Job summary
Job title: Clinical Pharmacist
Responsible to: Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Location: Sunderland Central PCN
Salary:£49,031.76 per annum (pro-rata if part-time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Part-time - 30 hours per week
Main duties of the job
Working within your professional and clinical
boundaries as part of an established multi-disciplinary team to provide
expertise in all areas of medicine related practice in a patient facing role.
Working in partnership with various organisations,
to improve the quality and safety of care offered to our patients. Using
independent prescribing to support better access to medicines, clinical
medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews,
tackling polypharmacy and manage long term conditions.
To manage medicines on transfer of care and systems
for safer prescribing including manage repeat prescriptions, acute prescription
requests and antibiotic stewardship, while addressing both the public health
and social care needs of patients across the primary care network practices.
To ensure that PCN practices integrate with
community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient
outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of
care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver
an excellent service within general practice.
About us
For the second year in a row, Sunderland GP Alliance has been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work and Better Health At Work - Gold Award, offering 33 days annual leave plus many other benefits.
Sunderland GP Alliance is owned by the GP Practices of Sunderland and helps GPs work collaboratively for the benefits of patients and staff. We are not-for-profit organisation, ensuring any surplus is reinvested back into better services for patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacist (30 hours per week) to join our established team at the Sunderland Central PCN.In this patient-facing role, you will provide expertise in all areas of medicine-related practice while working within your professional and clinical boundaries. You will work in partnership with various organisations to enhance the quality and safety of care offered to our patients. Key responsibilities include:
- Using independent prescribing to support better access to medicines
- Clinical medicines management
- Providing face-to-face structured medication reviews
- Tackling polypharmacy and managing long-term conditions
- Managing medicines on transfer of care
- Implementing systems for safer prescribing
- Managing repeat prescriptions and acute prescription requests
- Supporting antibiotic stewardship
- Addressing both public health and social care needs across PCN practices
- Ensuring integration with community and hospital pharmacy to utilise skill mix and improve patient outcomes
This pivotal role aims to improve the quality of care and operational efficiencies, requiring motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
To view the job description and person specification, and to apply, please copy and paste the link below into your browser to access our application page:
https://app.healthboxhr.com/job-application/external/bff46731-165236d0-e3748578-c31210e8
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacist (30 hours per week) to join our established team at the Sunderland Central PCN.In this patient-facing role, you will provide expertise in all areas of medicine-related practice while working within your professional and clinical boundaries. You will work in partnership with various organisations to enhance the quality and safety of care offered to our patients. Key responsibilities include:
- Using independent prescribing to support better access to medicines
- Clinical medicines management
- Providing face-to-face structured medication reviews
- Tackling polypharmacy and managing long-term conditions
- Managing medicines on transfer of care
- Implementing systems for safer prescribing
- Managing repeat prescriptions and acute prescription requests
- Supporting antibiotic stewardship
- Addressing both public health and social care needs across PCN practices
- Ensuring integration with community and hospital pharmacy to utilise skill mix and improve patient outcomes
This pivotal role aims to improve the quality of care and operational efficiencies, requiring motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
To view the job description and person specification, and to apply, please copy and paste the link below into your browser to access our application page:
https://app.healthboxhr.com/job-application/external/bff46731-165236d0-e3748578-c31210e8
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Minimum of two years post qualification experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- The post holder must either have completed the CPPE primary care pathway or be working towards it
- UK driving licence
- UK work permit (if required)
Desirable
- Clinical diploma or other post graduate qualification
- Independent prescriber or working towards qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years post-qualification experience
- Appreciation of General Practice and working alongside General practice staff
Desirable
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare including clinical audit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Minimum of two years post qualification experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- The post holder must either have completed the CPPE primary care pathway or be working towards it
- UK driving licence
- UK work permit (if required)
Desirable
- Clinical diploma or other post graduate qualification
- Independent prescriber or working towards qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years post-qualification experience
- Appreciation of General Practice and working alongside General practice staff
Desirable
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare including clinical audit
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).
