The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, requiring motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
We are looking for 1 WTE, enthusiastic and highly motivated clinical pharmacists to join our team and work with our existing Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacists, and Pharmacy Technicians. We aim to create a clinical pharmacist team to embed the role within our member practices. This is a great opportunity to develop a fulfilling and vital career in primary care within a supported environment. There will be opportunities to use your expertise to innovate, advise, and influence our medicines management strategy, and implement measures that ensure quality and safety in prescribing. Completion of an independent prescribing course is an essential criterion for the role. Completion of the CPPE pathway is preferred but not essential, and there is an opportunity to support you through the CPPE pathway.
Main duties of the job
(The job description provided is wide-ranging, and some competencies involved will be subject to the experience of the candidate. All the primary duties and areas of responsibility listed can only be achieved by a clinical pharmacist team.)
About us
Citrus Health is a primary care network of 5 GP surgeries covering a patient population of 44,719 patients in the southwest of the Sandwell & West Birmingham CCG footprint. We are a dynamic and friendly team already experienced at working together to deliver excellent care to our patients.
Our Member Practices are:
1. Portway Family Practice
2. The Practice Old Hill
3. Black Country Family Practice
4. Smethwick Medical Centre
Employer: The employer will be Portway Family Practice as the lead practice. The network clinical director is Dr. Arun Saini. The Senior Clinical Pharmacist is Mr. Devin Gohil.
Job responsibilities
Citrus Health Primary Care Network is recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist to be part of the new Primary Care Network multidisciplinary team.
The successful candidate will be working across 5 practices across the Sandwell place to provide:
1. Prescribing quality improvements and medicines optimisation.
2. Holistic approach, personalised centred care to the patients within the PCN community.
3. Support to the wide multidisciplinary team and proactive population health education.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face-to-face structured medication reviews, manage long-term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care, and systems for safer prescribing.
* The post holder will perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, especially for older people, people resident in care homes, and those with multiple co-morbidities.
* The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and PCN Network Contract.
* The successful candidate should have a minimum of 2-years experience working in General Practice or a PCN.
The deadline for applications is the 28th February 2025.
Please include a CV (maximum of two pages) specifying your suitability to the role and the benefits you can bring to the Citrus Health Primary Care Network.
Interviews are expected to be scheduled w/c 17th March 2025.
For more information email:
Helen Kilminster, PCN Deputy Clinical Director
Natalie Dugmore, PCN Digital Transformational & Operational Lead
ndugmore@nhs.net
devin.gohil@nhs.net
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications are received and/or we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
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