Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to
join our existing clinical pharmacy team within Aspen Medical Practice and PCN
to support its development.
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. It would be advantageous if you were
an independent prescriber within general practice, but it is not essential. As part of the role, if you
have not already undertaken this, you will be expected to complete the CPPE
primary care pathway which includes independent prescribing.
If you are a forward-thinking individual who is keen to
develop in this role, we want to hear from you!
For further information or an informal discussion about the
role please contact Emma Canavan at emmacanavan@nhs.net
or 01452 337 733 option 5
Main duties of the job
The clinical pharmacist will work as part of the general
practice team within their clinical competencies to provide expertise in
clinical medicines management and safety across a range of aspects such as
long-term condition management, day to day medication related queries, acute
prescription requests, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements
and follow up, actioning MHRA alerts and targeted medication reviews. You will
have either face to face or telephone contact with patient. You will also be
involved in all aspects of leading and delivering on medicines safety. You will
be expected to help in streamlining processes and developing protocols to allow
for safer prescribing and to meet CQC expectations.
About us
Aspen Medical Practice was formed
in 2018 with the merger of four practices, making it the largest surgery in
Gloucestershire with over 30,000 patients, and the first single surgery Primary
care Network in the county. We work from
three sites, although the pharmacy team is wholly based at our largest site,
the Aspen Centre. We are a training
practice, with both under-and post-graduate students across a number of
clinical job roles, and we are a research active practice. Since our merger we have been developing our
teams to maximise the efficiencies that a large-scale organisation can bring to
its patients. We are building our
Clinical Pharmacy Team to ensure that we can meet the requirements of a large
and varied patient population. You will
be looking to work in a team that is committed to deliver high quality patient
centred care. We welcome applicants from
hospital, community or primary care backgrounds. You will receive mentoring from a more senior
pharmacist, and the team is supported by two of the GP partners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional
boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacist in general
practice. In this role they will be supported by a lead clinical pharmacist who
will develop, manage and mentor them.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in
a patient facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of
chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical
medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice
staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help
support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests,
and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer
prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing
both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).
The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines
optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and
outcomes framework and enhanced services.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with
community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes,
ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is
pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so
requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general
practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional
boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacist in general
practice. In this role they will be supported by a lead clinical pharmacist who
will develop, manage and mentor them.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in
a patient facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of
chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical
medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice
staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help
support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests,
and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer
prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing
both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).
The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines
optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and
outcomes framework and enhanced services.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with
community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes,
ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is
pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so
requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general
practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber.
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).
