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Are you an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist looking to join a growing social enterprise with great benefits including a NHS pension and NHS car fleet scheme? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are excited to share the position of Advanced Clinical Pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting time for PC24 as we are transforming and implementing new models of care across our practices. This role will be based at our brand-new Primary Care Hub in Sefton.
As a key member of the organisation the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist will work to develop and deliver the medicines optimisation and medicines safety agenda, contribute to the management of long-term conditions, and repeat prescribing, clinical medication reviews, clinical assessment and diagnosis within sphere of competency.
About us
Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively.
Much of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a Practice Pharmacist working in General Practice and out of hours setting including:
- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients.
- Contribute to updating and implementing prescribing policy.
- Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, and reviewing medicines reaching review dates, and flagging up those needing a review.
- Undertake repeat prescribing.
- See patients where medicine optimisation is required.
- Incorporate the objectives of medicines optimisation into every day general practice, including the aims of national and local strategies.
- Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
- Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals and intermediate care, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes, and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need.
About you
- Degree in Pharmacy
- Independent Prescriber V300
- Experience of working in urgent care and/or primary care
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare
- Experience of medication review, face to face and remotely
- Ability to work at pace in a busy working environment and able to multi-task
- Clinical Diploma (desirable)
- Clinical Examination Skills (desirable)
Whats on offer?
- Permanent opportunity
- £50,952 to 57,359 per annum DOE, based on a 37.5 hour week
- Located at Primary Care Hub, Sefton Road, Sefton
- NHS pension scheme
- 27 days annual leave
- Continue Professional Development
- Clinical Supervision
- NHS car fleet scheme
- Ride to work scheme
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy
- Independent Prescriber V300
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in urgent care and/or primary care
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience
Desirable
- Clinical Examination Skills
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care 24
Address
PC24 Primary Care Hub
28-30 Sefton Street
Litherland
L21 7LD