Attenborough Surgery

PCN Clinical Pharmacist

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Job summary

We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team of pharmacists and other health care professionals. They need to have an IP qualification and we are ideally looking for someone to support the GP team with their routine EPS workload using EMIS. Ideally this would be working from one our surgeries but we would consider remote EPS work.

You will be a qualified independent prescriber.

Hours: We have both part time and full time roles available

Main duties of the job

You will provide primary support to General Practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. You will help support the repeat prescription system (including EPS), deal with acute prescription requests, structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. You will support systems for safer prescribing and provide expertise in clinical medicines advice needs of patients in our single practice PCN. Ideally you will have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.

About us

Attenborough Surgery is a long established, award winning, forward thinking GP practice. We have a practice list size approximately 30,000 patients and are based over 4 surgery sites within 15 minutes drive of each other, serving the population of Bushey and Watford. We are <5 minutes drive from Junction 5 of the M1. We are a single practice Primary Care Network and a well-established training practice, respected for our collaborative working, training, teaching, and personal development within our team.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A4570-24-0008

Job locations

Bushey Medical Centre

London Road

Bushey

WD23 2NN


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide primary support to General Practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. You will help support the repeat prescription system (including EPS), deal with acute prescription requests, structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. You will support systems for safer prescribing and provide expertise in clinical medicines advice needs of patients in our single practice PCN. Ideally you would have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.

You will have qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent and be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways. You will be a qualified prescriber.

You will be a qualified independent prescriber.

Hours: We have both part time and full time roles available

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide primary support to General Practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. You will help support the repeat prescription system (including EPS), deal with acute prescription requests, structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. You will support systems for safer prescribing and provide expertise in clinical medicines advice needs of patients in our single practice PCN. Ideally you would have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.

You will have qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent and be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways. You will be a qualified prescriber.

You will be a qualified independent prescriber.

Hours: We have both part time and full time roles available

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • You will have qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent and be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways.
  • You will be a qualified prescriber.

Desirable

  • Ideally you would have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualification in independent prescribing
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • You will have qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent and be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways.
  • You will be a qualified prescriber.

Desirable

  • Ideally you would have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualification in independent prescribing

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Attenborough Surgery

Address

Bushey Medical Centre

London Road

Bushey

WD23 2NN


Employer's website

https://www.attenboroughsurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Attenborough Surgery

Address

Bushey Medical Centre

London Road

Bushey

WD23 2NN


Employer's website

https://www.attenboroughsurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Administrator

Rosie Spetch

ags.hradmin@nhs.net

01923297811

Details

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A4570-24-0008

Job locations

Bushey Medical Centre

London Road

Bushey

WD23 2NN


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