Job summary
Cheylesmore Surgery is expanding it's clinical team and is looking for an experienced and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join its existing multidisciplinary team. We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist who is an independent prescriber and experienced in dealing with patients with minor illness (see & treats).
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Pharmacist will work alongside our established clinical team to support the assessment and management of minor/common/self-limiting illness (consulting with patients with differentiated and undifferentiated illness), chronic disease and medicines optimisation.
Specifically, the clinical pharmacist will work autonomously within an extended role (within own competency) to provide a combination of on the day appointments, minor illness (see & treats) alongside chronic disease management/clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients and provide pharmaceutical advice to the practice population. They will support the repeat prescription service, deal with acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and review systems for safer prescribing.
An independent prescribing qualification is essential - please do not apply if you are not a prescriber.
The Clinical Pharmacist will help patients to get optimal use from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
About us
Cheylesmore Surgery is a forward thinking, friendly General Practice. We have a holistic and integrated approach for our large patient population. We are a training clinical practice with 2 senior GP's, 3 salaried GP's, 1 Practice Nurse, 1 Clinical Pharmacist, 1 Paramedic Practitioner, 1 Physician Associate and 2 Healthcare Assistants. We also have 3 GP Trainees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Clinical Pharmacist will include:
- Reduce the medicine related workload on the GP's
- Manage patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments (consulting with patients with differentiated and undifferentiated illness) while working within scope of practice and limits of competence.
- Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines.
- Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries
They should support the following clinical work:
- Clinical Medication Review
- Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD/Polypharmacy review)
- Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers
They should also support the follow practice development work:
- Focusing on QoF Domains, improving disease registers
- Prescribing Safety, Clinical Audit, Local Enhanced Services support
- Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of seeing patients with minor illness (see & treats) - essential
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 years postqualification experience.
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Completion of NHS England clinical pharmacist training pathway desirable
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Cheylesmore Surgery
Address
51 Quinton Park
Cheylesmore
Coventry
West Midlands
CV3 5PZ