Job summary
The post holder is a Clinical Pharmacist (Maternity Cover) who
acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a
team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role they will be supported by a
Senior Clinician and Line Manager who will develop, manage and mentor them.
You will be required to work from The Cedars Surgery as well as one other Maidenhead GP surgery.
Fixed term cover will be 37.5 hrs per week.
Salary between £45,000 and £51,500 per annum WTE depending on experience and completion status of courses CPPE and/or IP.
Benefits include NHS Pensions scheme and 25 days AL and additional bank holidays per annum
Main duties of the job
- Clinically assess and treat patients
using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Completing the Clinical Pharmacist in
Primary Care Pathway and become a prescriber to support the Practice Team.
- Be responsible for the pro-active care
management of patients with complex polypharmacy.
- Provide specialist expertise in the
use of medicines whilst helping to address public health and social care needs
of patients and tackle health inequalities;.
- Provide leadership on person-centred
medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
- The role will have a patient
facing element either face to face or telephone - including chronic disease
management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews.
About us
9 Practices, 82,000 Patients, £3M+ Budget
Maidenhead Primary Care Network (PCN) is a progressive healthcare
organisation comprising nine practices serving 82,000 patients across
Maidenhead. Operating as a limited company, we balance robust business
management with healthcare excellence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- See (where appropriate) patients
with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is
required (e.g. COPD, asthma).
- Undertake structured medication
reviews with patients and produce recommendations for agreement on prescribing
changes and monitoring.
- Work with care home staff to
improve safety of medicines ordering and administration;
- Provide patient facing clinics
for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in
practices.
- Review the use of medicines most
commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through
audit and individual patient reviews.
- 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.
- Signposting to other services
and/or healthcare professionals where appropriate, while working within scope
of practice and limits of competency.
- To manage repeat prescription
requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of
- practice. To ensure patients have
appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
- To maintain full and complete
records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical
- templates and coding .
- Provide independent information to patients
with regard to medicines and prescribing
- changes, initiating further support from
other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
- The post holder will be supported
to develop their role to become a non medical prescriber.
- To maintain own clinical and
professional competence and be responsible for own
-
continuous professional development.
- Work with practices to ensure
full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for
- safe and effective care.
- The role is pivotal to improving
the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and
passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
Personal Qualities required:
- Proactive attitude
- Good clinical decision making
- Consultation skills
- Interpretation skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Adaptability
Job description
Job responsibilities
- See (where appropriate) patients
with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is
required (e.g. COPD, asthma).
- Undertake structured medication
reviews with patients and produce recommendations for agreement on prescribing
changes and monitoring.
- Work with care home staff to
improve safety of medicines ordering and administration;
- Provide patient facing clinics
for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in
practices.
- Review the use of medicines most
commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through
audit and individual patient reviews.
- 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.
- Signposting to other services
and/or healthcare professionals where appropriate, while working within scope
of practice and limits of competency.
- To manage repeat prescription
requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of
- practice. To ensure patients have
appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
- To maintain full and complete
records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical
- templates and coding .
- Provide independent information to patients
with regard to medicines and prescribing
- changes, initiating further support from
other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
- The post holder will be supported
to develop their role to become a non medical prescriber.
- To maintain own clinical and
professional competence and be responsible for own
-
continuous professional development.
- Work with practices to ensure
full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for
- safe and effective care.
- The role is pivotal to improving
the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and
passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
Personal Qualities required:
- Proactive attitude
- Good clinical decision making
- Consultation skills
- Interpretation skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Adaptability
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent).
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification.
- Completed or studying towards CPPE and/or IP.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent).
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification.
- Completed or studying towards CPPE and/or IP.
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).
