Medicine Management Pharmacist

Lancaster Medical Practice; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a new member for its multidisciplinary team. The role involves managing patient care and medication queries, conducting clinical reviews, and collaborating with pharmacists. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing polypharmacy and supporting healthcare staff. This position emphasizes patient-centered care and offers a progressive workplace environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex polypharmacy.
• Ability to provide clinical medicines advice.
• Proven skills in supporting a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face clinical reviews with patients.
• Support general practice staff with prescription queries.
• Assist with clinical medication reviews.

Skills

Management of common/minor ailments

Telephone medicines support

Medicines quality improvement

Public health

Job description

Overview

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, with their time split between face‑to‑face clinical reviews with patients and desk‑based activities according to the needs of the practice (e.g. prescription management, prescribing safety, clinical audit, local incentive scheme support, medicines reconciliation). The post holder will act within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role, they will be supported by a Lead Pharmacist who will develop, manage and mentor them. As part of a multi‑disciplinary team the post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy. The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription 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 patient in the GP practice(s).

Key responsibilities

• Management of common/minor/self‑limiting ailments
• Telephone medicines support
• Medicine information to practice staff and patients
• Management of medicines at discharge from hospital
• Signposting
• Repeat prescribing
• Risk stratification
• Service development
• Information management
• Medicines quality improvement
• Medicines safety
• Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations
• Care Quality Commission
• Public health

About Lancaster Medical Practice

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at‑scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018. We deliver our services from seven locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient‑centred General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organisation with a wide variety of clinical and non‑clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients. LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Safeguarding and DBS

All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact during their work.