Pharmacist

Primary Care Careers; Leigh on Sea; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Leigh on Sea seeks a qualified clinical pharmacist to join its multi-disciplinary team on a part-time basis (20-23 hours per week). Responsibilities include assessing and treating patients, providing medication reviews, and ensuring optimal care for long-term conditions. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with a diverse healthcare team and must possess a pharmacy degree and relevant experience. Competitive benefits include NHS Pension Scheme and minimum 25 days annual leave.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Minimum 25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care, or community) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assess and treat patients with expert knowledge of medicines.
• Provide pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice.
• Monitor patients with complex, long-term conditions.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Medication review

Patient monitoring

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Pharmacy degree and GPhC registration

Post-qualification experience

Job description

The Pall Mall Surgery is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on apart-time basis for 20-23 hours per week on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Main duties of the job

• 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 (e.g. side-effects);
• Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
• Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;
• Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;
• Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results.
• Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need;
• Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored and complied with;
• Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication;
• Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients;
• Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care;
• Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists;
• Being part of a professional clinical network.

About us

The practice shares a wealth of experience from GPs, physician associates, nurse practitioners, frailty team, ECPs, nurses, associate practitioners, HCAs and our phlebotomists. We also have a large, knowledgeable administration team, who work closely with our clinical team providing excellent patient care, along with a dedicated and supportive work environment. We are inclusive of ideas, which makes working here enjoyable and fulfilling.

We operate a total triage system at the surgery, which enables us to make quick decisions about patient care and outcomes, ensuring the most appropriate appointment is given to each patient based on symptoms. We offer face-to-face (15-minute) appointments and telephone consultations (10 minutes).

We offer the NHS Pension Scheme andminimum 25 days FTE annual leave.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about thisrole, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
• Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
• Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
• Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
• Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
• Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
• Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
• Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
• Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
• Understand the need for patient confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
• Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this.

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.