PCN Prescribing Pharmacist - East Surrey Division

NHS; Tandridge; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a dedicated Prescribing Pharmacist in Tandridge, UK. You will deliver a high-quality, patient-centered pharmacy service and provide targeted medication reviews. The role requires innovation and flexibility, with a focus on improving healthcare services in Primary Care. Competitive salary and numerous employee benefits are included.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Minimum 27 days annual leave

Employee discounts and benefits

Wellbeing support

Education and career pathways

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist with an Independent Prescribing Qualification.
• Experience in a healthcare setting as a Pharmacist.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, patient-centered pharmacy service.
• Provide targeted medication reviews to ensure safe treatments.
• Work collaboratively with ARRS pharmacists and pharmacy techs.

Skills

In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Ability to communicate complex information

Education

Qualifications for Pharmacist Independent Prescribing

Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Modality Partnership East Surrey Division has a full-time vacancy for a Prescribing Pharmacist at both Birchwood and Townhill. The postholder will be a high-performing Prescribing Pharmacist delivering a high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy service and providing targeted medication reviews to ensure safe, optimum and cost-effective treatmentsfor Modality East Surrey Medical Practice and the wider Partnership. The postholder will liaise with ARRS pharmacists and pharmacy techs to ensure that any project work delivered by their team is aligned with the practice's needs. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Salary for this role is £47,158 - £52,000 per annum WTE depending on experience.

This job is suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working in an agile manner, implementing solutions, delivering key organisational priorities and who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.

As an employee with us you can benefit from

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathways

Enhanced Family friendly policies

Wellbeing support and initiative

If you are interested in learning more, please read on.

Main duties of the job

The role is an all-rounded, hands-on Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist role; the postholder will need to confidently evidence and utilise key skills such as effective communication, and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. The postholder will work in collaboration with the practice and the National Modality Business Support Team to deliver innovative ways of working to meet the strategic aims of the organisation.

The role is not your regular 9am-5pm job and is not a pure pharmacist patient facing role; the job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks are completed.

About us

Modality EastSurrey Medical Practice is part of the wider Modality Partnership,one of the UKs largest GP super-partnerships, caring for over470,000patients with more than1,500 colleagues nationwide.

Locally, ourEast Surrey division brings together three sites, serving a combined listof39,000 patients with the support of a strong leadership teamof14 GP partners. We are proud of our established clinical pharmacyteam already comprising of our pharmacists and two techniciansand we are continuing to grow our workforce to meet the needs of our patients.

We combinethe best of both worlds:

The personal,community focus of a local practice.

The strength,resilience, and innovation of a national partnership network.

What weoffer:

Athriving, multi-disciplinary team where your skills and ideas will shape thefuture of primary care.

Opportunitiesto learn, grow, and progress with access to national trainingpathways and shared expertise across Modality.

Asupportive working environment, with flexible working, generous NHSpension, wellbeing support, and career development opportunities.

At ModalityEast Surrey, you wont just be filling a role you will be joining a teamthat is ambitious, innovative, and committed to making a difference forpatients, colleagues, and the NHS.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you have a passion for integrating clinical pharmacy skills into primary care, and you are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement.

If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Pre-employment

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist PgCert Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Qualification or equivalent.
• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• PgCert Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Qualification or equivalent.
• Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Non-medical prescriber.

Skills

• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
• An understanding of general practice and challenges they currently face.
• An understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.

Experience

• Relevant experience in a healthcare setting as a Pharmacist Relevant experience as a Pharmacist Prescribe.
• Experience in a broad range of healthcare settings including management and clinical pharmacy activities.
• Experience of audit, service evaluation and development.
• Validated experience in clinical specialism.
• Experience of collaborative working in multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience of operational management (even if only of an element of a service or when deputising).

Knowledge

• Up to date clinical knowledge of pharmaceutical practice and specialist area.
• Excellent written and verbal skills with ability to communicate complex information to patients and colleagues.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Have the ability to work and travel across various settings within a geographical area to meet the requirements of the post.

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.

£47,158 to £52,000 a yearPer Annum WTE, depending on experience