• Job Description

  Req#: A1923-25-0042?language=en&page=164&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Job Summary:

  The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in general practice. In this role they will be supported by a more Senior Clinical Pharmacist who will develop, manage and mentor them.

  The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

  The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of the patient in the GP practice (s).

  The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and

  quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes

  framework and enhanced services.

  Main duties of the job

  Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

  Chronic Disease

  See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma).

  Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs

  and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring

  they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation).

  Where appropriate, make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement.

  Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

  Clinical Medication Reviews

  Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients, in practice or over the telephone and produce recommendations for nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

  Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients who reside in Care Homes and produce recommendations for nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring.

  Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

  Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients within their own homes and produce recommendations for nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring.

  Management of common -minor - self-limiting ailments

  Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.

  About us

  Teldoc Primary Care Network (PCN) covers a population of 60,000 patients within Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join our team of existing Clinical Pharmacists within our PCN in providing excellent care for our patients.

  Details

  Date posted

  20 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  A1923-25-0042

  Job locations

  Limes Walk

  Oakengates

  Telford

  Shropshire

  TF2 6JJ

  
  

  Farriers Green

  Lawley Bank

  Telford

  Shropshire

  TF4 2LL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  An ability to embrace new ways of working including telephone and video consultations alongside traditional face to face contacts is an essential requirement.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  An ability to embrace new ways of working including telephone and video consultations alongside traditional face to face contacts is an essential requirement.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
  • Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS - private organisations e.g. CCGs)
  • Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team
  • Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
  • Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality
  • Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality
  • Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
  • Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management - Optimisation to benefit from peer support

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to
  • implement this appropriately within the workplace.
  • Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision
  • Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and involves PPGs in
  • development of the role and practices
  • Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
  • Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
  • Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals
  • Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and - or service
  • Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
  • Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
  • Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy - protocol
  • Follows professional and organisational policies - procedures relating to performance management
  • Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
  • Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS - private organisations e.g. CCGs)
  • Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team
  • Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
  • Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality
  • Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality
  • Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
  • Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management - Optimisation to benefit from peer support

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to
  • implement this appropriately within the workplace.
  • Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision
  • Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and involves PPGs in
  • development of the role and practices
  • Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
  • Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
  • Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals
  • Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and - or service
  • Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
  • Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
  • Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy - protocol
  • Follows professional and organisational policies - procedures relating to performance management
  • Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team

  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

  Teldoc

  Address

  Limes Walk

  Oakengates

  Telford

  Shropshire

  TF2 6JJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.teldoc.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Teldoc

  Address

  Limes Walk

  Oakengates

  Telford

  Shropshire

  TF2 6JJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.teldoc.org/ (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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