NewRiver Health is a practice of 19,000 patients across 2 sites in Ware (ChurchStreet Surgery) and Hertford (Castlegate Surgery), Hertfordshire. We are a training practice.
Main duties of the job
The Practice-based Clinical Pharmacist will improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients of NewRiver Health. They will have regular contact with patients and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice by performing structured medication reviews. They will also support the management of patients with long-term conditions by reviewing repeat medication requests.
They will co-ordinate prescribers at the practice to ensure that appropriate medication is prescribed and maintained whilst fulfilling the requirements of ICB and locality initiatives.
About us
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care (hospital discharge) and will use systems for safer prescribing including scriptswitch. They will perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities. They will undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long-term conditions that fall within their competency. They will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship.
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care (hospital discharge) and will use systems for safer prescribing including scriptswitch. They will perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities. They will undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long-term conditions that fall within their competency. They will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
* Registered with GPhC
* Member of RPS
* Postgraduate knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma and qualifications (e.g. clinical, community, therapeutics) or equivalent.
* Independent prescriber status
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.
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