Job summary
Ravensbury Park
Medical Centre, situated in East Merton, operates as a general practice
providing NHS primary care services for approximately 5,000 patients. Our
practice is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of patient care, with
a strong focus on disease prevention, patient education, and delivering
personalized, proactive healthcare. We adhere to the fundamental principles of clinical
practice and evidence-based care, while also fostering an environment open to
innovation and new approaches. We are committed to supporting the growth of our
clinical team and facilitating the professional development of the successful
candidate. If you are passionate about pharmacy practice in a primary care
setting, we invite to apply and be part of our dedicated team.
Main duties of the job
We are offering a rewarding opportunity for a clinical
pharmacist to become an integral part of our team in our practice. As a valued team member, you will have the
opportunity to make a real difference in patient care. In this role, your
primary responsibilities will involve conducting medication reviews, managing
chronic disease, responding to drug information queries, promoting adherence to
treatment plans and educating patients on medication use and potential side
effects.
You will work closely with the clinical team to enhance patient outcomes
and support the practice in achieving targets. The successful candidate will
demonstrate strong clinical skills, effective communication abilities, a collaborative
approach to care and a passion for improving patient experience and outcomes.
About us
Ravensbury Park Medical Centre is under the Southwest London ICB and is
part of the Morden Primary Care Network.
We offer:
Standard annual leave
NHS pension
Development opportunities
A supportive team environment
free parking
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work as part of a
multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat
patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Provide
pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an
integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide proactive
leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the practice team, patients
and their carers.
- Improve patient and
carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their medication.
- Provide advice and
answer medication related queries from patients and staff
- Improve the quality
and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to
improve performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribing
guidance.
- Contribute to a
patient safety culture through reporting and investigation of medicines
incidents and undertaking proactive measures to improve patient safety.
- Work with community
pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and other stakeholders in the medicines
supply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents.
- Respond to
prescription requests from community patients, nursing/care home staff,
pharmacy staff and GPs, processing them within recognised timescales (e.g. 48
hours for routine prescriptions and same day for urgent prescriptions). This
can include re-routing prescriptions to out of hours pharmacies for same day
delivery.
- Use practice
templates to record near patient monitoring for high risk drugs.
- Identify blood
tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to the
appropriate clinician.
- Support and respond
to medicines-related queries from medical and nursing colleagues and from
patients and relatives via face to face, via phone or via email. Queries can
include issues with interactions or ADRs, availability of stock, swallowing
difficulties, cost-effectiveness, urgent requests or extra supplies.
- Review hospital
discharge notifications and outpatient hospital letters and reconcile
medication against current repeats, flagging up and correcting discrepancies.
- Promote safe use of
medication, reporting of medicines-related incidents and pro-actively
preventing safeguarding incidents.
- Use knowledge of GP
computer prescribing systems and community pharmacy dispensing systems to
advise on solving problems related to prescribing/dispensing and other areas to
develop the skills of practice and pharmacy staff.
- Observe the
principles of clinical governance when developing policies, protocols,
guidelines, SOPs and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work as part of a
multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat
patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Provide
pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an
integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide proactive
leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the practice team, patients
and their carers.
- Improve patient and
carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their medication.
- Provide advice and
answer medication related queries from patients and staff
- Improve the quality
and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to
improve performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribing
guidance.
- Contribute to a
patient safety culture through reporting and investigation of medicines
incidents and undertaking proactive measures to improve patient safety.
- Work with community
pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and other stakeholders in the medicines
supply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents.
- Respond to
prescription requests from community patients, nursing/care home staff,
pharmacy staff and GPs, processing them within recognised timescales (e.g. 48
hours for routine prescriptions and same day for urgent prescriptions). This
can include re-routing prescriptions to out of hours pharmacies for same day
delivery.
- Use practice
templates to record near patient monitoring for high risk drugs.
- Identify blood
tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to the
appropriate clinician.
- Support and respond
to medicines-related queries from medical and nursing colleagues and from
patients and relatives via face to face, via phone or via email. Queries can
include issues with interactions or ADRs, availability of stock, swallowing
difficulties, cost-effectiveness, urgent requests or extra supplies.
- Review hospital
discharge notifications and outpatient hospital letters and reconcile
medication against current repeats, flagging up and correcting discrepancies.
- Promote safe use of
medication, reporting of medicines-related incidents and pro-actively
preventing safeguarding incidents.
- Use knowledge of GP
computer prescribing systems and community pharmacy dispensing systems to
advise on solving problems related to prescribing/dispensing and other areas to
develop the skills of practice and pharmacy staff.
- Observe the
principles of clinical governance when developing policies, protocols,
guidelines, SOPs and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered as a Pharmacist with the UK General Pharmaceutical Council
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered as a Pharmacist with the UK General Pharmaceutical Council
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
