Job summary
Are you a Clinical Pharmacist looking to step into General Practice work?
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Pharmacist who has recently completed the CPPE pathway and is looking to take a role in Primary Care to join our friendly, supportive surgery. The role is part-time, working hours are Monday to Friday.
To be suitable for this role, the candidate will have completed their Pharmacy Degree or Masters qualification and will ideally be an Independent Prescriber.
Previous experience working in Primary Care would be desirable.
Your key role in will be focussing on providing patients with appropriate medication and advice in a timely and safe manner. This will include analytical and administrative elements of work,
bringing your expert knowledge of medicines to multi-disciplinary primary care
teams.
Depending on experience and qualification will include patient -facing roles in long term disease management.
Main duties of the job
To provide pharmaceutical expertise and input into the care of our patients in a primary care setting
Supporting our prescribing and dispensing team to deliver an excellent medicine management service to all patients, including reviewing their medication and providing advice.
Supervise our Pharmacy Technician, and advise other clinical staff on pharmacy matters
Undertake risk management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation
Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the practice and to help tackle inequalities.
About us
Tangmere Medical Centre is a semi-rural dispensing practice on the outskirts of Chichester, based in a large purpose built surgery with onsite parking. We have a relatively small but growing population of nearly 8000 patients, of which we dispense to just under 5000.We have a younger patient demographic and are currently looking after one care home.
We are a friendly, multi-disciplinary team with 28 staff a wide range of healthcare professionals. This includes a Paramedic, Nurse Prescriber, Care Coordinators, Social Prescriber and First Contact Physiotherapist, and we are hoping to expand our team with more GP's and a Pharmacy Technician.
We have a fantastic team of reception, admin and dispensing staff who manage as much of the prescription requests, correspondence, workflow and queries as
much as possible, so the clinical staff can get on with seeing the patients.
And they even make great cakes!
We have excellent patient reviews and
a strong, active Patient Participation Group, who often come onto site for fund
raising and to help with flu clinics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the practice and to help tackle inequalities.
Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement whilst contributing to Quality and Outcome framework and locally commissioned services.
Through structured medication reviews support patients to take their medicines to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
To take a central role in the clinical aspect of shared care protocols liaising with the wider multi-disciplinary team across all sectors of the NHS and private care.
Work in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
Be prescribers, or committed to completing
training to become prescribers.
Contribute to the delivery of effective daily
processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including
effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication
accordingly.
Support colleagues and patients with medication
queries and monitoring.
Take responsibility for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the
development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components
(e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
Work with general practice teams to ensure that
practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Specifically, contribute to the Medicines Optimisation Scheme for the practice (e.g. to reduce prescribing spend.)
Develop relationships and work closely with
other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health
and social care system.
Provide Clinical Supervision for assigned
Pharmacy Technician.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the practice and to help tackle inequalities.
Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement whilst contributing to Quality and Outcome framework and locally commissioned services.
Through structured medication reviews support patients to take their medicines to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
To take a central role in the clinical aspect of shared care protocols liaising with the wider multi-disciplinary team across all sectors of the NHS and private care.
Work in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
Be prescribers, or committed to completing
training to become prescribers.
Contribute to the delivery of effective daily
processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including
effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication
accordingly.
Support colleagues and patients with medication
queries and monitoring.
Take responsibility for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the
development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components
(e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
Work with general practice teams to ensure that
practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Specifically, contribute to the Medicines Optimisation Scheme for the practice (e.g. to reduce prescribing spend.)
Develop relationships and work closely with
other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health
and social care system.
Provide Clinical Supervision for assigned
Pharmacy Technician.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy or equivalent
- Completion of CPPE Pathway
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years experience as a pharmacist
- Experience of common acute and long-term conditions
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a GP surgery or PCN
- Up to date knowledge of CQC regulations in General Practice
- Good understanding and history of quality improvement work through audit
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Strong problem solver
- Works effectively independently
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Rigorous in following legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Ability to apply research evidence base into the workplace
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- IT literate
Desirable
- Experience of medication reviews relevant in General Practice
- Experience of TPP SystmOne
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy or equivalent
- Completion of CPPE Pathway
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years experience as a pharmacist
- Experience of common acute and long-term conditions
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a GP surgery or PCN
- Up to date knowledge of CQC regulations in General Practice
- Good understanding and history of quality improvement work through audit
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Strong problem solver
- Works effectively independently
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Rigorous in following legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Ability to apply research evidence base into the workplace
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- IT literate
Desirable
- Experience of medication reviews relevant in General Practice
- Experience of TPP SystmOne
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).