Job summary
Our Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are highly valued and well-integrated members of the practice teams, as well as being supported by the wider GPA team. It is due to the success of our existing team that our practices are keen for us to expand.
This advert is for a 0.75 FTE (28 hours PW) PCN Clinical Pharmacist within the GRAND UNION PCN.
We will offer you:
· Full induction to primary care, our team, and your practices.
· Great work/life balance– flexible/part time & hybrid working.
· Regular supervision and support with senior pharmacist and the wider team.
· Protected study leave & funded access to:
o Centre of Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE) PCPEP pathway. More information is available here: https://www.cppe.ac.uk/career/pcpep/pcpep-training-pathway.
o Independent Prescribing course.
· Career development and progression, we already have a specialist depression clinic, heart failure reviews and host a shared foundation year pharmacist each year.
· Expenses covered incl. Indemnity insurance, GPhC, RPC.
· 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
· NHS Pension
Proposed Interview Date - 23rd June 2022
Main duties of the job
The role of the
clinical pharmacist in primary care is hugely varied and challenging. We meet
regularly with our practices to ensure the pharmacists have clear workplans and
objectives. This has been hugely successful in ensuring we are using individual’s
skills, delivering on the GP contracts, and supporting the practices as needed.
The successful
candidate will be integral part of the practice team, answering medicine
queries from patients and colleagues, delivering structured medication reviews,
supporting our care home patients with their medicines, working closely with
the pharmacy technicians in our team.
We have great links
with our local prescribing team, our community pharmacies, the local DGHs, the
Primary Care Training Hub and the new ICS. These links mean we can support and
work with our colleagues from all sectors to give our patients high quality
medicine support. We have worked with local community
pharmacies to introduce CPCS to our local practices and support the use of the New
Medicine Scheme referrals. We are passionate about developing pharmacy professionals
of the future and currently share both trainee pharmacist and apprentice posts
with NGH. We have plans to host undergraduate pharmacy students from the next
academic year. All our team support in training new staff, other healthcare
professionals and students.
About us
GPA is a small, forward-thinking organisation with Primary
Care Transformation at the forefront.
For more information about GPA and the pharmacy team please visit our website: https://northantsgpalliance.com/
This is what some
of our team have said about working for us:
‘Very supportive
team, friendly and caring. I feel lucky to be part of a great team who helped
me believe in myself and helped me achieve so much in a short time.’
‘I can honestly say
all the team members are easily approachable and supportive of each other. A
wide variety of skill sets within the team to utilise. I have been able to
learn so much and develop my clinical skills. It is a privilege to work
alongside all members of the team.’
‘Having worked in a
different sector of pharmacy for many years I find the GPA pharmacy team to
incredibly supportive, professional, and very well respected by other
healthcare professionals. Love being part of this team.’
Please contact Philippa Jones, Principal Clinical Pharmacist
or Zoe Webb, Lead Pharmacy technician for an informal chat or more information.
Email: Philippa.jones10@nhs.net
Tel: 07708476743
Email: Zoe.webb5@nhs.net
Tel: 07708473000
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The launch
of the new Five-Year GP contract by NHS England emphasises the importance of
Clinical Pharmacists in Primary Care. New
posts have been created within each of the newly formed Primary Care Networks
which cover small groups of GP practices supporting 30,000 to 70,000 patients. This position will involve working across
practices which have formed to create the Primary Care Networks. The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts
within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team
of pharmacists in General Practice.
The post
holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role.
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
prescriptions 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 patients in GP practices.
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.
The post
holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital
pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better
access to healthcare and help manage workload. 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.
If necessary, the post holder will be supported to develop their
role to become a non-medical prescriber.
Please see the Job Description/ Person Specification in the uploaded documents for full details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The launch
of the new Five-Year GP contract by NHS England emphasises the importance of
Clinical Pharmacists in Primary Care. New
posts have been created within each of the newly formed Primary Care Networks
which cover small groups of GP practices supporting 30,000 to 70,000 patients. This position will involve working across
practices which have formed to create the Primary Care Networks. The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts
within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team
of pharmacists in General Practice.
The post
holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role.
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
prescriptions 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 patients in GP practices.
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.
The post
holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital
pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better
access to healthcare and help manage workload. 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.
If necessary, the post holder will be supported to develop their
role to become a non-medical prescriber.
Please see the Job Description/ Person Specification in the uploaded documents for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber
Professional Registration
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practice
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Work effectively independently and as a team member
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidencebased healthcare
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Minimum of 2 years postqualification experience
Other
Essential
- Adaptable
- Self-Motivated
- Enhanced DBS
- Safeguarding adult and children level three
- Immunisation status
- Basic life support training
- Ability to travel between practices
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber
Professional Registration
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practice
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Work effectively independently and as a team member
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidencebased healthcare
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Minimum of 2 years postqualification experience
Other
Essential
- Adaptable
- Self-Motivated
- Enhanced DBS
- Safeguarding adult and children level three
- Immunisation status
- Basic life support training
- Ability to travel between practices
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
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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).
