Job summary
Working
across Brunel PCN3 comprising of Ashington House Surgery & North Swindon
Practice.
Starting
salary of £24.00/ hour plus NHS Pension. Pay increases depending on
qualification.
Full-time
permanent post, 37.5 hours per week.
25
annual leave days plus 1 week study leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata if
required).
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work closely with our Advanced
Clinical Pharmacist and will potentially have a patient-facing role, working
directly with patients to promote safe and effective use of medication and
self-care. The role will involve working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
to develop and run processes for medicines management on transfer of care and
systems for safer prescribing.
About us
Brunel 3 PCN has a population of 30,000+ patients. We are
looking for an additional Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Team comprising of
Pharmacists, Technicians and Prescription Clerks. You can help us develop
medicines optimisation services within our Primary Care Network. The team is
led by an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist and the team is based together at
Crossroads Surgery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is a pharmacist who works alongside and
supports the general practice teams within their professional boundaries. The
role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies
so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general
practice. The post holder would be assigned a surgery but also provide cover
when needed across the PCN.
Support and mentorship will be offered by the
PCN practices to enable the Pharmacist to develop in their role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is a pharmacist who works alongside and
supports the general practice teams within their professional boundaries. The
role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies
so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general
practice. The post holder would be assigned a surgery but also provide cover
when needed across the PCN.
Support and mentorship will be offered by the
PCN practices to enable the Pharmacist to develop in their role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent Post graduate diploma or equivalent training/experience. Independent Prescriber (or interest in working towards this qualification).
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team in both a back office and potential patient-facing role.
- Provide pro-active support for effective medicines management for patients suffering from chronic diseases.
- Within the limits of professional competency manage medication for patients with common minor ailments.
- Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
- Provide primary support to practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries.
- Support the practices repeat prescribing systems and deal with acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.
- Implement systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice.
- Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Ensure that the practices integrate with community and hospital pharmacies to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent Post graduate diploma or equivalent training/experience. Independent Prescriber (or interest in working towards this qualification).
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team in both a back office and potential patient-facing role.
- Provide pro-active support for effective medicines management for patients suffering from chronic diseases.
- Within the limits of professional competency manage medication for patients with common minor ailments.
- Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
- Provide primary support to practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries.
- Support the practices repeat prescribing systems and deal with acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.
- Implement systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice.
- Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Ensure that the practices integrate with community and hospital pharmacies to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
Desirable
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).