Job Summary
We are looking for an additional Pharmacist to join our Hinckley Central PCN team, working in The Centre Surgery. We are looking for someone who can work a minimum of 15 hours per week for somebody who has already completed the CPPE Course.
If you have not completed your CPPE, there will be a minimum requirement of 18.75 hours per week, in order for enrolment onto the required CPPE course.
Hinckley and Bosworth Medical Alliance is a GP Federation that supports 12 GP practices across the Hinckley and Bosworth locality, which form 3 Primary Care Networks.
We employ in excess of 50 PCN staff across a number of clinical grades, and continue to grow. This includes a team of 19 Pharmacists and Technicians.
As a rapidly growing Federation, we have structures in place to ensure that all staff have clinical mentors and are supported in their professional development.
Starting salary of £47,273.63 for a non-prescribing pharmacist. The starting salary for a prescribing pharmacist is £50,425.20. This is based on full time hours. Any salary will be pro-rata for the working hours accordingly.
We operate a salary scale, with increases available upon successful completion of probation as well as at your first annual appraisal, post appraisal (approximately 18 months in post).
Main Duties of the Job
To participate in the provision of a Clinical Pharmacy Service to our member GP Practices defined within the Primary Care Network geographical location:
* Provision of routine clinical medicines reviews
* To review and reduce where possible inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing
* Reconcile patients medicines following hospital discharge
* Work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines needed post discharge
* Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and re-admissions
* Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues
* Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process
* Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
* Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit
* Manage Primary Care Network practice formularies to improve quality, safety and cost
* Implement drug withdrawals and alerts
* Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
* Run clinics where appropriate to meet the needs of the Primary Care Network
* Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
* Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients
About Us
The Centre Surgery is part of the Hinckley Central PCN, and has over 5,000 patients, that the successful applicant will help and support. We already have a pharmacist in the practice for 3 days per week, and this role is to further support the needs of the practice and the patients.
There is an established team of pharmacists already in place, and most of them having already completed their CPPE, with the remaining currently going through the CPPE programme. The successful candidate will enrol into the CPPE programme (if they have not already completed it). We will also support any successful applicants to complete their Independent Prescribing Qualification, should they wish to.
Date Posted: 15 April 2025
Pay Scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience Salary based on experience and qualification
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference Number: B0055-25-0017
Job Responsibilities
Job Purpose
To participate in the provision of a Clinical Pharmacy Service to our member GP Practices defined within the Primary Care Network geographical location:
* Provision of routine clinical medicines reviews whilst addressing the public health and social needs of patient population.
* To review and reduce where possible inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through timely and effective clinical medication reviews.
* Reconcile patients medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
* Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.
* Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.
* Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.
* Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries.
* Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.
* Manage Primary Care Network practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
* Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety.
* Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines.
* Run clinics where appropriate to meet the needs of the Primary Care Network e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics, diabetic reviews etc.
* Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews.
* Provide medicines information and training to Primary Care Network healthcare professionals and admin staff.
* Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines.
* Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks).
* Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* GPhC registered
Desirable
* Completed CPPE pathway
* Independent prescriber
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: Hinckley And Bosworth Medical Alliance Ltd
Address: The Centre Surgery, 29 Hill Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1DS
Employer's Website: http://hbma-gpfederation.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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