Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 28 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,041.00 to £49,603.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43041.00 - £49603.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 July 2024 |
| Location: | Warrington, WA2 7NJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4999-24-0003 |
Summary
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. The role will contribute to successful clinical management of patients and build capacity in the workforce at the right levels Using clinical skills to provide specialist medication review and assessment of patients with long term conditions having complex medicine regimes and produce the best outcomes for the patient To further proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular Frailty, COPD and Asthma); people with Learning Disabilities or Autism (through STOMP-Stop Over Medication Programme) Providing specialist expertise and advice in respect to the management and use of medicines and medicines management to patients, carers, practice staff as well as a wide range of health and social care professionals in helping to tackle inequalities Be a Prescriber, or completing training to become a Prescriber Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the Practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of antipsychotic use in people with learning disabilities) liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation Be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision For a full Job Description see attached