Job summary
Modality Partnership Birmingham
Division has a part time (24 hours) at Laurie Pike Health Centre and a full-time
vacancy (37.5 hours) at Smethwick Medical Centre, for a Clinical Pharmacist.
The postholder will be a high performing Clinical Pharmacist, providing expert pharmaceutical
care to patients and playing a key role in optimising medicines and improving
outcomes within primary care. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our
team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect
and Excellence.
This job is suitable for individuals who are career driven
and have a passion for working in an agile manner, implementing solutions,
delivering key organisational priorities and who are committed to making real
changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve
patient care.
As an employee with us you can
benefit from
Alongside a competitive NHS package, we also offer development and wellbeing
benefits designed to support you at every stage of your career:
Enrolment to the NHS
pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27
days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and
benefits scheme2
Employee assistance
programme (EAP)
Education and career
pathways
Enhanced Family
friendly policies
Flexible working
Wellbeing support and
initiative
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
The role is an all-rounded, hands-on Clinical Pharmacist
role; the postholder will need to confidently evidence and utilise key skills
such as effective communication, ability to work as part of a
multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat
patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
This is a varied, dynamic role that combines patient-facing
work with system-wide projects. It requires flexibility, innovation, and
commitment, with opportunities to shape services and drive real change in
primary care.
Duties may include running long-term condition clinics,
undertaking structured medication reviews, supporting prescribing quality
initiatives, and working with GPs and other clinicians to improve patient
pathways.
About us
We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK,
serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we
are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the
implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the
organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to
harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and
staff satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of
clinical skills to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.
All employees are welcomed to enrol in our employee
benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We are committed to developing our
people through education and career pathways and who align to our
organisational values of CARE. We are also committed to supporting career
progression, with opportunities to develop into advanced practice, leadership,
or specialist clinical roles.
Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and
is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all our potential
applicants in line with the Equality Act, 2010.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Description
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love
this job if you have a passion for integrating clinical pharmacy skills into
primary care, and you are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the
day to day working environment. You will learn more because you will improve
the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams
to influence service improvement. Duties will include:
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this
vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their
right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one
must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Description
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love
this job if you have a passion for integrating clinical pharmacy skills into
primary care, and you are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the
day to day working environment. You will learn more because you will improve
the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams
to influence service improvement. Duties will include:
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this
vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their
right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one
must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified pharmacist
- PgCert Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Qualification or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- High-level customer service knowledge.
- Computer skills including using specialist software.
- Strong numerical and mathematical skills.
- Diplomacy, discretion and the ability to manage sensitive situations effectively.
- Good problem-solving ability.
- Strong leadership and management skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to Continuous Professional Development.
- Flexible approach to work.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective time management skills to balance work and education requirements.
- Team player.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in a healthcare setting as a Pharmacist Relevant experience as a Pharmacist Prescriber Preferably experience in a general practice setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong Math and Science Skills.
- Excellent Memory.
- Detail-Oriented.
- Solid Understanding of and Respect for Prescription Drug Laws and Regulations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified pharmacist
- PgCert Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Qualification or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- High-level customer service knowledge.
- Computer skills including using specialist software.
- Strong numerical and mathematical skills.
- Diplomacy, discretion and the ability to manage sensitive situations effectively.
- Good problem-solving ability.
- Strong leadership and management skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to Continuous Professional Development.
- Flexible approach to work.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective time management skills to balance work and education requirements.
- Team player.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in a healthcare setting as a Pharmacist Relevant experience as a Pharmacist Prescriber Preferably experience in a general practice setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong Math and Science Skills.
- Excellent Memory.
- Detail-Oriented.
- Solid Understanding of and Respect for Prescription Drug Laws and Regulations.
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).
