Clinical Pharmacist - Ryalls Park/Oaklands Surgery, Yeovil

Job description

Job responsibilities

· Provide sessional clinical support to Ryalls Park Medical Centre and Oaklands Surgery as an independent pharmacist prescriber, seeing patients and leading on medicines optimisation.

· Support the surgery to improve medicines reconciliation on discharge, formulary compliance, repeat prescribing management and medication reviews.

· Oversee the medicines management team (prescription clerks and pharmacy technician) located at Ryalls Park.

· Support Symphony and Somerset CCG plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.

· Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

· To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.

· Undertake clinical audit and other outcome measures to support patient care and safety.

· Create and implement medicine related guidelines, policies and SOPs as appropriate to the different service areas.

· Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and communication relating to pharmaceutical care of patients.

· Provide prescribing service within sphere of competency to patients in primary care, as pharmacist independent prescriber.

· To develop, advise, agree and implement action plans at a practice level, monitor the effect of changes made and ensure that any benefits are maintained in the longer term. This will include:

• Reviewing prescribing data for the practice to highlight areas where there is scope for improving the clinical effectiveness of prescribing.
• Obtaining agreement with the practice to implement medicines optimisation projects with the overall aim of following national prescribing guidance and cost effective prescribing.
• Advising GPs and other health professionals on cost effective prescribing and aiding rationalisation of drug choice via formulary/guideline/protocol development.

· Record clinical activity, interventions, KPIs and to monitor the outcome of interventions.

· Provide training on medicines on a regular basis to GP surgery staff, patients and carers in all relevant aspects of medicine use.

· To maintain knowledge of developments in pharmacy practice on a regular basis in line with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) CPD requirements

· To fulfil the professional requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good professional Practice of the GPhC

· The post holder will be responsible to the SHS Lead Pharmacist and Practice Clinical Lead, but will be expected to use their own initiative to make complex decisions within defined parameters with little supervision.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
• Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
• Ability to train other members of staff
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
• Excellent Communication and influencing skills
• Professional appearance & demeanour
• Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
• Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
• Progressive and continuing professional development
• Enthusiastic
• Assertive

Qualifications

Essential

• GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
• Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
• Independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years post-registration pharmacy experience
• Clinical Pharmacy experience
• Clinical audit experience
• Knowledge and understanding Primary Care

Desirable

• Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited

Address

Marsh Lane

Yeovil

Somerset

BA21 3BA

Employer's website

https://www.symphonyhealthcareservices.com/ (Opens in a new tab)