Job Summary

The post holder is an experienced prescribing pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, to provide a support network to the wider pharmacy team. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. They will take lead responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. The post holder will provide supervision, mentorship and line management to appointed clinical pharmacy technicians and support mentorship to newly appointed clinical pharmacists.

Main Duties of the Job

• Primary Care Focus
• Patient Facing Clinics
• Management of Common/Minor/Self-limiting ailments
• Medicines Information
• Medicines Optimisation
• Repeat Prescribing
• Risk Stratification
• Service Development
• Medicines Quality Improvement Programmes
• Medicines Safety
• Care Quality Commission and other regulatory bodies
• Implementation of local and national guidelines
• Supervision and mentorship
• Education and Training

About Us

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an NHS collaboration between 5 GP Practices - Beaconsfield Medical Practice, The Haven Practice, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], Stanford Medical Centre and Warmdene Surgery. We serve approximately 57,000 patients and aim to support and connect with our local community.

Job Responsibilities

The full job description includes detailed responsibilities under Primary Care Focus, Patient Facing Clinics, Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments, Medicines information, Medicines Optimisation, Repeat Prescribing, Risk Stratification, Service development, Medicines Quality Improvement programmes, Medicines Safety, Care Quality Commission and other regulatory bodies, Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations, Supervision and mentorship, and Education and Training.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
• Minimum of 2 years working at 8a level or equivalent
• Working within a primary care setting for a minimum of 2 years
• Experience and awareness of common acute and long-term conditions in general practice
• Recognises priorities and able to refer when appropriate
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills

Desirable

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge
• Post graduate clinical diploma
• Familiar with GP clinical systems (EMIS or SystmOne)
• Completion of practice/education supervisor course

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Independent prescriber
• Completed the CPPE PCPEP pathway

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Employer: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Limited Company

Address: Deneway Surgery, Ground Floor Lions Dene, 11 The Deneway, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5AZ

Website: https://prestonparkcommunitypcn.gpweb.org.uk/

Contact for Questions

Operations Coordinator: Jessica Grey - Email: [contact hidden] - Phone: [contact hidden]