Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist

Air Balloon Surgery; West of England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

One week study leave

5.6 weeks pro rata annual leave plus b

Birthday day off

Regular clinical supervision with a GP

CPD support

Refreshments provided

Job summary

Air Balloon Surgery in the West of England is recruiting a permanent Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist to lead the practice pharmacy team and deliver high-quality medicines management within a GP-led environment.

You will oversee medication reviews for older, frail, and polypharmacy patients, support repeat prescribing and medicines safety, and drive audits and quality projects across the service.

Job description

A permanent Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist post at Air Balloon Surgery, leading the practice pharmacy team and funded through the FABB PCN scheme. The core work is medication reviews for older, frail and polypharmacy patients, repeat prescribing and medicines safety, and leading audit and quality projects. A senior clinical role within a practice of partners and salaried GPs, worked part time over three days. Fit depends on GPhC registration, independent prescriber status, five years post-graduate experience and primary care prescribing experience.

What the job involves

• Lead the practice pharmacy team to deliver a high-quality service to patients and staff
• Line manage the pharmacy team
• See patients and manage medication-related problems and queries
• Carry out medication reviews at point of care transfer, especially for older frail patients, care home residents and those on polypharmacy
• Support general practice staff with repeat prescriptions and medication queries
• Manage systems for repeat prescribing, authorisations and reauthorisations, acute prescription requests, medicines on transfer of care and safer prescribing
• Lead quality, governance and medicines optimisation work with the prescribing and wider practice team
• Lead audit, local projects and schemes of work, and manage change for medicines management
• Lead and contribute to national and local projects, initiatives, contracts and schemes
• Run own long-term conditions work
• Work as part of the urgent care team
• Manage patients referred by other members of the wider practice team

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Independent prescriber
• Completed Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway

Registration & licences

• Mandatory GPhC registration

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience
• Primary care prescribing experience
• Accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of general practice, GPs and rational primary care prescribing
• In-depth therapeutic knowledge and evidence-based healthcare principles
• Planning and reviewing medicines optimisation for long-term conditions
• Good IT skills and ability to analyse complex technical information

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Ability to motivate others and manage multiple complex workstreams
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills, with written and verbal communication and timely reports
• Adaptable, self-motivating and hard working, working under pressure to deadlines
• Innovative thinking, enthusiasm and commitment, working independently and in a team

Nice to have

• Member of, or working towards, Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Specialist knowledge at postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training or experience
• Previous line management experience
• Specialist knowledge in a clinical area such as heart failure or diabetes
• Familiar with EMIS

What’s offered

• NHS Pension Scheme
• One week study leave
• 5.6 weeks pro rata annual leave plus bank holidays
• Day off on your birthday if it falls on a day you work
• Regular clinical supervision with a GP partner
• In-house and external CPD support
• Fresh fruit, tea and coffee provided