Levenshulme Medical Practice is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, ambitious Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive team, working 3-5 days a week.
The practice is situated 3 miles from the city centre, we are a training practice for Central and South GP and the University of Manchester medical students. We have a growing list size of 9,300 patients.
Main duties of the job
1. To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with all local providers of healthcare.
2. To liaise effectively with other health care teams concerned with the patient care as appropriate and with all other disciplines within the practice.
3. To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the medicines management team, practice team, community pharmacy team, community nurse team, patients, carers, etc.
4. To ensure that all patient information following consultations, and telephone encounters are recorded accurately on the computer.
5. To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes.
6. As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments, agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the appraisal process.
7. To attend practice and other meetings of relevance as required.
8. Participate in the induction, education and training of new members of practice staff including students where appropriate.
9. To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.
A copy of the full job description is available by email if required.
About us
Levenshulme Medical Practice is part of the Gorton & Levenshulme PCN. We have a team of 6 partners, 2 Practice nurses, 1 HCA and Phlebotomist providing quality care to our patients.
* We are a well-established practice providing a high standard of primary care.
* Good CQC and high QoF achievement.
* EMIS web clinical system.
* Varied appointment system (15-minute appointments).
* Supportive of the development of special interest.
* We would welcome applications with a minimum of 2 years qualified or experienced pharmacist, full support and development offered.
* This is an excellent opportunity to join our well-respected Practice.
Job responsibilities
Please see uploaded document to be used as part of your application. It covers all duties and expectations of the practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
* Independent prescriber or working towards gaining qualification.
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
* In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
* An appreciation of the nature of primary care and the diversity that exists between general practices.
* An appreciation of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
* Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
* Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
* Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the agreed course of action where there may be.
* Demonstrates accountability for delivery professional expertise and direct service provision.
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.
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
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