Pharmacist

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A city-based medical practice in Leicester is seeking a Pharmacist to lead in medication management and improve patient care. The role requires GPhC registration and experience in primary care. Responsibilities include providing medication advice, conducting health checks, and reviewing prescriptions to ensure patient safety. The practice offers competitive pay, flexible scheduling, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible schedule

NHS pension

Annual leave

Opportunities for mentoring and development

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC and holds or is working towards an independent prescribing qualification.
• Completed an approved training pathway in primary care.

Responsibilities

• Provide medication advice and conduct health checks.
• Manage medication changes for hospital discharges.
• Improve prescription processes and ensure patient safety.

Skills

Experience in primary care

Patient consultation

Medication review

Cost-effective prescribing

Education

GPhC registered pharmacist

GPhC independent prescribing qualification

Job description

Oakmeadow Surgery (Glenfield, Leicester) is a city-basedpractice, with 8,500 patients and 4 partners.

We are currently looking to expand our clinical team torecruit a Pharmacist who can help lead our organisation into the future.

We offer:

Flexible schedule, usually 4-5 days a week.

Very competitive pay £22-26 per hour (dependent onexperience in GP)

NHS pension and annual leave included.

Opportunities for close mentoring, leadership, learningand development

Main duties of the job

As a clinical pharmacist you will be working closely with our practice team to provide medication advice, conduct health checks, manage medicationchanges for hospital discharges, and review and improve prescription processes.

Your role is pivotal to improve patients quality ofcare and ensuring patient safety. You will be responsible for managing patientswith chronicdiseases and undertaking clinical medication reviews to proactivelymanage people with complex polypharmacy.

About us

We employ a host of highly skilled staffincluding pharmacists, pre-reg pharmacists, nurses, HCAs and other roles. Weare a training practice and support medical students and GP resident doctors.

We are an extremely supportive andstrong team. We pride ourselves on working smarter, being innovative and beinghigh achieving (in terms of QOF, IIF and DES).

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• Act as the point of contact for all medicine related matters
• To provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home
• Reconciliation of medications from correspondence
• To manage the practices drug monitoring systems and the recall of patients taking high risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, DMARDs, shared cares etc
• To receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff
• To consult with patients within defined levels of competence
• Be a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team
• Undertaking the care management of patients with long-term conditions
• Undertake medication reviews including patients with complex polypharmacy and multiple co-morbidities
• Contribute to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
• Take a central role in clinical research
• To assist in the weekly ward rounds for the practices care homes
• Reviewing medications for newly registered patients
• To improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication
• To encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation
• To implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing system
• To review the latest guidance, ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC etc.
• To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in primary care

Qualifications

• GPhC registered pharmacist
• Hold or be working towards an GPhC independent prescribing qualification
• The clinical pharmacist is enrolled in, or has qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips them to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE clinical pharmacist training pathways)

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.