GP Practice Based Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you a pharmacist looking to work in a GP practice?

This roles include working in a clinical role in our GP practice to support medicines management and improve patient care. This will include reviewing repeat prescriptions, undertaking medication reviews to ensure safe and cost effective prescribing in line with National prescribing indicators

You will be based in GP practice working with multidisciplinary team alongside the health board primary care medicines management team.

There is professional support and engagement with the ABUHB medicines management team, and you can join the ABUHB network of practice pharmacists.

This is a fixed term post for 2 months to cover the needs of the service

Main duties of the job

Working with GPs, Practice nurses and practice staff to

• To improve the quality and effectiveness of medicines management within GP practices
• To provide patient focussed, prudent healthcare
• To promote medicines safety and review polypharmacy
• To develop the practice pharmacist role, becoming a core member of the practice team working effectively with other health and social care professionals delivering services to patients

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.