Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Ravensbury ParkMedical Centre, situated in East Merton, operates as a general practiceproviding NHS primary care services for approximately 5,000 patients. Ourpractice is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of patient care, witha strong focus on disease prevention, patient education, and deliveringpersonalized, proactive healthcare. We adhere to the fundamental principles of clinicalpractice and evidence-based care, while also fostering an environment open toinnovation and new approaches. We are committed to supporting the growth of ourclinical team and facilitating the professional development of the successfulcandidate. If you are passionate about pharmacy practice in a primary caresetting, we invite to apply and be part of our dedicated team.

Main duties of the job

We are offering a rewarding opportunity for a clinicalpharmacist to become an integral part of our team in our practice. As a valued team member, you will have theopportunity to make a real difference in patient care. In this role, yourprimary responsibilities will involve conducting medication reviews, managingchronic disease, responding to drug information queries, promoting adherence totreatment plans and educating patients on medication use and potential sideeffects.

You will work closely with the clinical team to enhance patient outcomesand support the practice in achieving targets. The successful candidate willdemonstrate strong clinical skills, effective communication abilities, a collaborativeapproach to care and a passion for improving patient experience and outcomes.

About us

Ravensbury Park Medical Centre is under the Southwest London ICB and ispart of the Morden Primary Care Network.

We offer:

Standard annual leave

NHS pension

Development opportunities

A supportive team environment

free parking

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work as part of amulti-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treatpatients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. Providepharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as anintegral part of the multidisciplinary team. Provide proactiveleadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the practice team, patientsand their carers. Improve patient andcarer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their medication. Provide advice andanswer medication related queries from patients and staff Improve the qualityand effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education toimprove performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribingguidance. Contribute to apatient safety culture through reporting and investigation of medicinesincidents and undertaking proactive measures to improve patient safety. Work with communitypharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and other stakeholders in the medicinessupply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents. Respond toprescription requests from community patients, nursing/care home staff,pharmacy staff and GPs, processing them within recognised timescales ( 48hours for routine prescriptions and same day for urgent prescriptions). Thiscan include re-routing prescriptions to out of hours pharmacies for same daydelivery. Use practicetemplates to record near patient monitoring for high risk drugs. Identify bloodtests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to theappropriate clinician. Support and respondto medicines-related queries from medical and nursing colleagues and frompatients and relatives via face to face, via phone or via email. Queries caninclude issues with interactions or ADRs, availability of stock, swallowingdifficulties, cost-effectiveness, urgent requests or extra supplies. Review hospitaldischarge notifications and outpatient hospital letters and reconcilemedication against current repeats, flagging up and correcting discrepancies. Promote safe use ofmedication, reporting of medicines-related incidents and pro-activelypreventing safeguarding incidents. Use knowledge of GPcomputer prescribing systems and community pharmacy dispensing systems toadvise on solving problems related to prescribing/dispensing and other areas todevelop the skills of practice and pharmacy staff. Observe theprinciples of clinical governance when developing policies, protocols,guidelines, SOPs and procedures. Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered as a Pharmacist with the UK General Pharmaceutical Council

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