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Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 27 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2025 |
| Location: | Dursley, GL11 4JN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0613-25-0001 |
Summary
Clinical Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for nurses and/or GP with regard to prescribing and monitoring for Practice Patients, Care Home Patients to include MDT Case Conferences. These reviews may be face to face, telephone or by text. Medicine information to practice staff and patients Respond to medicine related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients/carers with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. Management of Medicines at Discharge from Hospital To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Risk Stratification Identification of patients at risk of harm from medicines through computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Medicines Quality Improvement Undertake simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team. Medicines Safety Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. Implementation of Local/National Guidelines and Formulary Recommendations Agree and review Prescribing Formularies and Protocols and monitor compliance levels. Cost Effectiveness Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives. Care Quality Commission Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Public Health To support public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public. Working Relationships Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care, whilst working as part of the surgery. Should have excellent communication skills. Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality Patient Facing Long-Term Condition Clinics See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma). Review the ongoing medicine plan for these patients, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation) and make appropriate recommendations to clinicians for medicine improvement. The NHS changes and as it does members of the team need to change so a sucsessfull candidate will need to be open to a changing job role.