PCN Pharmacist

Primary Care Careers; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ipswich is seeking a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist to join their multi-disciplinary team. The role includes assessing and treating patients, providing specialist medicine expertise, and contributing to public health campaigns. This position offers a permanent contract, competitive salary, NHS pension membership, and opportunities for training and professional development.

Benefits

Permanent employment contract

Competitive salary with increments

Membership of the NHS pension

Support for professional development

Excellent training opportunities

27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assessing and treating patients.
• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines.
• Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice.
• Leading on person-centred medicines optimisation.
• Contributing to public health campaigns.
• Processing specialist treatment letters.
• Supporting practice dispensary.
• Processing hospital medication discharge letters.
• Being a key contact for medication-related queries.
• Supporting improvements in clinical care.

Job description

Overview

North East Ipswich PCN is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practices, to play a full and active role as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team. Full-time or part-time will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas.


• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (i.e. side-effects, dosage) across the practice.


• Providing pharmaceutical medication review, and health education advice, to patients at the designated practices by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice.


• Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.


• Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes.


• Processing specialist treatment letters.


• Supporting practice dispensary.


• Processing hospital medication discharge letters.


• Acting as a key contact in the practice, for all medication related queries.


• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change.

Benefits

• Genuine responsibility from day one.


• Work with a strong social purpose.


• A permanent employment contract.


• A competitive salary with increments based on professional development.


• Membership of the NHS pension.


• Support to guide your personal and professional development.


• Excellent training and development opportunities.


• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata), increasing with continual years of NHS service.