Clinical Pharmacist

Haslemere Health Centre; Haslemere; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A local health service provider in Haslemere is looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join their supportive team. This part-time role focuses on patient interaction, medication reviews, and advancing prescribing skills. Successful candidates will have a degree in Pharmacy, relevant experience, and a commitment to patient care. The provider offers a variety of benefits, including flexible working hours and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Free yoga session monthly

Private health insurance options

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Annual summer walk with meal

Annual Christmas party

Staff discount at local pharmacy

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years post graduate experience.
• Experience of working in primary care.
• Experience of working with GP practice systems.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines.
• Work independently as a prescribing pharmacist.
• Undertake clinical medication reviews for chronic disease management.

Skills

Good communication and networking skills

Good listening skills and ability to demonstrate empathy

High levels of motivation and professionalism

Ability to problem solve variable situations

Education

Completed an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Working towards or holding a prescribing qualification

Tools

EMIS

Docman

AccuRx

Job description

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our great pharmacy team of two pharmacists (one prescribing), two pharmacy technicians and three prescription clerks. This position is for 18hrs a week and we are happy to be flexible about how you want to spread this over the week. This position would suit a pharmacist who is looking to develop their prescribing career within Primary Care. The practice already has a well established pharmacy team who would be able to help develop your skills and offer support and guidance which will enable the right candidate to progress both personally and professionally. Ideally we would like the candidate to start as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The pharmacist willwork as part of the General Practice team to bring pharmacist based skills tothe primary care team. The role willinvolve direct patient contact with clinics for structured medication reviews (SMRs);clinics in specialist area of choice working towards a prescribingqualification; mentoring pharmacy technicians; medication queries from staff,patients, pharmacies and hospital; medication optimisation in line with the IntegratedCare Board (ICB) and national requirements and support the practice withQuality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), locally comissioned services (LCS),enhanced services (ES) and Care Quality Commission (CQC) searches.

About us

Haslemere Health Centre is a friendly practice working out of a purpose-built modern building in the grounds of Haslemere Hospital, and a small branch surgery in Fernhurst. We support nearly 20,000 patients offering a variety of care thanks to our large diverse multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physiotherapists, mental health practitioners and health care assistants.

Working for Haslemere Health Centre also comes with additional benefits:

• Free 30 minute yoga session every month held during the lunch hour at Haslemere Health Centre
• Option to join Vitality Staff Private Health Insurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Annual summer walk with three course meal and drinks provided after
• Annual Christmas party with a three course meal and drinks provided
• Staff Discount at Day Lewis Pharmacy (within Haslemere Health Centre)

Job responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
• Work independently as a prescribing pharmacist
• Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially older people, and those with multiple co-morbidities
• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities
• Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to QOF and ES.
• Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completed an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Working towards or holding a prescribing qualification
• Prescribing in hypertension and/or hyperlipidaemia

Experience

• Have a minimum of two years post graduate experience
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working with GP practice systems (EMIS, Docman and AccuRx)

Knowledge and Skills

• Good communication and networking skills
• Good listening skills and ability to demonstrate empathy
• High levels of motivation and professionalism
• Reliable
• Able to work under pressure, and independently where appropriate.
• Emotional resilience
• Enthusiastic and innovative approach
• Able to organise and prioritise own work
• Ability to problem solve variable situations
• Understanding of the wider primary care health care and social aspects
• Knowledge of local NHS and community pharmacy services
• Knowledge and understanding of General Practice that empowers understanding of how to take on and reduce workload from other clinicians.

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.