Pharmacist - Whitchurch Medical Centre
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Whitchurch, CF14 7EZ |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | M0044-25-0014 |
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JOB SUMMARY/JOB PURPOSE To improve quality, safety, rational and cost effective prescribing to patients of GP practices. To support the practice in the implementation of patient focused prudent healthcare and approved evidence-based prescribing strategies. To provide professional expertise and develop the clinical practice based pharmacist role in a GP practice delivering services to patients, becoming a core member of the practice team, working effectively with other health and social care professionals DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. SUPPORT TO PRACTICE To implement up to date evidence based drug, therapeutic and prescribing practice to patients. To plan, co-ordinate and deliver Practice based prescribing projects and audits which meet the deadlines set out in the contractual framework. To agree work plans with the practice to achieve objectives in key therapeutic areas To provide highly specialised advise on an individual patient basis regarding prescribing and medicines for GP. To plan, organise and undertake patient facing medication reviews in the practice by providing reasoned argument and explanation of complex medicine and disease related information, collaboratively agree with the patient (or carer) a management plan. This may require challenging previously held beliefs about medicines and will require tact empathy persuasion and developed consultation skills.. e.g polypharmacy medication reviews with elderly frail patients on multiple medicines and chronic diseases. e.g. persuading a patient to stop their sleeping tablet. To work with healthcare professionals and appropriate support staff to analyse and review current prescribing systems and policies, to consider options for improvement and propose changes to those policies; to plan and arrange implementation of improved systems by all disciplines within the practice team and local pharmacies eg repeat prescribing system in GP practice, To act upon discharge advice information from hospital, medicines reconciliation and MURs and DMRs from community pharmacy To contribute to and facilitate therapeutic educational meetings with both small and large groups of healthcare professionals of the practice/cluster To contribute to education of other members of the primary healthcare team in specific therapeutic areas and the reasons behind why changes should be instigated. To work autonomously in a variety of settings including practice based clinics, care homes and patients own homes to meet the needs of the patient/GP practice. To liaise with practice prescribing advisor, secondary care and community pharmacy to resolve medication issues where relevant To have direct patient contact which may include dealing with occasionally distressing or emotional circumstances, including contact with terminally ill patients and their carers To work as an independent, to develop agree and implement patient-specific clinical management plans, assess the patient and interpret results, evaluate treatment outcomes and adjust therapy as required. To target review of medicines known to cause a high number of adverse drug events and admissions e.g. hypnotics To support the practice and cluster to deliver the flu vaccination programme by vaccinating patients in their homes where necessary.