Job summary
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regard to prescription and medicines management.
They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on the 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 the GP practice.
The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so require motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
Main duties of the job
Conduct clinical medication reviews to reduce GP and locum GP time, including complex patients needing longer appointments.
Review ongoing medicine needs, monitoring, and support optimal patient use of medicines.
Manage minor ailments triage and appropriate patient appointments.
Run patient-facing clinics to improve adherence and address medication queries.
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and review daily pathology results for selected patients.
Perform targeted medication reviews for high-risk patients (frail elderly, polypharmacy, renal/hepatic impairment, high-risk medicines).
Provide clinical recommendations to nurses and GPs on prescribing improvements.
Contribute to multidisciplinary reviews on medication-related issues.
Audit and manage medicines associated with unplanned hospital admissions to reduce risk.
Ensure continuity of medicine supply for high-risk groups, including care home patients, and resolve discrepancies post-discharge.
About us
We are part of the Wantage PCN in the health centre, working alongside Church Street Practice. The Health Centre has had an extension built very recently offering extra capacity.
Our patient list size is approximately 16,000.
We offer free parking at the Health Centre, regular staff lunches and social events.
We have a large clinical team consisting of 10 GPs, a nursing team, Pharmacy team, physio team and an admin and secretarial teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Practice as an independent prescriber working within scope of practice
- Carry out face-to-face and telephone consultations with patients with minor illnesses
- To provide medication review services with patients in the practice.
- To provide advice and support for patients with self-limiting conditions
- Encourage cost-effective prescribing within the practice
- Review all safety alerts ensuring the required actions are taken
- To reconcile medicines following patients discharge from hospital or clinic appointments
- Review medications for newly registered patients
- To provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and embedding a system
- Carry out targeted medication reviews for high-risk patients
- To reauthorise medication for repeat prescribing within scope of practice
- Identify patients suitable for repeat prescribing, liaising with the relevant clinicians as required
- Review and implement safe prescribing systems for vulnerable patients, improving compliance
- Support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies
- Actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional
- Assist with QOF targets
- Administer influenza and travel vaccines
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Practice as an independent prescriber working within scope of practice
- Carry out face-to-face and telephone consultations with patients with minor illnesses
- To provide medication review services with patients in the practice.
- To provide advice and support for patients with self-limiting conditions
- Encourage cost-effective prescribing within the practice
- Review all safety alerts ensuring the required actions are taken
- To reconcile medicines following patients discharge from hospital or clinic appointments
- Review medications for newly registered patients
- To provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and embedding a system
- Carry out targeted medication reviews for high-risk patients
- To reauthorise medication for repeat prescribing within scope of practice
- Identify patients suitable for repeat prescribing, liaising with the relevant clinicians as required
- Review and implement safe prescribing systems for vulnerable patients, improving compliance
- Support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies
- Actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional
- Assist with QOF targets
- Administer influenza and travel vaccines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - GpHc Registration
- - Pharm D degree or equivalent
- - Experience of working in a GP practice
- - Independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Experience of supporting, mentoring and leading a small team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - GpHc Registration
- - Pharm D degree or equivalent
- - Experience of working in a GP practice
- - Independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Experience of supporting, mentoring and leading a small team.
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).