Golden Valley Practice

Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 20 June 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly team at Golden Valley Practice. The position is 30hrs per week and the salary will be dependent on experience.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies to provided specialist pharmaceutical support to the Practices clinical team to improve care and support safe and effective prescribing.

The role will involve providing patient facing services either via face to face or telephone consultations and will undertake chronic disease management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews.

The post holder will need to be proactively involved in the quality improvement and audit as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).

About us

Golden Valley Practice is a rural dispensing practice caring for approx. 6000 patients, situated just outside Hereford in the village of Ewyas Harold. We also have a branch surgery 8 miles away in Peterchurch. At Golden Valley Practice we have an excellent clinical and admin team who enjoy working alongside each other. Primary Care has seen many challenges in recent years and our team is always supportive and positive towards one another.

We use EMIS Web and Docman clinical systems, along with Accurx and Lexacom. We have consistently been rated as Good by CQC and are very high QOF achievers.

The surgery is situated just off the A465 approx 10 miles from Hereford city.

Date posted

27 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A5263-25-0000

Job locations

The Surgery

Ewyas Harold

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR2 0EU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical medication reviews for patients with single of multiple long-term conditions where medicines optimisation is required

To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission

To be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings at the Practice where appropriate

To manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Implement changes to medicines in line MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or national guidance.

To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding

To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate

Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure the Practice prescribes in accordance with local guidelines and formulary

To identify areas of clinical risk at Practice level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of Practice resources.

To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional development.

Work with the Clinical Team to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for safe and effective care