Clinical Pharmacist

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

The Beacon Health Group Partnership are currently recruiting for the role of clinical pharmacist to join our in-house team based across all 3 of our sites. The position will be for up to 37.5 hours per week but part time and full time options will be considered.

Main duties of the job

  • Working 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.
  • Being a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and working with and alongside the general practice team.
  • Being responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme).
  • Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
  • Supporting patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote selfcare.
  • Having a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.
  • Developing relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system.

About us

The Beacon Health Group Partnership operates over three sites. The main site, Danbury Medical Centre is based in the village of Danbury. We have two smaller branch sites which are Mountbatten House Surgery (based in North Springfield) and Moulsham Lodge Surgery (based in central Chelmsford). The Beacon Health Group is now able to offer our patients a wider variety of services ranging from chronic disease clinics to minor surgery services (performed within the new purpose built Minor Surgery Suite based at Danbury). We also provide Friday extended morning appointments between 7.00am-8.00am, Monday and Wednesday evening appointments between 6.30pm-8.00pm provided by GPs and Nurses. With our patients at the forefront of every decision made, the Beacon Health Group offers further value to the health of our existing patients an also that of new patients coming to the area. The benefits of joining our organisation include:

  • Access to the NHS pension.
  • NHS benefits such as discounts at various major brands.
  • Generous holiday entitlement.
  • Competitive rates of pay.
  • Company sick pay scheme.

Date posted

13 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,761.11 to £66,032.46 a year FTE

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

8605

Job locations

52 Maldon Road

Danbury

Chelmsford

Essex

CM3 4QL


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this.
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this.
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

52 Maldon Road

Danbury

Chelmsford

Essex

CM3 4QL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

52 Maldon Road

Danbury

Chelmsford

Essex

CM3 4QL


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Beacon Health Group, Danbury Medical Centre

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

13 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,761.11 to £66,032.46 a year FTE

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

8605

Job locations

52 Maldon Road

Danbury

Chelmsford

Essex

CM3 4QL


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