Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Larwood Health Partnership; Worksop; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Worksop is seeking an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to provide clinical leadership and mentorship to the pharmacy team. The role involves developing pharmacy policies, conducting patient consultations, and managing complex medication needs. A degree in Pharmacy and independent prescribing qualification are required, along with strong leadership experience. Join a supportive practice focused on innovative healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years post graduate experience in pharmacy.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Proven track record of competence.
• Experience of tutoring pre-registration pharmacists.
• 2 years experience in a GP Practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Pharmacy team.
• Ensure safe, effective, and efficient medicines management.
• Undertake clinical medication reviews.
• Provide pharmacy advice and guidance.

Skills

Clinical audit

Team leadership

Patient consultations

Time management

SystmOne

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy

Prescribing Qualification

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Leadership module or qualification

Job description

Pharmacists are an essentialpart of the current and future NHS workforce and as such an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experiencedClinical Pharmacist to join our supportive and forward thinking Practice.

As LeadPharmacist you will offer clinical leadership to the existing Pharmacists andmentorship to the Pharmacy team and Pharmacy Technicians. You will beinstrumental in tailoring the design and delivery of pharmacy interventions andpolicies that address Practice and Bassetlaw wider health and care prioritiesand ensuring that the medicines management processes within the practice areoptimised to achieve effective, safe, and patient centredprescribing. You will hold an independent prescribing qualificationand will undertake patient consultations as appropriate with areas ofresponsibility that include chronic disease management, patients with complexpolypharmacy and patients with multiple long-term conditions.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the roleare:

• To lead and develop the Pharmacy team
• To ensure safe, effective, and efficient medicines management processes are in place
• To undertake a patient facing role andundertaking clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients withcomplex polypharmacy
• To provide pharmacy advice and guidance

About us

Larwood Health Partnership is aforward thinking, supportive Practice that embraces new ideas and innovationwith the aim of producing better patient outcomes and efficient ways ofworking. Larwood Health Partnership has 4 sites. Jointly there is a listsize of over 35,000 patients.

We are very proud of ourCQC Outstanding rating. We have a strong focus on professionaldevelopment as well as patient care.

• 2 Practice Paramedics
• 3 Practice Pharmacists, 1 Senior PharmacyTechnician and 2 Pharmacy Technicians
• Experienced Management Team (including Practice,Business, HR, Estates and Nursing)
• Experienced Nursing and Clinical PractitionerTeam
• Experienced administrative team
• Social Prescribers and Care Coordinators
• Excellent integration with community nurses andthe voluntary sector
• SystmOne GP Practice

Person Specification

Experience

• 5 years post graduate experience in pharmacy
• Experience of leading a team
• Evidence of clinical audit, service improvement and
• implementation of procedures and protocols
• Ability to undertake autonomous practice
• Ability to make appropriate referrals for further
• management
• Good time management with excellent
• organisational skills
• Able to work within a team and take instruction
• as required
• Proven track record of competence.
• Teaching experience.
• Experience of tutoring pre-registration pharmacists
• 2 years experience in a GP Practice
• Experience of SystmOne

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy
• Prescribing Qualification
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Leadership module or qualification

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.