Pharmacist

Connect Healthcare Rotherham; Thorne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Thorne, England, is seeking a dedicated professional to manage chronic disease patients and conduct clinical medication reviews. The role involves collaborating with GP practices and pharmacy to enhance patient care, manage workloads, and improve service quality. Ideal candidates will have experience in chronic disease management and a passion for delivering excellent healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing chronic disease patients.
• Ability to conduct clinical medication reviews for complex cases.
• Good understanding of prescription systems and medicines reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Support community and hospital pharmacy integration.
• Manage acute prescription requests efficiently.
• Provide excellent service to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Clinical medication reviews

Medicines reconciliation

Clinical medicines advice

Job description

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

Provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. Support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice(s).

Support the practice integrate with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

The employer for this vacancy will be Connect Healthcare Rotherham Community Interest Company (CIC) is a federation of 28 GP practices in Rotherham. The organisation is led by a Board of representatives from general practice in the Borough, with executive leadership from a Medical Director on a part-time basis. However this post will be on behalf of and working with Doncaster East PCN.

Our Vision

We are a GP-led organisation and aim to provide services for direct patient care and to support GP practices. We will be a patient-centred, working collaboratively across general practice and with partners to provide high-quality services, positive working experiences for our staff, and to secure the sustainability of general practice in Rotherham.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natasha White Job title: Practice Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01405812121