Job Summary
We are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to join our GP practice. The Clinical Pharmacist will be a patient-facing role with plenty of opportunities to utilize your clinical skills to improve the health of the local community; this will include managing long-term conditions, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements, providing specific advice for those on multiple medications, clinical audits to improve patient care, and supporting the practice to develop the clinical pharmacist role.
Clinical supervision and mentorship will be provided. We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic and adaptable to change, with excellent clinical skills and a good level of competence in the use of I.T. Candidates should exhibit good organisational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and other stakeholders including patients, families, and carers.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
2. Be a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team.
3. Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
4. Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
5. Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste, and promote self-care.
6. Act as the point of contact for all medicine-related matters.
7. Consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication. Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians.
8. Provide medication review services for patients in the practice.
9. Review medications for newly registered patients.
10. Encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation.
11. Organise and oversee the medicines optimisation systems.
About Us
Lambourn Surgery is a rural Practice in West Berkshire, serving a large geographical area. We are on the edge of 3 counties, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire.
We form part of the West Berkshire Rural PCN, made up of 3 practices: Hungerford, Kintbury/Wootton-Hill, and ourselves. We have an excellent relationship and our Arrs staff are in constant touch with each other for support and collaborative working.
Even though we are rural, we are a short distance from junctions 14 and 15 of the M4, and within easy reach of Newbury and Swindon.
We have 6500 patients and we dispense to around 3000 of those. We work closely with the local village pharmacy that dispenses to most of the remainder of the practice population. Our clinical system is Systm One; we can give training in its use to anyone unfamiliar with the software.
We are a training practice and as such we host GP registrars and student nurses in training.
We have 5 GPs, 3 of which are partners, and one is a GP trainer.
We are a friendly practice with a great team. We all work closely together to achieve the best outcomes for our patients.
Date Posted
14 February 2025
Pay Scheme
Other
Salary
£43,500 to £50,500 a year, pay dependent on experience.
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Part-time
Reference Number
A4172-25-0000
Job Locations
The Lambourn Surgery
Bockhampton Road
Lambourn
Hungerford
Berkshire
RG17 8PS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* GPhC registered pharmacist
* Hold or be working towards a GPhC independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
* Minor ailments certification
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Working towards faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Medicines management qualification
* MUR and repeat dispensing certification
Experience
Essential
* An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
* An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing, and strategies for improving prescribing.
* Experience and an awareness of common acute and chronic conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
* An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs, and the commissioners.
Desirable
* Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
* Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care.
* Understanding of the mentorship process.
* Broad knowledge of general practice.
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).
Employer Details
Employer Name: Lambourn Surgery
Address:
The Lambourn Surgery
Bockhampton Road
Lambourn
Hungerford
Berkshire
RG17 8PS
Employer's Website: https://www.lambournsurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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