Riverport Medical Practice is looking to appoint an experienced Pharmacist to join our team. Both full-time and part-time applications will be considered for this role.
The ideal candidate will be an independent prescriber and have experience working in General Practice as a Clinical Pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Pharmacist will act autonomously, within their professional scope of practice, providing care for patients face to face and via telephone consultations.
The post-holder will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice, to provide expert professional clinical advice to patients, carers, and colleagues.
The successful candidate will use skills, knowledge, and competencies as a qualified Clinical Pharmacist, in order to be responsible and accountable for managing medications and supporting the Prescription Team with queries and requests.
Job responsibilities
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and high-quality care.
* Support the Prescription Team (Pharmacy Technicians, Prescription Administrators, Dispensers) with medication queries and prescription requests.
* Prescribe and review medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with the latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols, and within the scope of qualified practice.
* Support the clinical team with the management of long-term conditions and chronic disease.
* Request blood tests, blood pressure, and other monitoring as part of safe medicines management and drug monitoring.
* File incoming clinical correspondence to the Practice and action subsequent tasks or requests as appropriate.
* Participate in the care home ward rounds.
* Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
* Ensure clinical systems are kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details.
* Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
* Contribute to local and national practice targets clinical remit e.g., QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, National benchmarking.
Person Specification
Experience
* Previous role in General Practice or Primary Care.
* High level of clinical skills and competency relevant to the role.
* Works effectively both independently and as a member of the team.
* Experience managing care home ward rounds.
* Experience managing long-term conditions.
* Understanding of national and local achievement indicators and criteria such as QOF.
Personal
* Commitment to an Enhanced DBS check.
* UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to demonstrate good teamwork.
* Evidence of self-directed learning and personal development plan.
Qualifications
* Hold a professional registration with the GPhC.
* CPPE pathway completion.
* Masters level Advanced Clinical Practice (achieved or working towards this or equivalent post-graduate qualification).
* Experience in General Practice.
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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