Clinical Pharmacist

DMC Healthcare; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

DMC Healthcare is seeking an enthusiastic pharmacist to join their primary care team in London. The role involves providing expert pharmaceutical care, managing patient medications, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes. Candidates should possess a Master's degree in pharmacy and be GPhC registered. The position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for clinical development.

Qualifications

• GPhC Registered and Independent Prescriber required.
• Previous experience in general practice is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert pharmaceutical care and manage patient medications.
• Support general practice staff with prescription queries and medicines reconciliation.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Clinical Knowledge

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy

B.Sc. or BPharm

Tools

Emis Web

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Description

Passionate about contributing to DMC's service development across our primary care team and more widely across the organisation, enabling you to be involved in the decisions that affect our care delivery. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our team and develop our services. You should be a keen learner, passionate about your clinical development, and able to communicate well at all levels.

The remuneration for this role is £55,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience.

The role

As a clinical pharmacist, your role is of paramount importance in providing expert pharmaceutical care to achieve clinical excellence and improved patient outcomes. In collaboration with a team of healthcare professionals, your primary responsibility is to ensure the safe and effective use of medications.

We are looking for pharmacists who are proactive, self-motivated, with a positive attitude for building good relationships.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.

Proactively manage patients with co-morbidities.

Provide support to general practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries. Support the repeat prescriptions 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 patients in GP practices.

Provide leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Partake in clinical triage and management of the GP practices' appointment book.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by practice policy and local and national guidance.
• Develop and manage the medicines management team, including delivery of training, to maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve patient care quality.
• Attend allocated site visits punctually to meet contractual obligations.
• Perform audits, including prescription chart screening for clinical appropriateness.
• Communicate effectively with patients, their families, and all relevant staff, while becoming familiar with the site's relevant policies and procedures.
• Undertake medicines management audits on-site to ensure regulatory requirements are met.
• Work with multiple tools and software provided by the ICB and optimise digital utilisation.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to provide specialist information and advice, ensuring services are patient-centred and meet the needs of patients and stakeholders.
• Provide clinical training seminars to healthcare professionals.
• Be involved in driving change, supporting policy reviews and updates where appropriate.
• Maintain registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council and act in accordance with the code of ethics.

Essential Skills

• Masters degree in pharmacy, MPharm, B.Sc., or BPharm or equivalent at the time of qualification.
• GPhC Registered.
• Independent Prescriber.
• Knowledge of GPhC Codes of Conduct, Ethics, and Performance and their implications for practice.
• Knowledge of the Care Standards Act and CQC requirements.
• Ability to work independently, plan, and manage time effectively.
• Excellent attention to detail, including proofreading skills, with the ability to maintain high accuracy.
• Commitment to learning and developing clinical knowledge.
• Previous experience working in general practice.
• Experience navigating and working on Emis Web.
• Basic IT skills in Microsoft programmes (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (literacy and maths test may be required at interview if English is not your first language).
• Aspiration to achieve clinical excellence.