Pharmacist Prescriber

Job summary

Southern Health Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist to join The Willow Group, a forward thinking and innovative GP group providing primary care services for 50,200 patients over 5 local sites in Gosport.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and motivated professional with excellent clinical, organisational & communication skills, who has the ability to work autonomously.

The successful post holder will work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role taking responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy. You will promote safe, effective and cost-effective use of medicines within the Practices; manage medication changes suggested by secondary care and carry out prescribing audits as required. You will also provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription, medication queries and targeting care homes. You will have the support of our experienced Practice Pharmacists and our GP Prescribing Lead.

A competitive salary with NHS pension will be offered to the right person.

We would be delighted if you wanted to visit us and meet our clinical team before making a decision to apply.

If you would like an informal discussion and more information about the role please contact Emma O'Brien at emmaobrien2@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Specialist Interest Pharmacist will act as the expert pharmacist for the given specialist area, they will draw upon extensive post qualification experience working with patients and the multidisciplinary healthcare team in primary and secondary care where relevant and with community care providers. They will be suitably qualified as an independent prescriber and will have in depth knowledge of medicines and applied therapeutics.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Waterside Medical Centre

Mumby Road

Gosport

Hampshire

PO12 1BA

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Waterside Medical Centre

Mumby Road

Gosport

Hampshire

PO12 1BA

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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