JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Clinical Pharmacist to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for patients.

PAY IS NEGOTIABLE DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Expected hours: 22.5 – 30 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 21/07/202

JOB PURPOSE:

The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice and within the Primary Care Network. They will improve patient’s health outcomes and the efficiency of the practice by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise including face to face contact with patients. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care, safety and support clinical staff in the management of patients.
The post holder will be an integral part of the General Practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multidisciplinary team.
As part of their employment, the post holder will achieve qualification from an accredited training pathway, including independent prescribing, equipping the clinical pharmacist to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting. The supervision and mentorship network will be provided to support the Clinical Pharmacist.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers.
• Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their medication.
• Provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff.
• Organise and oversee the PCN’s medicines optimisation systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems.
• Working in partnership with pharmacists and clinicians in Acute General Hospital Hospitals, to improve the safety and quality of prescribing after discharge from hospital admissions and attendance.
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribing guidance.
• Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities.
• Contribute to a patient safety culture through reporting and investigation of medicines incidents and undertaking proactive measures to improve patient safety.
• Work with community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents.
• Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicine issues.
• Provide leadership within the pharmacy team and offer supervision to pharmacy technicians within the team if appropriate.