Clinical Pharmacist
Narrowcliff Surgery
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Job summary
The post holder will work at Narrowcliff Surgery as part of Watergate PCN pharmacy team, in a patient facing role where they will have support, guidance, and mentoring from an experienced clinician.
This role requires the post holder to act within their own boundaries of professional practice and level of competency to assist in effective patient care. This includes taking responsibility for areas of chronic disease management, reducing medicines waste, supporting the Direct Enhanced Service PCN prescribing agenda e.g. carrying out Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, seeing patients for medication queries, assisting with prescribing related issues, enhancing prescription processes within the primary care team and delivering high quality improvement/patient safety interventions via the use of clinical audit.
The post holder will help patients get the most from their medication and support Watergate PCN with core medicine optimisation activities whilst ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines across the network and working within defined protocols and guidance.
We believe in always supporting and developing our staff, should you be interested in the role but lack prescribing experience, you may still apply and all necessary support and training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
Patient facing medicines support provide advice to patients requiring medication reviews and answer any questions, concerns or queries they have about their medicines.
Undertake structured medication reviews (SMRs) with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients in care homes
Support patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required
Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer searches.
Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions
Prescribing support
Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams and patients
Audit and risk management undertake clinical audits of prescribing
Medicines safety respond to MHRA alerts, product withdrawal, or other local/national guidance and implement changes where necessary.
About us
About us
Watergate PCN has an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking Clinical Pharmacist to join our networks innovative pharmacy team.
The post holder will primarily work at Narrowcliff Surgery, Newquay Cornwall.
We are looking for a full-time Clinical Pharmacist to join our PCN pharmacy team in order to improve care for our patients. Experience in primary care is preferred but not essential.
Date posted
25 April 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
A3324-24-0001
Job locations
Narrowcliff
Newquay
TR7 2QF
Employer details
Employer name
Narrowcliff Surgery
Address
Narrowcliff
Newquay
TR7 2QF