Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary
We seek an enthusiastic and driven individual keen to develop and extend the role of pharmacists within primary care. The role will be patient facing and include all aspects of medicines management across both long-term conditions and acute presentations. You will work as part of the highly-skilled clinical team guiding them in innovative and cost-effective prescribing.

Main duties of the job

• Structured Medications Reviews
• Assisting the Prescription team with queries
• Attending regular in-house MDTs
• Working with the ICB Medications Management Team to ensure the local formulary is adhered to and understood in house
• Carrying out audits when required
• Helping deliver the targets laid out in the local Prescribing Quality Scheme
• Helping deliver the targets laid out in QOF and IIF
• Working with our care homes to ensure optimal prescribing
• Advising GPs and other clinical staff
• Helping develop and maintain policies and protocols relating to medicine management

About us
We are a growing Surgery with 7400 patients.

We offer our team a friendly, flexible and supportive environment

Job responsibilities

• Structured Medications Reviews
• Assisting the Prescription team with queries
• Attending regular in-house MDTs
• Working with the ICB Medications Management Team to ensure the local formulary is adhered to and understood in house
• Carrying out audits when required
• Helping deliver the targets laid out in the local Prescribing Quality Scheme
• Helping deliver the targets laid out in QOF and IIF
• Working with our care homes to ensure optimal prescribing
• Advising GPs and other clinical staff
• Helping develop and maintain policies and protocols relating to medicine management

Person Specification
Skills, knowledge and qualifications
Essential

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (Mpharm) or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC
• Member of RPS
• Evidence of recent CPD
• Independent prescriber status or a commitment to undertake the course
• Effective interpersonal, communication (both oral and written) presentation and influencing skills
• Ability to communicate information to patients and careers in a clear and appropriate manner, using developed empathy skills
• Knowledge of medicines management issues across primary, acute and domiciliary care settings
• Understanding and appreciation of National and local policies which impinge on primary care prescribing
• Professional approach to work demonstrating excellent interactive patient skills. Guided by professional code, accountable and responsible for own professional actions
• Ability to gain the confidence and credibility of a range of professional
• Able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks to ensure urgent work is completed on time
• Experience of working with diabetes would be beneficial

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.