Clinical Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hetton-le-Hole; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hetton Group Practice is recruiting a clinical pharmacist to join its primary care team. The role centres on medicines optimisation, including reviewing acute requests, hospital discharge summaries and medicines reconciliation, and running structured medication reviews.

You will hold long term condition clinics as an independent prescriber, support the practice pharmacy team and work across the primary care network.

Qualifications

• Evidence of relevant professional and educational qualifications.
• Independent prescriber qualification.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.

Responsabilités

• Review acute and prescribed medication requests for GP authorisation.
• Reconcile medicines and review discharge summaries and outpatient correspondence.
• Support repeat prescribing management and processing.
• Carry out structured medication reviews and monitor high‑risk medicines.
• Hold long term condition clinics as an independent prescriber.
• Identify prescribing issues and ensure compliance with guidelines.
• Advise staff and respond to patient queries on medicines.
• Support prescribing audits, quality improvement and cost‑effective prescribing.
• Liaise with community pharmacies, care homes and hospital pharmacy.
• Lead on repeat dispensing and safe prescribing systems.
• Provide medicines education for clinical staff and GP registrars.
• Contribute to QOF, PCN DES services and CQC monitoring searches.

Connaissances

Medicines optimisation

Clinical knowledge

Communication skills

Teamwork

Formation

Independent prescriber qualification

Outils

EMIS Web

Description du poste

Hetton Group Practice is recruiting a clinical pharmacist to a newly created post within its primary care team. The role centres on medicines optimisation, including reviewing acute requests, hospital discharge summaries and medicines reconciliation, and running structured medication reviews. The post suits an independent prescriber who will hold long term condition clinics, support the practice pharmacy team and work across the primary care network. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council and an independent prescriber qualification are required.

What the job involves

• Review acute and previously prescribed medication requests for GP authorisation
• Reconcile medicines and review hospital discharge summaries and outpatient correspondence after admission and discharge
• Support repeat prescribing management and processing
• Carry out structured medication reviews and monitor patients on high-risk medicines
• Hold long term condition clinics as an independent prescriber, reviewing multiple conditions at each visit
• Identify prescribing issues, act on drug safety alerts and ensure compliance with local and national guidelines
• Give medicines advice to clinical and non-clinical staff and respond to patient queries
• Support prescribing audits, quality improvement and cost-effective prescribing initiatives
• Liaise with community pharmacies, care homes, hospital pharmacy and other healthcare professionals
• Lead on repeat dispensing and safe prescribing systems, and support pharmacy technicians
• Provide medicines education for clinical staff, medical students and GP registrars
• Contribute to QOF, PCN DES services and CQC monitoring searches

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of relevant professional and educational qualifications
• Independent prescriber qualification
• Commitment to continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Experience working as a registered pharmacist
• Experience carrying out structured medication reviews
• Experience of medicines reconciliation and hospital discharge processing
• Previous experience in General Practice or primary care

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent understanding of medicines optimisation principles
• Sound clinical knowledge and understanding of safe prescribing
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Strong organisational and IT skills

Nice to have

• Familiarity with EMIS Web
• Experience of clinical audit and quality improvement projects
• Experience of leadership within general practice pharmacy
• Additional postgraduate qualifications relevant to primary care

What’s offered

• Supportive learning environment and professional development opportunities
• Encouragement to develop specialist interests and undertake further training
• Support to progress within a career in the practice