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Job Summary
Enfield Unity Primary Care Network is a large PCN representing over 158,000 patients across 17 GP Practice sites. Our aim is to improve services and outcomes for patients and staff by increasing access to healthcare, supporting multidisciplinary team working for our most unwell patients and by championing Clinical Pharmacists in the General Practice sector.
Successful Candidates Can Expect:
1. 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
2. NHS Pension
3. Professional Indemnity cover
4. Robust clinical supervision and support
5. Primary Care specific training via CPPE primary care pathway, including Independent prescribing if not already held
6. GP mentoring
7. Peer support and team network
8. Support to develop clinical skills as appropriate for the role
9. Career development opportunities
Main duties of the job:
1. Clinical Medicine review and long term condition clinics
2. Prescription requests, queries and prescribing efficiencies
3. Safe prescribing practice and audits
The post holder will need to demonstrate:
1. Good IT skills with the ability to obtain and analyse complex technical information
2. Recognise priorities when problem solving and identify deviations from normal patterns
3. Work effectively independently and as a team member
4. Demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
About Us:
The successful applicant will be based over one or two of Enfield Unity PCN's 17 sites. You will have a named Clinical Supervisor, and a named Senior Clinical Pharmacist for support and guidance.
Job responsibilities:
1. See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimization is required (e.g. Respiratory, cardiovascular, Diabetes.)
2. Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimization).
3. Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement.
4. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.
5. Provide patient facing and telephone clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.
6. Implement the practice repeat prescribing policy within each PCN practice where required.
Person Specification:
Qualifications Essential:
* Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Experience Essential:
* Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
* Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
Other Essential:
* Local to Enfield
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.
Employer details:
Employer name: Medicus Health Partners
Address: Enfield Unity Primary Care Network, 17 locations, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 1LJ
Employer's website: Medicus Health Partners
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