Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

· Work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

· Design, develop and implement computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.

· Work with patients and the primary care team to minimise risks through medicines optimisation.

· Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and re-admissions through audit and individual patient reviews.

· Review patient requests for repeat prescriptions, review medicines reaching review dates.

· Ensure patients are booked in for necessary monitoring tests where required and review and file test results.

· Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

· Hold clinics for patients requiring face to face medication reviews.

· Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation.

· Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.

· Ensure patients are switched to the most cost effective medication.

· Answer all medicine related enquiries from GPs, other staff and patients.

The post holder will be expected to:

· be responsible for maintaining registration as a pharmacist and complying with appropriate professional codes.

· keep up to date with medical / therapeutic evidence and opinion, local and national services, legislation and policy developments.

· attend local, regional and national meetings and training courses of relevance.

· comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal opportunities and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Completion of degree in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Independent prescriber or willing to work towards qualification.

Desirable

• Completed or working towards CPPE primary care pharmacy education pathway.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent clinical knowledge and ability to apply to practice.
• Ability to work without supervision.

Desirable

• Ability to facilitate change.
• Provide specialist advice to other clinicians.

Experience

Essential

• Good understanding of Primary Care.

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking reviews.

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

Blacketts Medical Practice

Address

63-65 Bondgate

Darlington

DL3 7JR

Employer's website

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