NHS
Practice Pharmacist
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Job Description
- Req#: A1816-24-0000?language=en&page=638&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Registered with GPhC
- Member of RPS
- Independent prescriber status
- Postgraduate knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma and qualifications (e.g. clinical, community, therapeutics) or equivalent.
- Additional qualification in chronic disease or minor ailments would be advantageous.
- Experience in medication reviews and basic clinical skills.
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Registered with GPhC
- Member of RPS
- Independent prescriber status
- Postgraduate knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma and qualifications (e.g. clinical, community, therapeutics) or equivalent.
- Additional qualification in chronic disease or minor ailments would be advantageous.
- Experience in medication reviews and basic clinical skills.
Job summary
The Practice-based Clinical Pharmacist will improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients.
Ideally they will have regular contact with patients and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice by performing structured medication reviews, supporting the management of patients with long-term conditions, undertaking quality audits and processing repeat medication requests, reviewing hospital correspondence.
The successful candidates will supported prescribers at the practice to ensure that appropriate medication is prescribed, ensuring that income and dispensary profit is maintained whilst fulfilling the requirements of QOF, ICB and locality initiatives.
Main duties of the job
The pharmacist will develop and manage medicines optimisation services within the practice; the successful candidate(s) will be supported by a pharmacists; pharmacy technician, medicine management co-ordinator and three prescription clerks and a wide range of clinical and non clinical team members.
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking modern General Practice. We are a busy practice with a list of just under 18,000 patients across two sites
The practice is looking to recruit more a candidate to support the development and expansion of medication services within the practice.
Date posted
03 January 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
A1816-24-0000
Job locations
Cottam Lane Surgery
Cottam Lane
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 1JR
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The key aims for the clinical pharmacist are:
To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors
Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team
Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries
A senior advisory role in the day to day running of the prescription team
Clinical work will include:
Structured Medication Review
Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review subject to experience)
Use appropriate provided clinical templates within the EMIS Web Clinical System
Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers
Support the practice development work including QoF Domains, improving disease registers; Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support
Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, supporting repeat prescription staff
To review hospital correspondence, discharge summaries in relation to medication changes.
Job responsibilities
The key aims for the clinical pharmacist are:
To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors
Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team
Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries
A senior advisory role in the day to day running of the prescription team
Clinical work will include:
Structured Medication Review
Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review subject to experience)
Use appropriate provided clinical templates within the EMIS Web Clinical System
Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers
Support the practice development work including QoF Domains, improving disease registers; Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support
Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, supporting repeat prescription staff
To review hospital correspondence, discharge summaries in relation to medication changes.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
Park Medical Practice
Address
Cottam Lane Surgery
Cottam Lane
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 1JR
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Park Medical Practice
Address
Cottam Lane Surgery
Cottam Lane
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 1JR
Employer's website
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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