Clinical Pharmacist

About the Role Priory Gardens 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 or part time basis over 5 working days. You will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. You will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries and help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, medication audits, Prescribing Incentive Scheme, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients. Full details are provided in the attached job description. 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 Priory Gardens Surgery is based in the historic wool town of Dunstable in the first HealthHub built in BLMK. We have approximately 18,000 patients and use SystmOne as a clinical system. The practice is open to patients between 08:00 am and 18:30 Mondays to Fridays. Our practice is made up of multiple staff consisting of GPs, ANPs. paramedics, nurses, HCAs, care coordinators, health & wellbeing coach, front desk assistants, GP assistants, clinical administrators and pharmacists who provide services to our patients.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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