Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; Rickmansworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the New Road Surgery as a Clinical Pharmacist, providing high-quality patient care and medicines management as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This role includes undertaking clinical medication reviews, supporting GPs, and driving quality improvement in medication practices. Ideal candidates will have experience in a GP practice, with the opportunity for newly qualified pharmacists.

Qualifications

• Experience of 1-2 years working in a GP practice preferred.
• Exceptional newly qualified candidates may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy.
• Provide support to practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries.
• Lead on medicines management and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Patient care

Medicines management

Education

Qualified Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Thisis an exciting opportunity to join the New Road Surgery team as a ClinicalPharmacist. The Clinical Pharmacist will join our pharmacy team,working with GPs and assisting them to provide high-quality, integrated patientcare.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ideally be anexperienced pharmacist, who will act within their professional boundaries,supporting and working with the practices to ensure safe, effective and qualitymedicines management and quality care to patients.

About us

NewRoad Surgery is a friendly, patient centred, training practice led by fourdoctors in partnership serving over 14,000 patients in Croxley Green, Sarrattand the surrounding area.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will undertake clinical medication reviews toproactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for olderpeople, people in residential care homes and those with multipleco-morbidities. The clinical pharmacist will be clinically managed by theprescribing leads at each practice.

The Clinical Pharmacist willwork as part of a multi-disciplinary team and part of the role will bepatient facing as required and decided by the individual practices.

The Clinical Pharmacist will provide primary support to generalpractice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They willhelp support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescriptionrequests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems forsafer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice whileaddressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practicesincluding care homes.

The Clinical Pharmacist willprovide clinical leadership on medicines management and optimisation, qualityimprovement and meeting guidelines and targets set by the local and directenhanced services and the quality outcome framework.

Please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Applications are welcome from qualified Clinical Pharmacists with ideally at least one to two years experience of working in a GP practice. Exceptional candidates who are newly qualified will also be considered for this role.
• Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

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.

Depending on experienceWe offer a competitive salary package.