• Job Description

  Req#: A1092-25-0001?language=en&page=1087&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Pendeen Surgery in Ross on Wye is looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to join its friendly team..

  Part-time 30 hours per week

  We are seeking an experienced enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to replace our current Clinical Pharmacist who is leaving to take a career break.

  Salary depending on experience (Band 7/8a)

  Main duties of the job

  • The post holder will work within their clinical competencies to provided specialist pharmaceutical support to the Practices clinical team to improve care and support safe and effective prescribing
  • The role will involve providing patient facing services either via face to face or telephone consultations and will undertake chronic disease management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews.
  • The post holder will need to be proactively involved in the quality improvement and audit as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).

  About us

  Pendeen Surgery is a busy market town GP Practice with just under 9000 patients. At Pendeen Surgery we have an excellent group of clinical and admin individuals who enjoy working alongside each other. Primary Care has seen many challenges in recent years and our team is always supportive and positive towards one another.

  We are training Practice with three GP trainers (Dr Das, Dr Boughen and Dr Thurgood). We use EMIS Web and Docman clinical systems, along with Accurx and Lexacom ECHO. We have consistently been rated as Good by CQC and are very high QOF achievers.

  We are part of the South and West Primary Care Network (Herefordshire). Currently our Extended Access cover is provided by Taurus Healthcare with appointments in the evenings and at the weekends. From 1st April 2025 the Practice will be covering the Extended Access at the Surgery rather than at PCN locations. We also have Herefordshire Remote Health (HRH) virtual appointments during the day which is also run by Taurus Healthcare.

  The surgery is situated just 5 minutes out of town adjacent to Dean Hill Park and a stone's throw from the Community Hospital.

  Details

  Date posted

  25 March 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  A1092-25-0001

  Job locations

  Kent Avenue

  Ross-on-wye

  Herefordshire

  HR9 5AH

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Clinical medication reviews for patients with single of multiple long-term conditions where medicines optimisation is required
  • To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission
  • To be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings at the Practice. where appropriate
  • To manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
  • Implement changes to medicines in line MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or national guidance.
  • To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding
  • To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate
  • Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate
  • Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure the Practice prescribes in accordance with local guidelines and formulary
  • To identify areas of clinical risk at Practice level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of Practice resources.
  • To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional development.
  • Work with the Clinical Team to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for safe and effective care

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Clinical medication reviews for patients with single of multiple long-term conditions where medicines optimisation is required
  • To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission
  • To be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings at the Practice. where appropriate
  • To manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
  • Implement changes to medicines in line MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or national guidance.
  • To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding
  • To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate
  • Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate
  • Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure the Practice prescribes in accordance with local guidelines and formulary
  • To identify areas of clinical risk at Practice level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of Practice resources.
  • To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional development.
  • Work with the Clinical Team to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for safe and effective care

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • - Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
  • - Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • - Holder of GPhC Independent Prescribing qualification or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification

  Desirable

  • - Completion of CPPE Primary Care Pathway or willing to work towards it
  • - Experience of working in Primary Care

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • - Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
  • - Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • - Holder of GPhC Independent Prescribing qualification or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification

  Desirable

  • - Completion of CPPE Primary Care Pathway or willing to work towards it
  • - Experience of working in Primary Care

  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).

  Additional information

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Pendeen Surgery

  Address

  Kent Avenue

  Ross-on-wye

  Herefordshire

  HR9 5AH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.pendeensurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Pendeen Surgery

  Address

  Kent Avenue

  Ross-on-wye

  Herefordshire

  HR9 5AH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.pendeensurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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