Clinical Pharmacist GP Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Medication Reviews

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients (including patients in care homes) and action appropriate interventions including prescribing and monitoring.

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Clinical advice and expertise on medicines to practice staff, multidisciplinary teams and patients

Answers all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.

Signposting to community pharmacy for management of minor illness, medicines use reviews, new medicines service and other locally commissioned service. Referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.

Medicines Safety

Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

Audits

Carry out audits as required by annual Prescribing Incentive Scheme and Dispensing Services Quality Scheme.

Undertake prescribing and medicines audits as directed by GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.

Antibiotic Stewardship

Promotion of evidence-based practice and interventions to prevent the development of infections to practice

Responsibilities

To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes

As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments, agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the appraisal process.

To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the, practice team, community nurse team, patients, and carers

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager

To comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications
• -Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
• -Independent prescribing qualification (or working toward it)
• -Postgraduate clinical diploma level or equivalent training / experience
• Professional Registration
• -Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Skills and Experience
• -Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience
• -In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• -An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice
• -Excellent interpersonal skills
• -Excellent written and verbal communicational skills
• -Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas
• Personal Qualities
• -Reliable
• -Self-motivated
• -Works autonomously
• -Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• -Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• -Commitment to CPD

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Bell Surgery

Address

York Road

Henley-on-Thames

Oxfordshire

RG9 2DR

Employer's website

https://www.thebellsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)