Primary Care Pharmacist - Fixed Term (for maternity cover)

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Primary Care Pharmacist to join their North Bournemouth team. This role involves conducting clinical medication reviews, supporting patient medication needs, and educating healthcare professionals. The successful candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, alongside a vocational master's degree in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Benefits

27 days of annual leave

Health and wellbeing services

Flexible working options

Free training and career coaching

Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical medication reviews.
• Support medication needs of patients.
• Educate healthcare professionals on prescribing.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Education

Vocational masters degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate clinical pharmacy diploma

Job description

Employer Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Bournemouth PCN Town Bournemouth Salary £18,459 - £21,123 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/06/2025 23:59

Primary Care Pharmacist

Band 7

Job overview

The Senior Pharmacist will undertake clinical medication reviews and patient facing clinics, working in partnership with the patient’s GP practice, nurses, care homes, community pharmacists, secondary care and the local authority.

Utilising their prescribing qualification, the role will support the medication needs of the patients as well as educate other healthcare professionals on prescribing and the effective use of medicines.

The successful applicant will need to be self-motivated and able to work on their own, whilst also integrating into a well-established team. You will have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills together with a good working knowledge of primary care and the challenges facing medicines management in the new era.

This is a fixed term role to cover maternity leave and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Main duties of the job

• Medicines optimisation working closely with practice management to deliver key prescribing objectives in structured medication review
• Care home clinical services
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Personalised pharmaceutical care, transfer of care
• Integrated care with community services
• Prescribing safety and governance.
• Audits e.g. High risk drug monitoring

Working for our organisation

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [e-mail]

Person specification

Knowledge, skills and training

• Vocational masters degree in Pharmacy (4 years or equivalent) plus one year pre-registration training
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare
• Postgraduate clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent experience.
• A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Job specific experience

• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and audit
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Have an understanding and working knowledge of the FP10 data management system (ePACT).
• Experience of co-ordinating complex activities / programmes of care with other professionals and agencies.
• Effective communicator able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Able to work independently.

Information Technology

• Confident in the use of computer systems, spreadsheets, databases, data collection and coordination, wordprocessing and report writing
• Understanding of information governance, data protection and patient confidentiality in relation to information systems

At Dorset HealthCare we want to offer all our staff the opportunity to work flexibly, putting health and wellbeing first, whilst continuing the delivery of excellent patient care. Flexible working looks different for everyone and we welcome applicants to discuss flexible working opportunities with the recruiting manager.

What working for us will provide:

• 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years (for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions)
• Health and wellbeing services
• Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours
• Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals
• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs
• Access to nine staff networks – have a voice and transform our Trust
• Relocation costs where applicable
• Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities – including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying annual leave
• NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more

Visit our careers website to learn more about our culture, staff stories, benefits, development programmes and opportunities.

What you need to do:

Before applying for this post, please do ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you, alternatively if you would like more information about the role please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regrettably, we are not able to offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you attempt to apply for a role that we do not offer sponsorship for, you will receive notification of this at the time of starting your application and you will not be able to proceed. At this point, we wish to thank you for your interest in working for us and apologise we cannot take your application any further.

Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Miriam Holland Job title Lead Pharmacist for North Bournemouth PCN Email address [e-mail]