Foundation Trainee Pharmacist

Job summary

The Foundation Trainee Pharmacist role is a one-year split placement between Lancaster Medical Practice and Rosebank Pharmacy. This will take place throughout the year, with 2 days per week at the Medical Practice and 2.5 days a the Pharmacy, and 0.5 days study. The placement is for 12 months and would normally commence from either July, August or September. Study days will be supported through an external company to support the GPhC exam, including calculations and clinical days in relation to different clinical systems. A designated supervisor will be allocated at both locations.

Main duties of the job

Lancaster Medical Practice

To work within the Medicine Management Team, including Administrators, Support Worker, Technicians and Pharmacists, understanding the job roles of each.

Review the process of how prescriptions are processed, including different types of prescriptions.

To be able to confidently process Docman letters, discharges and third party requests.

To be able to support the pharmacists with care home reviews and understand the prescription process for ordering medication for residents.

Understand the GP contract and the safety audits needed to be carried out at regular intervals to ensure patient safety.

Rosebank Pharmacy

To provide healthy living advice to patients, including a healthy living campaign.

To be able to confidently use the pharmacy computer systems including, RxWeb and Clara.

To understand the process of over the counter medications, and any red flags that should be signposted, including where to sign post to.

To understand the journey of the prescription throughout the pharmacy, including dispensing, clinical check, accuracy check, hand out process and the end of the month process.

To be trained as a vaccinator and support in the flu vaccination campaign.

Understand the position of the community pharmacy with the NHS and how funding is allocated, and implementation of services within the pharmacy.

Please see the job description for the full list of duties.

About us

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages.

Rosebank Pharmacy is a small, busy and friendly independent community pharmacy. The pharmacy is located within Galgate Health Centre in the small community of Galgate on the outskirts of Lancaster.

We deliver our services throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centred General Practice at our core.

LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact during their work.

Please be aware that in the event that we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the post before the closing date.