Larwood Health Partnership

Lead Clinical Pharmacist

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Job summary

Pharmacists are an essential part of the current and future NHS workforce and as such an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our supportive and forward thinking multi-professional GP Practice team working across Larwood and Bawtry Primary Care Network.

As Lead Pharmacist you will offer clinical leadership to the existing Pharmacists (4) and mentorship to the Pharmacy team, pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacy technicians. You will be instrumental in tailoring the design and delivery of pharmacy interventions and policies that address Practice and Bassetlaw wide health and care priorities and ensuring that the medicines management processes within the practice are optimised to achieve effective, safe and patient centred prescribing.You will hold an independent prescribing qualification and will undertake patient consultations, including home visits, as appropriate with areas of responsibility that include chronic disease management, patients with complex polypharmacy, including nursing homes, and patients with multiple long term conditions.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are:

  1. To lead and develop the Pharmacy team
  2. To ensure safe, effective and efficient medicines management processes are in place
  3. Undertake a patient facing role and undertaking clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy including in residential Homes
  4. Provide pharmacy advice and guidance, to the PCN and it's patients.

About us

We are a forward thinking, supportive Practice that embraces new ideas and innovation with the aim of producing better patient outcomes and efficient ways of working. Larwood Health Partnership has 4 sites and is part of the Larwood and Bawtry Primary Care Network. Jointly there is a list size of over 34,000 patients based over 6 sites in and around the Worksop area. Larwood Health Partnership is very proud of our 2 CQC Outstanding ratings.

We have a strong focus on professional development as well as patient care.

10 GP Partners, 7 Salaried GPs

3 Practice Paramedics undertaking home visits

4 Practice Pharmacists, 2 Pharmacy Technicians and 2 Trainee Pharmacy Technicians

Experienced Management Team (including Practice, Business, HR, Estates and Nursing)

Experienced and well developed nurse and administrative team, including Nurse Practitioners

Social Prescribers and Care Coordinators

Excellent integration with community nurses and the voluntary sector

SystmOne GP Practice

Details

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Depending on skills and knowledge

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0233-23-0030

Job locations

56 Larwood Avenue

Worksop

Nottinghamshire

S81 0HH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Larwood Health Partnership have added the job description for the Lead Clinical Pharmacist as a document.  Thank you

Job description

Job responsibilities

Larwood Health Partnership have added the job description for the Lead Clinical Pharmacist as a document.  Thank you

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 5 years post graduate experience in pharmacy
  • Experience of leading a team
  • Evidence of clinical audit, service improvement and
  • implementation of procedures and protocols
  • Ability to undertake autonomous practice
  • Ability to make appropriate referrals for further
  • management
  • Good time management with excellent
  • organisational skills
  • Able to work within a team and take instruction
  • as required

Desirable

  • Proven track record of competence.
  • Teaching experience.
  • Experience of tutoring pre-registration pharmacists
  • 2 years experience in a GP Practice
  • Experience of SystmOne

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy
  • Prescribing Qualification
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

  • Leadership module or qualification
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 5 years post graduate experience in pharmacy
  • Experience of leading a team
  • Evidence of clinical audit, service improvement and
  • implementation of procedures and protocols
  • Ability to undertake autonomous practice
  • Ability to make appropriate referrals for further
  • management
  • Good time management with excellent
  • organisational skills
  • Able to work within a team and take instruction
  • as required

Desirable

  • Proven track record of competence.
  • Teaching experience.
  • Experience of tutoring pre-registration pharmacists
  • 2 years experience in a GP Practice
  • Experience of SystmOne

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy
  • Prescribing Qualification
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

  • Leadership module or qualification

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Larwood Health Partnership

Address

56 Larwood Avenue

Worksop

Nottinghamshire

S81 0HH


Employer's website

https://www.larwoodhealthpartnership.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Larwood Health Partnership

Address

56 Larwood Avenue

Worksop

Nottinghamshire

S81 0HH


Employer's website

https://www.larwoodhealthpartnership.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Emma Guest

emma.guest7@nhs.net

01909500233

Details

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Depending on skills and knowledge

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0233-23-0030

Job locations

56 Larwood Avenue

Worksop

Nottinghamshire

S81 0HH


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