and community colleagues such as Marie Curie nurses.
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Patient-Centred Care
Work with care home residents and their dedicated care home staff who will support with care management plans and ongoing monitoring.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Jun 2026