LOCUM Clinical Pharmacist fixed term

NHS; Woking; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Woking is seeking an experienced Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner to join their team. The role involves patient-facing clinical practice, chronic disease management, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. You will provide on-the-day appointments, manage patient medications, and ensure proper referrals for investigations. Ideal candidates will have independent prescribing qualifications and strong clinical assessment skills.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Excellent nursing and administrative support

Qualifications

• Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner with independent prescribing qualification.
• Ability to evaluate treatments and provide patient care in a primary care setting.
• Commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-day appointments and medicines management.
• Triage patient needs and make necessary referrals.
• Work autonomously to diagnose and treat minor illnesses.

Skills

Patient facing clinical practice

Independent prescribing qualification

Clinical assessment skills

Chronic disease management

Job description

Southview Surgery is further expanding our clinical team and arelooking for a professional, motivated, experienced clinical Pharmacistpractitioner to join our team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will utilise their patient facingclinical practice and independent prescribing qualification to work alongsideour established clinical team to support our medicines management agenda managepatients with chronic disease and develop their skills in seeing and treatingpatients as part of our multidisciplinary team.

Dutieswill include the ability to evaluate treatment/interventions and provide carefor patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using clinicalassessment skills in the Primary Care setting, working as part of ourmultidisciplinary duty team as well as assisting with long term conditionclinics and medicines management for the practice.

About us

We are a well-established, high performing family practice that is motivated, supportive and forward thinking, we have excellent nursing and administrative support.

More about us:

Emis web system

High QOF achieving practice

CQC top Band 6

Central Woking Practice with branch in Westfield, Woking

6 partners (4.75 WTE)

Job responsibilities

This is an additional clinical pharmacist post within thepractice and we are seeking an experienced Clinical Pharmacist Practitionerwith sufficient skills, enthusiasm and commitment to fulfil and develop therole within our practice team.

Youwill work autonomously with an extended role (within own competency) providinga combination of on the day appointments, alongside medicines management,chronic disease management and pharmaceutical advice to the practicepopulation.

Youwill be responsible for seeing and advising patients in respect of theircontinuing medical and Pharmaceutical needs and developing your skills to seeand treat patients who wish to be seen on the day by a health careprofessional; initially diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minorillness. The Pharmacist practitioner will need to prioritise and triage theneeds of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigationsin the appropriate manner. Patients with problems needing referral to secondarycare will be discussed with a GP before making a referral.

Person Specification

Experience

• The post-holder will:
• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Participate in audit where appropriate
• Have an awareness of Infection Control procedures and policies and CQC national guidelines
• Duties will include the ability to evaluate treatment/interventions and provide care for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using clinical assessment skills in the Primary Care setting, working as part of our multidisciplinary duty team as well as assisting with long term condition clinics and medicines management for the practice.

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.