Clinical Pharmacist

HavensHealth; Peacehaven; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Peacehaven is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to lead a team of Pharmacy Technicians. The role involves supervising medication reviews, ensuring safe prescribing practices, and collaborating with GPs and nurses to enhance patient care. Ideal candidates will have prior experience in a clinical setting and possess an independent prescribing qualification. This position promotes professional development within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience required.
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge necessary.
• Experience in leadership and management of clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Pharmacy Technician team.
• Oversee the structured medication review process.
• Provide clinical leadership for the medicines reconciliation process.

Skills

Self-Motivation

Excellent communication skills

IT literacy

Leadership

Change management

Education

Independent prescriber qualification

Post-graduate diploma

Job description

Are you a Clinical Pharmacist looking to make a real difference ina supportive, forward-thinking practice?

We have a highly skilled and well-led team of five Pharmacy Technicianswho work under the supervision of Dr Irma Murjikneli. Dr Murjikneli is anexperienced GP who has worked for many years on the Area Prescribing Committee.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a full-time independent Prescribing Pharmacistwith experience of working in a clinical (ideally Primary Care) setting. Theideal candidate will be self-motivated, highly IT-literate, and have experiencein the leadership of a group of clinicians. Knowledge of change managementwould be advantageous.

The new role will lead the Technicians team through atransformation in which the Pharmacy Team takes responsibility for themanagement of Chronic Disease.

This role offers the chance to develop your clinical skills,contribute to innovative patient pathways, and work closely with our GPs, PharmacyTechnicians, Nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

If you're motivated,patient-centred, and keen to be part of a surgery that values professionaldevelopment and teamwork, we would love to hear from you.

About us

Havens Health Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our growing team. We serve a diverse patient population of approximately 20,000 patients in Peacehaven (5 miles from Brighton) and pride ourselves on collaborative working, high-quality care, and a friendly, inclusive working environment. We are located in excellent purpose-built premises.

Job responsibilities

Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility

Supervision, Developmentand Leadership of the Pharmacy Technician Team

RepeatPrescribing

• Oversee and maintain the practice repeat prescribing policy,ensuring safe, efficient and evidence-based processes. Utilise and comply withresources such as Sussex Formulary and NICE CKS.

StructuredMedication Reviews (SMR)

• Lead and continually improve the structured medication reviewprocess.
• Undertake complex medication reviews (face-to-face, telephone orhome visit), focusing on frailty, polypharmacy, high-risk anddependence-forming medicines, and de-prescribing where appropriate.

MedicinesReconciliation and Continuity of Care

• Provide clinical leadership for the medicines reconciliationprocess and supervise the pharmacy technician team in completing dischargesummaries, clinic letters and care-home admissions (new patient medicationrequests).
• Identify and resolve medicine discrepancies, ensuring safetransfer of care and accurate prescribing following hospital discharge orattendance.
• Ensure processes are in place to maintain continuity of medicinessupply for high-risk and vulnerable patients (e.g., care-home residents orthose using compliance aids such as blister packs).

MedicinesSupport and Clinical Advice

• Act as point of escalation for medicine-related queries frompharmacy technicians, clinical staff, and patients.
• Lead on MOIS, analysing prescribing data and implementing actionsto achieve quality and financial targets.

SafePrescribing & Governance (including MHRA alerts)

• Lead on safe prescribing, including monitoring requirements forhigh-risk medicines and the de-prescribing of inappropriate ordependence-forming medicines.
• Receive and implement MHRA alerts, product withdrawals andguidance from national and local sources.
• Lead prescribing audits, present findings, and implementimprovements with the practice team. Work closely with the clinical andpharmacy technician teams to deliver required clinical audits.

ServiceDevelopment

• Provide pharmaceutical expertise in the development andimplementation of new services, including clinical pathways and patientinformation resources.

InformationManagement

• Analyse, interpret and present prescribing data to highlightrisks, trends and improvement opportunities.
• Working closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technician in the Leadershipand Management of the Pharmacy Technician Team, for example appraisals, rotasand other HR functions

Chronic Disease Management

Long-TermCondition (LTC) Clinics

• Lead and support LTC clinics aligned with QOF and Locally CommissionedService requirements. Priority will be given to the areas where further servicedevelopment is needed in the surgery.
• Work collaboratively with GP Leads aswell as Specialist Nurses(e.g., Diabetes, Asthma, Hypertension) and develop the Pharmacy Technician rolewithin LTC management.
• Work collaboratively with the wider practice team, communitypharmacies, PCN teams and neighbourhood practices to ensure safe and efficientpatient care.
• Ensure prescribing follows theICS formulary and local shared-care/ NICE guidance.
• Make recommendations to GPs regarding red / amber drugs and OTCprescribing.
• Provide education and training to clinical and Pharmacy Technicianteams on medicines optimisation, prescribing guidance, and safety.
• Support public health campaigns and provide expert advice relatingto medicines and public health programmes if needed.
• Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the organisationand their role to patient care
• Demonstrate use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operationof relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, andother professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICSS)
• Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team
• Be able to recognise personal limitations and refer to moreappropriate colleague(s) when necessary
• Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective workingrelationships both within and outside the practice, network and locality
• Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality
• Explore and take the potential for collaborative working and takesopportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships
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• Demonstrate ability to integrate generalpractice with community and hospital pharmacy teams
• Liaise with ICSS colleagues includingICSPharmacists, Technicians and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation onprescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care.
• Liaise with other stakeholders as neededfor the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to:
• o GP, nurses and other practice staff
• o Other healthcare professionals including CCGpharmacists, pharmacy technicians, optometrists, dentists, health and socialcare teams and dieticians etc.
• o Locality / GP prescribing lead
• o Community nurses and other allied health professionals
• o Community and hospital pharmacy teams
• o Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribingand medicines optimisation

Person Specification

Other

• - Self-Motivation
• - Adaptable
• - In date DBS (we will request our own one also)
• - Safeguarding adult and children level three
• - Full Driving License
• - Information Governance toolkit completion
• - Immunisation status
• - Basic life support training

Qualifications

• - Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
• - Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience

Experience

• - Minimum of 2 years post- qualification experience.
• - In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
• - An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practices
• - An appreciation of the nature of Primary Care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• - Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• - Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
• - Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimization issues in core areas for long term conditions
• - Has a history of proactive use of IT to streamline workload - Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• - Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• - Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• - Produce timely and informative reports
• - Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• - Work effectively independently and as a team member
• - Demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Professional Registration

• - Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• - Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council

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 named CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.