Senior Prescribing Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £52,000.00 to £56,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £52000.00 - £56000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E6 5JS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3526-24-0003 |
Summary
The post holder is an experienced general practice pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supported and working alongside the team at Tollgate Medical Centre. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide clinical pharmacy leadership for the practice, taking responsibility for, and not limited to, Structured Medication Reviews, areas of chronic disease management, medicines optimisation, quality improvement, the quality and outcomes framework and other enhanced services. The post holder will be responsible for leading, training and coordinating the work of professionals within the organisation, to proactively and competently. The post holder will competently manage repeat prescribing systems, proactively dealing with acute and repeat prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. Where necessary the role would involve putting in place systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practice. The post holder will provide support to the practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries, ensuring integration with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage GP workload. You will work closely with colleagues within the Practice and the PCN to ensure adherence to prescribing formularies, and medicines optimisation programmes, whilst maintaining patient safety. Regular meetings within the PCN, community pharmacists, and the ICB Pharmacy team are essential to share learning and to be up-to-date with new guidelines and targets. The role is pivotal to improving quality of care and operational efficiencies and so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice and the wider PCN. This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive: Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility Patient facing Clinical Medication Reviews Patient facing medicines support Telephone/video medicines support Medicine information to practice staff and patients Unplanned hospital admissions Documents management Consulting patients with minor ailments Repeat prescribing Signposting Risk stratification Service development Information management Medicines quality improvement Medicines safety Education and Training Public health Required skills and attributes Ability to develop collaborative working relationships Clinical knowledge, Skills and Experience Management experience Education, Training and Development Research and Evaluation Registration Essential Professional Registration Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council 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