Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Vida Healthcare have an exciting new opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to join their pharmacy team. This position is offered on a full-time basis, however part-time can be considered. The successful applicant will be working onsite with patients across our four locations with cross-site cover required.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, patient facing and remotely, to clinically assess and help treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Drawing up structured medication reviews as pharmacist.
• Completing complex discharge and clinic letters.
• Improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication.
• Provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff.
• Organise and oversee the work of the PCN pharmacy team, to help ensure the requirements of the practice are being fulfilled and align.
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribing guidance.
• Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training, and service redesign activities.

About us

Vida Healthcare is one of Norfolks largest and most successful general practices, working with colleagues in the NHS to provide the best possible patient care. Our practice has experienced impressive growth over recent years, by creating a work environment that encourages talented individuals to thrive and make a difference.

We pride ourselves on our impeccable standards of patient care and to maintain this it is essential that we employ reliable team players with strong caring qualities, dedication, and excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality-of-service delivery.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Possess a MPharm degree or equivalent
• GPhC registration upon your start date
• Independent prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience working as a GP pharmacist
• Experience of SystmOne

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).