PracticePharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Overview

The Practice Pharmacist will support the safe and effective use of medicines across the practice. The role involves a mix of clinical work, patient-facing consultations, and medication management, helping to improve patient care and streamline prescribing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out medication reviews and provide advice to patients on their medicines
• Support safe, cost-effective prescribing in line with current guidelines
• Respond to medication queries from patients and the wider clinical team
• Review repeat prescriptions and manage medication requests
• Work with GPs and nurses to optimise treatment plans
• Monitor and improve prescribing practices across the practice
• Support patients with long-term conditions to get the most from their medicines
• Contribute to audits and quality improvement work
• Provide support with medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge
• Promote safe prescribing and medicines management within the practice

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in primary care, community pharmacy, or hospital pharmacy.
• Strong clinical knowledge and understanding of prescribing practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Good critical appraisal skills.
• Experience of patient consultation.
• Experience of working with GPs.
• Good understanding of primary care structure and general practice.
• Good clinical knowledge.
• Able to apply clinical knowledge, appropriately, in a variety of practice settings or patient groups.
• Right to work in the UK. Please note that there is no sponsorship available for this role.

Desirable

• Covid vaccination training.
• Advanced assessment and history taking skills or be willing to enrol in a current training pathway to develop these.
• Post-registration experience in primary, secondary or community pharmacy.
• Experience of clinical pharmacy.
• Experience using GP clinical systems (e.g. SystmOne) is desirable.
• Non-medical prescriber registration.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Pharmacist with current 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.

Employer details

Employer name

WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE

Address

1 Savill Lane

Westcroft

Milton Keynes

MK4 4EN

Employer's website

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