Job summary
An exciting opportunity has
arisen for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly and diverse team at Dashwood
Medical Centre within Ramsgate Primary Care Network. The successful candidate
will help shape the delivery of Pharmacy services to patients in the Practice
of 10,500 patients and the wider network. We already have a growing
multi-disciplinary team including pharmacy technicians, paramedics, social
prescribers and care navigators. You will be well supported in your role and
work closely with others as we strive to provide the highest quality of care
for our patients.
The role will support the wider practice team to
ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat
prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising
patient outcomes. This is a patient-facing role and will include involvement in
long term condition management, structured medication review, multidisciplinary
case discussions, delivery of services to care homes and addressing needs of
patients in their homes. You will also use your expertise to undertake clinical
audit to improve quality of care.
Main duties of the job
Provide pro-active leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the
practice multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers within the Thanet
locality.
Develop and deliver patient facing services and clinics which improve patient
outcomes, reflect the needs of the population and shift workload from other
disciplines
Deliver direct patient consultations and prescribing as part of practices and
cluster multidisciplinary team approach for acute illness
Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with
their medicines
Provide pharmaceutical consultations and home visits to patients with long term
conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team
Field medicines and prescribing queries from patients and staff
Working
with Kent and Medway ICB Medicines Optimisation Pharmacists, organize and
oversee the practices medicines optimisation systems including the repeat
prescribing and medication review systems within own competencies.
Deliver high quality medication reviews and develop bespoke medicines treatment
plans for patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients and those at
high risk of admission)
Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and
attendance by conducting discharge medicines reconciliation activities.
Improve the quality effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and
education to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance
and other clinical standards
About us
We are a friendly GP practice, consisting of 5 GP partners, salaried GP's, Advanced Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners, Nurses, HCA's and an Administrative team
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work
as part of the Practice team to improve the population / patients health
outcomes by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise.
To pro-actively
transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues from other clinical
staff to improve patient care, safety and free up scarce clinical staff to
spend more time on clinical care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
- GPhC Independent Prescribing Qualification
- Statement of progression from CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Program
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
Northdown Surgery
Address
St Anthony’s Way
Margate
Kent
CT9 2TR