Clinical Pharmacist - Dryland Surgery

The Methodist Church in Britain; Kettering; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Dryland Surgery in Kettering is seeking a clinical pharmacist to join the multidisciplinary team. The post focuses on patient-facing clinical assessment, structured medication reviews, and long-term condition clinics as part of integrated care in a general practice.

As an independent prescriber (or trainee), you will cover care home and housebound visits, telephone triage, and out-of-hours work, with involvement in medicines safety and cost-saving initiatives. GPhC registration is required.

Qualifications

• Mmasters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Hold structured face-to-face medication reviews and long-term condition clinics for multimorbidity.
• Manage own caseload and oversee team caseloads, including care home residents.
• Manage repeat prescribing reauthorisation and review dates.
• Reconcile medicines on hospital discharge with follow-up tests.
• Carry out care home medication reviews and liaise with staff.
• Perform domiciliary medication reviews and attend multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Identify high-risk patient cohorts using risk stratification tools.
• Telephone triage and refer patients to appropriate clinicians.
• Provide out-of-hours, on-call and extended-service consultations.
• Lead medicines safety, quality improvement and audits.
• Monitor prescribing against local formulary and support NICE-based services.
• Provide medicines information and training to colleagues.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Communication skills

IT skills

Rational prescribing

Team collaboration

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Independent prescriber qualification

Immunisation status

Job description

Clinical pharmacist post with Kettering & South West Rural Primary Care Network, working in the multidisciplinary team at Dryland Surgery, a general practice. The core is patient-facing clinical assessment, structured medication reviews, long-term condition clinics and repeat prescribing. As an independent prescriber, the post also covers care home and housebound visits, telephone triage and out-of-hours work. Applicants need GPhC registration, independent prescribing or working towards it, and three years' post-graduate experience.

What the job involves

• Hold structured face-to-face medication reviews and long-term condition clinics for patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy, making prescribing changes as an independent prescriber
• Manage own caseload and oversee team caseloads, including care home residents and housebound patients at risk of admission
• Manage repeat prescribing reauthorisation, reviewing requests and medicines reaching review dates, and booking monitoring
• Reconcile medicines on discharge from hospital or intermediate care, with post-discharge care plans and follow-up tests
• Carry out care home medication reviews and work with care home staff on medicines ordering and administration
• Perform domiciliary medication reviews, attend multidisciplinary case conferences and formulate care plans
• Identify high-risk patient cohorts through computer searches and risk stratification tools, including risk of unplanned admission
• Telephone triage, referring patients to appropriate clinicians or services, and managing common, minor and self-limiting ailments
• Provide out-of-hours, on-call and extended-service consultations, face to face and by telephone
• Lead medicines safety and quality improvement, clinical audit and QOF prescribing safety work, including acting on MHRA alerts and guidance
• Monitor prescribing against the local RAG list and practice formulary, and support ICB cost-saving and new NICE-based services
• Give medicines information, education and training to colleagues, analyse medicines data, and support public health campaigns and CQC medicines compliance

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Independent prescriber qualification, or currently working towards one
• Immunisation status

Registration & licences

• Mandatory General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years post-graduate pharmacy experience, shown in a practice portfolio
• Experience of obtaining, analysing and communicating complex information to varied audiences, and of implementing common systems across teams

Skills & knowledge

• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge, with understanding of evidence-based healthcare
• Understanding of general practice, primary care prescribing and rational prescribing
• Excellent written and verbal communication with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and web-based database systems
• Knowledge of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, including confidentiality, safeguarding and information governance

Checks & eligibility

• DBS reference standards met and a clear criminal record under the law on spent convictions

Other

• Willingness to work flexible hours when required
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality, including home visits
• Ability to lead, train and manage staff

Nice to have

• Royal Pharmaceutical Society membership, or working towards Faculty membership
• Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA) membership
• Medicine Management qualification
• Minor Ailments Certificate
• Post-graduate specialist diploma or equivalent training
• Information Governance Toolkit completion
• Basic Life Support training
• Understanding of the implications of working within a newly developing service