Job summary
Ambrose Avenue Group Practice is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on a full-time basis 37.5 hours per week working Monday to Friday.
Main duties of the job
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
- Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;
- Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
- Processing specialist treatment letters;
- Supporting practice dispensary;
- Processing hospital medication discharge letters;
- Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
- Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;
- Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoringclinics;
- Conducting travel vaccination clinics after relevant training.
About us
Ambrose Avenue Group Practice is a friendly, long-established, award-winning, progressive GP practice. We are based over two sites within 10 minutes of each other, serving the population of Stanway and Pretty gate in Colchester, Essex. We are a training practice and offer services to a population of over 14,500 patients.
We hold monthly meetings and training sessions and have a diverse team of clinicians, including first contact physio, pharmacists, ANP/NP, care coordinator, social prescriber, health coach, GP assistant and an award-winning team of mental health workers.
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
Experience
Essential
- Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
- Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
- Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
- Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
- Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
- Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
- Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
- Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
- Understand the need for patient confidentiality.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
- Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this;
- Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this;
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
- Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
- Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
- Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
- Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
- Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
- Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
- Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
- Understand the need for patient confidentiality.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
- Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this;
- 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).
