Job summary
You will support the practice with delivering care to patients in line with the General Medical Services Contract. You will be consulting with patients using a variety of communication methods including telephone, video, and face to face consultations.
There will be opportunities for you to utilise your skills to improve the health of our patients which could include managing long- term conditions, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements, providing specific advice for those on multiple medications and undertaking medication reviews.
You will be expected to deliver safe and effective use of medicines by applying your clinical, pharmaceutical and technical skills to a variety of tasks within the medicines optimisation agenda.
You will also be well placed to contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and ways of working.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, caring, innovative and will play an active role within our team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will carry out structured medication reviews (SMRs) with direct patient contact, and may include contributing to:
- Management of long term conditions
- Minor Illness
- Management of medicines on transfer of care
- Reviewing systems for safe prescribing
- Contributing to repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation
- Actioning acute prescription requests
- Contributing to achievement of QOF
- Undertaking clinical audits where required
About us
Brynteg Surgery is a large medical practice with sites in Ammanford and Glanamman. We strive to be professional and supportive within a challenging working environment. We are very much focused on teamwork and our shared goal of delivering the best possible service to our patients.
We're looking for a cheerful, positive and resilient person to join our team in a newly created Pharmacist position. The ideal candidate will enjoy interacting with patients, be IT literate and being a part of a high-paced yet friendly working environment.
This is a new role that the successful candidate can really make their own.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary
team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured
medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of
care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and
reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and
social care needs of patients in the GP practice.
The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients, people in residential care homes and those with multiple comorbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit
and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires
motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary
team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured
medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of
care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and
reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and
social care needs of patients in the GP practice.
The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients, people in residential care homes and those with multiple comorbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit
and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires
motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and
- registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing
- qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute
- and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general
- practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and
- registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing
- qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute
- and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general
- practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
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).
