Underwood Surgery

Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified Pharmacist to join our well-established Cheltenham pharmacy team as a Foundation Pharmacist. Our team includes 8 Pharmacists (including a Lead Pharmacist) and 3 Technicians. The Foundation Pharmacist is a training role that will lead to undertaking the Independent Prescribing qualification. You will be supporting the delivery of a high quality pharmacy service to meet patient needs and public health and NHS priorities; this is through medicines optimisation and guidance on high quality, safe and cost-effective medicines support as well as supporting people to manage their own health, medicines and long term conditions. This role is aimed at supporting the development and delivery of the future of General Practice healthcare, and advancing the pharmacy profession. If you are a team player, with a passion for helping people get the most out of their medicines, and supporting the NHS to be sustainable for the future, then this is the role for you.Bottom of Form

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP), followed by the Independent Prescribing qualification that will develop patient consultations and clinical skills. Training will support your work within selected practice(s) in Cheltenham Central PCN, to deliver medicines optimisation that provide high quality, safe, cost-effective and patient centred medication reviews and prescribing. You will work closely with individual practice leads and the pharmacy team to tailor the delivery of network priorities and targets with a practice-centred focus (this list is not exhaustive: see further details in the attachment to this advert).

Key skills/qualifications vital for this role: GPhC registered, sound therapeutic and clinical knowledge & understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare, team player and also able to work independently and recognise limitations, excellent verbal and written communication skills, organisational and prioritisation skills, flexibility and adaptability to work pressures.

About us

Cheltenham Central is a mature network of 6 GP practices working closely together. We are led by proactive and forward-thinking Clinical Director who recognises the benefit the pharmacy team can have to General Practice. GPs within our practices have worked to grow and develop the pharmacy team since it was established in 2017. We meet regularly and work together to ensure we learn from each other and can modify and coordinate processes so these are similar between surgeries, working according to confidence and competence of the individual. This ensures pharmacists and technicians can easily swap between surgeries both physically and virtually, should the need arise.

We have an ethos of striving to work to the top of our professional license. As a diverse and friendly team, we recognise and aim to utilise the mixture of skills and personalities we have; supporting each other to develop both personally and professionally. With our teams experience of primary care, hospital, community pharmacy and commissioning, this is an excellent nourishing environment to grow as a pharmacist and work to the top of your skills and abilities. Wage: £35,000 (pro-rata for 0.9 whole time equivalent = £31,500 per annum). Wage reviews are regularly undertaken and aligned to progression in role, and achievement against agreed appraisal objectives.

Date posted

26 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,000 a year Whole time equivalent = £35,000, 0.9 = £31,500

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0438-23-0006

Job locations

139 St. Georges Road

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL50 3EQ

The Wilson Health Centre

236 Prestbury Road

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL523EY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification within advert for full details.

Job Purpose

Professional Development

To provide a platform for Post Registration Foundation-level pharmacists, defined as within first 1000 days of practice post registration, to gain experience in general practice.
Work with pharmacy colleagues in the PCN team, peers and wider MDT to develop both personally and professionally.
Apply effective communication and consultation skills to deliver person-centred consultations.
Deliver medicines optimisation and offer high quality, safe and cost-effective medicines support.
Focus on delivering safe and effective care for people with long term conditions.
Support people to manage their own health, medicines and long term conditions.
Deliver high quality pharmacy services (and in other settings) to meet patient needs and public health priorities.

General Practice / Primary Care Network

To work across the six Central Cheltenham PCN practices across Cheltenham to deliver medicines optimisation and offer high quality, safe and cost-effective medicines and patient centred support.
To work closely with individual practice leads and the pharmacy team to tailor the delivery of network priorities and targets with a practice-based focus.
To undertake face to face and telephone-based patient consultations, reviewing patients with potential medication issues and long term conditions. This will include proposing de-prescribing within the context of polypharmacy and frailty.
Successful candidates will be expected to join the NHSE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) hosted by CPPE. This is an 18month course, followed by 6 months additional training to qualify as an Independent Prescriber. At the time of this advert, candidates can start the PCPEP pathway as soon as possible after appointment. Candidates can enrol on to the IP once they have been qualified for a minimum 2 years.

Key working relationships

Patients

GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other practice staff

Other local practices clinical pharmacists and technicians

Community nurses, dietitians, and other allied health professionals

Community pharmacists and support staff

Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation

Members of the Gloucestershire CCGs Medicines Optimisation team

Responsibilities underpinning the role

To be enrolled in an accredited training pathway that equips the post holder to be able to practise safely and effectively in a primary care setting and in order to deliver the key responsibilities of the role. Currently, the Clinical Pharmacist training pathways are: Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway.

To receive support and any necessary supervision from the Senior Clinical Pharmacist, nominated Clinical Pharmacist Mentor and GP lead to allow the post holder to develop and do the job safely and confidently.

To plan and organise the post holders own workload as appropriate including directed audit and project work, and any training sessions for members of the practice team or wider community.

To attend local, regional and national meetings of relevance some of which will be defined within the national pathways for this role supported by CPPE.

To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.

To become familiar with System1 GP system and supporting IT and to record personally generated information and maintain a database of information relating to the work done in the practice(s).

Personally generated information includes information and records relating to audit and clinical work undertaken by the post holder, reference notes relating to clinical/technical information, etc.

The database includes maintaining up-to-date, detailed records of all work done in the practices for which the post holder is accountable (done by the post holder or others) using appropriate coding.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the Network/ practice lead GPs or the post holders line manager.

Once registered, to maintain registration as a pharmacist with GPhC and comply with appropriate professional codes and standards.

As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise; keep up to date with medical/ therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments; agree objectives and a personal development plan (PDP) and participate in the appraisal process. Some of this will be supported through the PCPEP.

All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. mandatory training, health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance).