Pharmacist

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a part-time professional to manage and promote the repeat dispensing service. This role involves ensuring patient safety through medication reconciliation, conducting clinical medication reviews, and implementing safety mechanisms. The ideal candidate will be a registered pharmacist with experience in GP primary care and an independent prescriber. This position supports patient care in a dynamic environment and is ideal for those who want to make impactful contributions to medication safety and patient health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Must be an independent prescriber.
• Experience in GP primary care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and promote the repeat dispensing service.
• Increase safety mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.
• Implement drug withdrawals and alerts.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews to reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing.
• Support patients for the best outcomes from their medicines.
• Ensure patient safety during transfers between care providers.

Skills

Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council

Independent prescriber

Experience in GP primary care

Job description

Permanent position, Part time 25 hours per week

Salary: depending on experience

Hours: 25hrs per week (part time)

Site: 32 Clifton

Main duties of the job

• Manage and promote the repeat dispensing service
• Increase safety mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles
• Implement drug withdrawals and alerts
• Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication reviews
• Contribute to reductions in medication related hospital admissions and readmission by supporting patients to get the best outcome from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicine related issues
• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines
• Work within the Group to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as frail elderly, substance misuse and patients on high risk medicines
• Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice
• Run and oversee the YMG Anticoagulation service using the surgery's protocol
• Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g., where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
• Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
• To attend and contribute to meetings as requested
• To keep up to date with changes within own area of expertise and ensure appropriate personal development
• Work with wider team to ensure practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
• Support pharmacy technicians and prescription clerks
• Contributing to achievement of QoF and locally commissioned QI/cost effective schemes
• Reviewing systems for safer prescribing including drug monitoring
• Long term condition reviews

This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation.

You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time to time.

Job Types: Part-time

About us

York Medical Group is a large, inner-city practice, their own Primary Care Network serving a population of 44,000 over 8 sites. We are a forward thinking, innovative and driven team of professionals meeting the demands of patient care. We have a diversified workforce made up of GPs, ANPs, UCPs, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Health Care Assistants, Care Coordinators, Link Workers and Mental Health Workers

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Independent prescriber
• Experience in GP primary care

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.