Clinical Pharmacist

South Warwickshire GP Federation; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to improve patient care by optimising medicines management within the Stratford Central Primary Care Network. This role involves switching medications according to protocols, developing pharmacy-led services, and enhancing prescribing processes in Primary Care. Ideal candidates will have extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation, a valid GPHC membership, and at least 3 years of experience in primary care. A driving license is essential for practice travel.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Vivup Employee Assistance Programme

Bike2work Scheme

Access to the Blue Light card

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in primary care or CPPE qualified.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Membership of GPHC required.

Responsibilities

• Help patients get the best from their medicines by switching medications.
• Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice.
• Deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation.

Skills

Experience in primary care

Consultation skills

Knowledge of medicines optimisation

Understanding of primary care

IP Qualification

Education

Post graduate diploma or equivalent experience

GPHC membership

Job description

Clinical Pharmacist - Stratford Central Primary Care Network

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Job type: Maternity Cover, 12 month fixed term contract

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location:The successful candidate will be required to travel between/or based at Stratford Central PCN Practices.Due to the geography and nature of the role aclean UK driving license and full use of car is essential.

Stratford Central PCN are looking to recruit Clinical Pharmacists who are passionate for delivering a quality service to their patients. The Clinical Pharmacist role supports to improve patients health outcomes and of the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise, including face to face. Clinical Pharmacist proactively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues to improve patients care safety and free up clinical staff to spend more time on clinical care.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the jobThe post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using extensive experience and in-depth knowledge to be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patients
• To deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring practice remains up to date
• To lead and promote, support and facilitate medicines optimisation for specialist area in the wider medicines agenda ensuring best value, reduced harm and improved outcomes.
• To lead and deliver evaluation and audit of service delivery for specialist area in order to ensure a high-quality service and to further develop provision.
• To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base.

About us

SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care.

o 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

o Vivup Employee Assistance Programme

o Bike2work Scheme

o Access to the Blue Light card

The Stratford Central PCN consists of the following practices.

Rother House Medical Centre and Bridge House Medical Centre

Job responsibilities

The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 3yrs experience in primary Care or CPPE qualified
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
• Member of GPHC.
• Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicines optimisation services.
• Considers most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery; can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
• Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care.
• Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand.
• Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary.
• Good understanding of primary care.
• IP Qualified

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.