Job summary
Dashwood Primary Care Network
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: In the range of £44,000 - £47,000 WTE dependant on experience
NHS Pension
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Support
Dashwood Primary Care Network have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join their established growing team.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Pharmacist will be a patient facing role with plenty of opportunity to utilise your clinical skills to improve the health of the local community; this will include managing long-term conditions, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements, providing specific advice for those on multiple medications, clinical audits to improve patient care, and supporting the GP practices involved to develop the clinical pharmacist role.
You will be provided support, mentorship and training by our Senior Clinical Pharmacist and also be assigned a GP supervision time as well.
Requirements of role:
- GPhC
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Successfully attainment of CPPE via Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
- Experience of Primary Care and Primary Care Networks
The post holder will benefit from:
- Regular supervision from a senior pharmacist
- Completion of CPPE
- Opportunities to develop their clinical practice
- Progressing to achieving their independent prescribing qualification
- Being part of a friendly and forward thinking PCN team.
About us
FedBucks is a not-for-profit GP federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 500,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 300 members of staff at our head office site, and across our planned and unplanned care services.
As a GP Federation and Social Enterprise, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in our purpose when enabling excellent patient care and supporting general practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management and undertake structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.
- Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by Network policy and local and national guidance.
- Maximize cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients in the PCNs practices and to help tackling inequalities.
- Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties) liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management and undertake structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.
- Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by Network policy and local and national guidance.
- Maximize cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients in the PCNs practices and to help tackling inequalities.
- Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties) liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Independent prescriber status or a commitment to undertake the course
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
Desirable
- Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to travel to all sites within the PCN.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Independent prescriber status or a commitment to undertake the course
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
Desirable
- Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to travel to all sites within the PCN.
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).
