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Clinical PharmacistHighfield Surgery • Blackpool, United Kingdom
Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist

Highfield Surgery • Blackpool, United Kingdom
12 days ago
Job type
  • Part-time
Job description
Job summary
We're looking for a motivated and patient focused Clinical Pharmacist (Independent prescriber) to join our friendly forward thinking GP practice. Working as an independent prescriber, you will play a key role in delivering high quality medicines optimisation, managing both acute and long-term conditions, undertaking medication reviews, supporting safe prescribing, interpreting blood test results, and working collaboratively with our multi-disciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference while working in a primary care environment

Main duties of the job
Deliver patient centred clinical pharmacy services, manage medicines and long term conditions, provide independent prescribing and clinical advice, support the multidisciplinary team, and contribute to the safe, effective and efficient delivery of care across the practice.

About us
Highfield surgery is a large forward thinking NHS general practice based within the South Shore Primary Care Centre in Blackpool. We provide high quality primary care services to over 13,000 patients and are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and patient centred healthcare to our local community.

As a recognised training and research practice, we are passionate about developing future healthcare workforce and continually improving patient care through innovation and evidence based practice. Our multidisciplinary team works collaboratively to deliver a wide range of services, supporting patients with both acute and long term health conditions.

Job responsibilities
  • To develop, implement and maintain practice-based pharmacy services covering the core and additional areas as defined within the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB Practice Pharmacist service specification.
  • To provide face-to-face and telephone reviews for patients across all disease states within clinical competence as agreed with the GP partners
  • To provide prescribing support and advice to both clinical and non-clinical staff within the surgery
  • To provide diagnosis, treatment, and support to registered patients.
  • To examine, assess, diagnose, and prescribe for patients to manage both acute and chronic medical conditions via face to face, video and telephone consultation.
  • Prescribing and titrating of all medication associated with patient care when managing/controlling a medical condition
  • Analysis and action of patient blood test results
  • To facilitate effective transfer of patient care from external organisation to surgery through the appropriate processing of medication related communications e.g. hospital discharge letters, consultant clinic letters
  • To undertake reviews of individual patients medication and make alterations as needed to improve patient care
  • To make recommendations for improving patient care and safety, to GPs and other healthcare professionals involved in the patients care
  • To utilise prescribing rights on an independent basis in the course of carrying out regular duties and responsibilities and within the pharmacists competence
  • To aid in the evaluation, development and implementation of guidelines protocols and formularies within the surgery
  • To appropriately inform GPs and other healthcare professionals of unnecessary drug expenditure and where this can be reduced without compromising patient care
  • To contribute to the design and delivery of initiatives regarding the management of medicines within the practice. To be responsible for implementing these initiatives at practice level, monitoring changes made and ensuring that benefits are maintained in the future
  • To identify areas of clinical risk at practice level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of practice resources
  • To develop and maintain an effective network and working relationships with other members of the practice
  • To participate in the daily signing of patient prescription requests.
  • To participate in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the practice
  • To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own Continuous Professional Development
  • To participate clinical and medication audit in priority areas, such as QOF, NICE guidance, NSFs and other agreed target areas
  • To work in collaboration with individuals appointed in the ICB and other local practices on local priorities where this also will be of benefit to registered patients or has been agreed by the partners

Person Specification
Experience
  • Two years of working as a clinical pharmacist
  • Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care

Skills
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Strong IT skills
  • Clear, polite telephone manner
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • EMIS user skills
  • Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
  • Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Problem solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow policy and procedure

Qualifications
  • GPhC Registered Pharmacist
  • GPhC Independent prescriber qualification

Desirable
  • MUR and repeat dispensing certification

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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