Job summary
CBC Health Federation is seeking proactive and dedicated
Medicines Optimisation Pharmacists to join our dynamic Pharmicus team. This is an
exciting opportunity to play a key role in enhancing the quality of general
practice and improving patient outcomes across the Northeast. We are looking
for individuals who are passionate about supporting GPs and other healthcare
professionals, optimising medication use and ensuring the highest standards of
patient safety.
Do you have a passion for learning and development in a primary
care environment?
Strong communication skills and the ability to build
relationships with a range of healthcare professionals?
Good organisational skills, a proactive, flexible, and team-oriented approach to
work?
An understanding of medicines optimisation or a keen
interest in primary care?
Why Join Us?
Full Training
Provided: No prior experience in primary care required we
will equip you with the skills and knowledge to excel in this role.
Career Development: Opportunities to grow.
Supportive
Environment: Work within a collaborative and supportive team,
where your input and development are valued.
Impact: Play a vital role in ensuring safe, effective prescribing and
the delivery of high-quality patient care across primary care settings.
If you are looking
for an exciting opportunity, we would love to hear from you.
Interviews are planned for 25th March 2025
Please contact us on 0191497 7710 for more information.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on
main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC
Health Federation.
About us
Community Based Care Health Federation Ltd are based on Team
Valley serving Primary Care in Gateshead and the wider Northeast footprint. As
a not-for-profit provider we reinvest any surplus to improve services for our
patients in Gateshead and support our GP's and Primary Care Networks to deliver
the highest quality services.
As a provider of high quality clinical and non-clinical services
we are a respected and proud company that puts patients at the heart of what we
do, whilst valuing and supporting our staff to grow and develop. We have
company values developed by our staff that underpin our work and the way we
work together, and we have a staff culture club to ensure the voice of our
staff is heard at Board level and throughout the senior management team.
Many of our roles are available with the NHS pension scheme and
transferable service is recognised from previous NHS employment as appropriate.
We offer competitive rates of pay and out of hours enhancements and have a
fully integrated reward and recognition system. We have just been awarded our
Silver "Better Health at Work Award" where we have demonstrated our
commitment to supporting our workforce to keep well at work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on
main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC
Health Federation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on
main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC
Health Federation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Interest in Primary Care Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Competent user of Microsoft Office programmes and e-mail
- Good level of interpersonal skills
- Basic knowledge of therapeutics, especially medicines used in primary care
- Good level of analytical skills
- Time management
- Professional and discreet
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role
- Able to work under pressure
- Self-motivated with good organisational skills
- Commitment to further training and self-development
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care or general practice
- Experience of using GP clinical systems
- Post graduate qualification e.g. Clinical diploma or equivalent specialist knowledge
- Able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting
- Experience of delivering medicines optimisation / management support
- Understanding of primary care working and NHS organisational structures
- Knowledge of local and national medicines optimisation related priorities
Qualifications
Essential
- UK accredited MPharm degree or OSPAP qualification
- Professional knowledge acquired through pharmacy degree (4 years) plus
- 1 year pre-registration training and experience
- 52 weeks of foundation training in England, Scotland or Wales signed off as satisfactory by a designated supervisor
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Interest in Primary Care Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Competent user of Microsoft Office programmes and e-mail
- Good level of interpersonal skills
- Basic knowledge of therapeutics, especially medicines used in primary care
- Good level of analytical skills
- Time management
- Professional and discreet
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role
- Able to work under pressure
- Self-motivated with good organisational skills
- Commitment to further training and self-development
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care or general practice
- Experience of using GP clinical systems
- Post graduate qualification e.g. Clinical diploma or equivalent specialist knowledge
- Able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting
- Experience of delivering medicines optimisation / management support
- Understanding of primary care working and NHS organisational structures
- Knowledge of local and national medicines optimisation related priorities
Qualifications
Essential
- UK accredited MPharm degree or OSPAP qualification
- Professional knowledge acquired through pharmacy degree (4 years) plus
- 1 year pre-registration training and experience
- 52 weeks of foundation training in England, Scotland or Wales signed off as satisfactory by a designated supervisor
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
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).
