Job summary
We are looking to welcome an experienced Clinical Pharmacist
to join our dynamic and supportive team at Humberstone Medical Centre. This
vacancy is up to 15 hours per week, salary depending on experience.
Main duties of the job
Were looking for enthusiastic and forward-thinking
pharmacist to complement the team. The
successful candidate will hold clinics for patients requiring medication
reviews, manage prescription queries and be involved in long term condition
management. We welcome applicants with or without GP experience. If you have
the right skills and qualities, we can provide on-going support to develop
professionally.
About us
Humberstone Medical Centre is a thriving and innovative
practice providing care in the Northeast area of Leicester to 12,000 patients. We
are a friendly and experienced team who work collaboratively across clinical
and administrative roles.
We have a commitment to high quality evidence-based care
with a strong ethos of providing and enabling training and support to all our
staff, both clinical and administrative.
We are a large and friendly team including 5 GP Partners, 3
Salaried Drs, 2 Pharmacists, 1 Pharmacy technician, 3 Nurses, 2 HCAs, an FCP, a
Social Prescriber, care coordinators and administrators.
We are a teaching practice and take GP Registrars and
Medical students on rotation.
We are part of Salutem Primary Care Network and take a lead
role in it with the previous and current Clinical Director both being partners
in the practice. Salutem PCN has an excellent reputation for collaborative
working in multiple projects and seeking to maintain high standards of patient
care in all 5 practices within it.
What we offer
A supportive and welcoming team environment.
A modern, well equipped working space.
Opportunities for ongoing professional
development
On site staff car parking
NHS pension
Job description
Job responsibilities
Hold face to face and telephone clinics for
patients requiring medication reviews.
Provide telephone support for patient queries
relating to medication.
Undertake structured medication reviews with
multi morbidity and polypharmacy and implement changes whilst ordering relevant
monitoring.
Collaborate with the wider healthcare team to
improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
Provide support for the pharmacy technician for
management of medicines following hospital discharge and clinic visits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Hold face to face and telephone clinics for
patients requiring medication reviews.
Provide telephone support for patient queries
relating to medication.
Undertake structured medication reviews with
multi morbidity and polypharmacy and implement changes whilst ordering relevant
monitoring.
Collaborate with the wider healthcare team to
improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
Provide support for the pharmacy technician for
management of medicines following hospital discharge and clinic visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Independent Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
- Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council. A GPhC registered pharmacist
- Experience and an awareness of common acute and chronic conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
Desirable
- Minor ailments certification
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Medicines management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
- Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills organisation skills with the ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of managers and clinicians. Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
Desirable
- Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Broad knowledge of general practice
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Independent Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
- Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council. A GPhC registered pharmacist
- Experience and an awareness of common acute and chronic conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
Desirable
- Minor ailments certification
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Medicines management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
- Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills organisation skills with the ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of managers and clinicians. Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
Desirable
- Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Broad knowledge of general practice
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision
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).
