Pharmacist

Primary Care Careers; Rowhedge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Rowhedge is seeking an experienced clinical pharmacist for a part-time role, two days a week, focusing on medication management, providing health education, and supporting public health initiatives. The ideal candidate should have pharmacy qualifications and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. This position offers the opportunity to be part of a collaborative practice aimed at improving patient care across a diverse patient demographic.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Ability to provide health education advice and manage medication queries.
• Experience in running clinics relevant to medications and conducting health checks.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines.
• Manage repeat prescribing reauthorisation process.
• Support public health campaigns and conduct audits.

Skills

Pharmaceutical expertise

Patient relationship management

Clinical audit knowledge

Education

Degree in pharmacy

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Rowhedge & University of Essex Medical Practice has an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join their growing team. The role is part-time, two days per week, Thursdays and Fridays.

Main duties of the job

• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);
• Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
• Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
• Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;
• Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics;
• Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks, as well as other tasks, as required, on completion of appropriate training;
• Conducting care-planning, including: mental health, admission avoidance schemes and end-of-life patients.
• Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework;
• Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients;
• Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists;
• Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;

About us

The Colte Partnership is a GP super-partnership, formed in June 2017. It brought together 8 local GP surgeries across Colchester and Tendring, serving approx. 80,000 patients. With the combined workforce, skills and knowledge, we are in a unique position to assist our patients across the county.

As well as General Practice, we offer Extended Access appointments to enable all of our patients to access medical care at evening and weekends; we work collaboratively with external agencies to provide in home services and Social Prescribing; we are working to be at the forefront of Clinical Research; and have many more exciting ventures on the horizon.

There is a wide socio-economic and demographic served within this area which will provide an interesting and varied case mix. You will be joining an enthusiastic team of clinicians and administrators. You will be well supported with on-going professional development (training support, CPD and peer support). The role will contribute to the improving quality of care of our patients across the network of practices.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

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.

Rowhedge & University of Essex Medical Practice