Clinical Pharmacist- Mid Chiltern Primary Care Network
Salary: Up to £44,000 WTE dependant on experience
Post 1 working hours: 37.5 hours per week including network core hours
Post 2 working hours: 15 hours + per week including network core hours
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Support
Main Duties of the Job
Mid Chiltern Primary Care Network has an exciting opportunity for 2 Clinical Pharmacists to join their dynamic team: 1 full-time and 1 part-time post. We are looking for someone enthusiastic about providing high-quality care to our patients and becoming an integral part of our growing clinical pharmacy team.
The Clinical Pharmacist will be a patient-facing role with plenty of opportunity to utilise 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, conducting clinical audits to improve patient care, and supporting the GP practices involved to develop the clinical pharmacist role.
You will receive support, mentorship, and training from our Senior Clinical Pharmacist and will also be assigned GP supervision time.
Requirements of Role:
* GPhC Registration
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
* Successful completion of CPPE via Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
* Experience in Primary Care and Primary Care Networks
The post holder will benefit from:
* Regular supervision from a senior pharmacist
* Opportunities to develop their clinical practice
* Progressing to achieving their independent prescribing qualification
* Being part of a friendly and forward-thinking PCN team
Job Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
* Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
* Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management and undertake structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.
* Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by Network policy and local and national guidance.
* Maximize cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
* Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients in the PCNs practices and tackle inequalities.
* Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
* Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, and liaising with specialist pharmacists.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience in Primary Care and Primary Care Networks
* Member of RPS
* Specialist knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma and qualifications (e.g., clinical, community, therapeutics or equivalent)
* Evidence of recent and relevant Continuing Professional Development
* Independent prescriber status or a commitment to undertake the course
* Experience of undertaking medication or medicine use reviews, and patient counselling
* Experience of working with clinicians and multidisciplinary/multiagency work
* Experience of facilitating change to improve clinical practice
* Experience of delivering training sessions to varied groups
* Experience in undertaking clinical audits
Qualifications
* GPhC Registration
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
* Successful completion of CPPE via Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
Skills and Knowledge
* Capacity to be innovative and develop the role of a practice pharmacist
* Effective interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills
* Ability to work with a range of clinical and non-clinical personnel as part of a team
* Ability to communicate medicines and service-related information to decision makers at all levels
* Ability to work independently and effectively with a high degree of motivation for long periods
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines, often with frequent interruptions and urgent requests
* Ability to motivate people and facilitate change
* Ability to define, collate, analyse and interpret data
* Able to utilise databases and information technology effectively
* Ability to communicate information to patients and carers in an appropriate manner, using well-developed empathy skills
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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