Job summary
Middle Chare Medical Group are currently looking to recruit a part-time Pharmacist to join our team. This post will be based across 2 sites; Middle Chare Surgery based in Chester Le Street and Woodlands Surgery in Rickleton. We are looking for an organised, motivated and patient focused Pharmacist to join our team. You will play a key role in supporting safe, effective and efficient medicines management across both sites, working closely with our Pharmacists, Medicines Coordinator, GPs, Nurses and wider clinical team.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. They will improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines and expertise including face to face and telephone contact with patients.
About us
Middle Chare Medical Group brings together a diverse mix of skills and experience, including a Managing Partner, two GP Partners, a Deputy Manager, four Salaried GPs, three Nurse Practitioners, five Practice Nurses, a Medicines coordinator, two Pharmacists, two Care Coordinators and a dedicated administrative team of nineteen staff.
We work collaboratively to deliver high quality, patient centred care and to create a supportive, inclusive environment for both our patients and our colleagues. Our team culture is built on professionalism, mutual respect and a shared commitment to continuous improvement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be
part of a team clinically assessing and treating patients using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific
disease areas
- Be
responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple
co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with
learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication
Programme)
- Provide
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the
public health and social care needs of patients across 2 sites and help tackle inequalities
- Through
structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to
get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
- Develop
relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the
wider health and social care system
- Be part of a professional clinical network and
have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
- Consult
with patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe
acute and repeat medication
- Receive
and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff
- Provide
medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary
visit to the local nursing home
- Manage
a caseload of complex patients
- Manage
a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking high
risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs, etc.
- Deliver
long term condition clinics and home visits, particularly for patients with
complicated medication regimes, and prescribe accordingly
- Provide
pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an
integral part of the multidisciplinary team
- Review
medications for newly registered patients
- Improve
patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their
medication
- Maintain
accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Encourage
cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation
- Implement
and embed a robust repeat prescribing system
- Organise
and oversee the organisations medicines optimisation systems, including the
repeat prescribing and medication review systems
- Improve
the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and
education
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be
part of a team clinically assessing and treating patients using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific
disease areas
- Be
responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple
co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with
learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication
Programme)
- Provide
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the
public health and social care needs of patients across 2 sites and help tackle inequalities
- Through
structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to
get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
- Develop
relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the
wider health and social care system
- Be part of a professional clinical network and
have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
- Consult
with patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe
acute and repeat medication
- Receive
and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff
- Provide
medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary
visit to the local nursing home
- Manage
a caseload of complex patients
- Manage
a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking high
risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs, etc.
- Deliver
long term condition clinics and home visits, particularly for patients with
complicated medication regimes, and prescribe accordingly
- Provide
pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an
integral part of the multidisciplinary team
- Review
medications for newly registered patients
- Improve
patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their
medication
- Maintain
accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Encourage
cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation
- Implement
and embed a robust repeat prescribing system
- Organise
and oversee the organisations medicines optimisation systems, including the
repeat prescribing and medication review systems
- Improve
the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and
education
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of managers and clinicians.
- Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs.
Desirable
- Good clinical system IT knowledge.
- Plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance.
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registered pharmacist.
- To be enrolled in, or has qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips them to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.
- Hold or be working towards an GPhC independent prescribing qualification.
- Proof of relevant professional and educational qualifications, coupled with details of any training.
Desirable
- Working towards faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Medicines management qualification.
- Minor ailments certification.
- MUR and repeat dispensing certification.
Experience
Essential
- An appreciation of the nature of general practice and the nature of primary care prescribing, the concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape, including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
Desirable
- Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care.
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
- Experience using EMIS system.
- Knowledge of analyse RX.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of managers and clinicians.
- Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs.
Desirable
- Good clinical system IT knowledge.
- Plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance.
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registered pharmacist.
- To be enrolled in, or has qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips them to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.
- Hold or be working towards an GPhC independent prescribing qualification.
- Proof of relevant professional and educational qualifications, coupled with details of any training.
Desirable
- Working towards faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Medicines management qualification.
- Minor ailments certification.
- MUR and repeat dispensing certification.
Experience
Essential
- An appreciation of the nature of general practice and the nature of primary care prescribing, the concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape, including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
Desirable
- Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care.
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
- Experience using EMIS system.
- Knowledge of analyse RX.
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).
