We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist to join my cliets GP Practice

We are working closely with the team and local stakeholders to improve and develop the service. It's an exciting time to join us, as the service continues its transformational journey. As a team we're passionate about what we do, making sure that patients are receiving the best care possible and in the right way for them.

With extensive experience of working within a primary care setting, the post holder will provide expert support to our GP practices, as well as high quality patient care consultations.

The Pharmacist will efficiently work as an expert advisor for medicines, repeat prescriptions, medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care aspects of the multidisciplinary team workload.

This is a part-time job, 30 hours per week. The full-time for us is 40 hours per week.

Key Duties

• Provide services to patients that are registered with the Hub
• Provide information and support to patients on the following:
  • Medicines Information - General advice requests
  • Pharmaceutical advice
  • Repeat Prescriptions
• Provide support to our primary care sites and assist with prescribing and high-risk drug management audits as service requirements
• Use critical thinking and effective communication skills to assess accurately the caller's needs (establish the level of information required, their existing level of knowledge and other issues including social, cultural and economic factors)
• Prescribe appropriately for patients requiring urgent prescriptions using access to summary care record information to ensure accurate re-prescribing
• Communicate information and pharmaceutical advice to callers in a clear and understandable manner, adapted to the needs of the individual
• Identify and appropriately action clinical risks for health and medicines queries in line with professional responsibility
• Identify child and adult protection issues arising from health and medicines information calls, and action these in line with protocols
• Record in a timely manner a true and accurate record of the information and advice given, and to complete an electronic record of the call event using the appropriate clinical system
• Actively access specialist information by using electronic databases i.e., BNF etc. ensuring accurate advice is given at all times.
• Actively communicate with colleagues to assist service delivery

Package and Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension contributions
• Work from 30 - 40 hours per week
• Performance bonus
• Access to NHS Discounts
• Salary up to £50,000 per annum

Key Skills, Qualifications and Client Requirements

• Be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Have successfully completed CPPE General practice pharmacist pathway
• Be a Non-Medical Prescriber
• Maintain professional and clinical competence through mechanisms of continuing professional development
• Have extensive experience of working within a primary care setting
• Be able to provide high quality patient care consultations
• Be able to effectively manage workload and support our services with Pharmacy related tasks

What Happens Next?

Please click the 'Apply' button to find out more about this role. The consultant looking after this vacancy will contact you at a convenient time to share further details on about the opportunity. All interaction will be in complete confidence, without obligation and we will NOT send your details to any practice unless you give us your permission.

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