Clinical Pharmacist

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

K2 Healthcare Ltd. is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our GP federation and contribute to medicines optimisation across a group of practices.

This patient-facing role involves clinical assessment and the use of specialist medicines knowledge to support older adults and patients with multiple long-term conditions. You will work with a multidisciplinary team, including Senior Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, to deliver high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Registration with GPhC or near completion of foundation training.
• Experience in medicines optimisation and polypharmacy reduction.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary primary care setting.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage repeat prescription authorisation and acute requests.
• Oversee transfer of care processes and medicines reconciliation.
• Provide clinical medicines advice within GP practices.
• Develop medicines optimisation initiatives across practices.
• Collaborate with pharmacists, technicians and GPs to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Polypharmacy management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

MPharm / BPharm degree

GPhC registration

Independent prescriber (IP) qualification

Tools

SystmOne

MS Office

Outlook

Job description

As a Clinical Pharmacist at K2 Healthcare Ltd, you will work with our established Clinical Pharmacist Team to develop and deliver medicines optimisation services within our group of GP Practices. This is an exciting opportunity to join our federation and collaborate with Senior Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians as part of a multidisciplinary team. This is a patient-facing role requiring clinical assessment and treatment using specialist medicines knowledge across specific disease areas. You will be registered with the GPhC or about to complete your foundation training in order to register as a Clinical Pharmacist with the GPhC. You may already be an independent prescriber or working towards this qualification. The role involves proactively supporting patients with complex polypharmacy, particularly older adults and those with multiple long-term conditions. You will have opportunities to develop clinical interests, enhance prescribing skills, and improve patient outcomes. Working across a small number of practices will allow you to build strong relationships within primary care teams. Responsibilities include managing repeat prescription authorisation, acute requests, transfer of care processes, and promoting safer prescribing systems. Ongoing professional development is supported through a clinical network, including up to 28 study days over the first 18 months. You will always work within a supported team environment, with mentoring and guidance provided. The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside the Pharmacist and Dispensary team in the Practice, who will help develop, manage and mentor them. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy. The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s). The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice. The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non medical prescriber if required.

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, Hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification.
• Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Completed CPPE Pathway, Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Efficient and reliable access to transport to travel between practices, Hold a Valid UK Driving Licence, Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Competent in the use of SystmOne, Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure, Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilise resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort, Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situationsCommitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilise resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

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.

K2 Healthcare is a GP Federation covering 16 practices. 10 are in Grantham and surrounding villages and 6 are in and around Sleaford. We cover 130,000+ patients across all sites. Please see our website for details about the practices we cover. We have a Pharmacy Team that consists of 3 Senior Clinical Pharmacists, 12 Clinical Pharmacists and 7 Pharmacy Technicians. Our Clinical Pharmacy Team are all at different stages of completing their CPPE / IP course and are happy to speak to you regards their experience with K2 Healthcare.