Clinical Pharmacist

3 weeks ago

Chelmsford, United Kingdom Little Waltham Surgery Full time
About the Role

Little Waltham and Great Notley Surgery 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.

The main responsibilities of the role include: 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 ( 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 anticoagulant monitoring clinics; Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks, as well as other tasks, as required, on completion of appropriate training; Conducting care-planning, including mental health, admission avoidance schemes, and end-of-life patients. Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results. Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need; Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework; Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored and complied with; Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication; Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients; Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care; Delivering on and/or overseeing relevant aspects of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES). Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists; Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision; Supporting the PCN clinical director as necessary; Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates; Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues; Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes;  Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within practices across the PCN. About the Candidate You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications: 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); 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. About Us We are a 2-site, friendly training practice, with over 20,000 patients. You will be supported by our team of 10 doctors, 3 nurse practitioners, paramedic, nurses, healthcare assistants, receptionist and admin team. For further information about the role please contact Beverley Lampitt at

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