Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

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Full timePart time
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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Job offered by: NHS
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NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (468) We are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our medicines optimisation team on a permanent basis.

Working within Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board and supporting primary care across the area, you will work with the team of medicines optimisation health care professionals to ensure appropriate medicines use across Hertfordshire and West Essex. You will respond to requests for medicines commissioning advice, perform medicines usage reviews, implement prescribing changes, undertake audits and improve systems and processes. There will be the opportunity to develop local guidance and undertake formulary reviews in a supportive environment.

The role includes the opportunity to really make a difference by implementing prescribing strategies and liaising with GP practice teams, Primary Care Network Teams, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, Community Pharmacy Teams, Secondary Care, and other health care practitioners.

Main duties of the job The candidate must be a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council. They must demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and the ability to communicate effectively. The right personal skills are crucial to success in this post. This is a learning environment where training and personal development are actively supported. Good computer literacy, the ability to multi-task, great team working, and experience within primary care are desirable attributes.

Herts and West Essex ICB supports home working, although the candidate will also be required to travel to meet the needs of the role.

Full Time and Part Time hours considered.

About us NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and makes sure health services work well and are of high quality.

The ICB's role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities for the 1.6 million people who live in Hertfordshire and West Essex.

It's an exciting time for us and we're looking for people who enjoy working in a fast-paced, vibrant environment that can help us achieve our aim.

So if you share our passion for people and want to make a positive change to their health and health services then we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification Qualification

Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Pharmacy Master's Degree or equivalent

Evidence

Evidence of continued professional development

Evidence of analysing patient records for medication review and making judgements about appropriate recommendations, even where information is lacking, or medical (or other) opinion differs

Experience of managing risks and reporting

Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources

The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations

Experience of working in primary care or a commissioning environment

Knowledge

Good working knowledge of national & local pharmaceutical and prescribing policies, legislation, and guidance which relate to medicines supply, prescribing, and GP/community pharmacy practice

Skills

Demonstrated capabilities to manage workload, working to tight and often changing timescales

Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of stakeholders

Experience of communicating often complex medicines-related information to key stakeholders and bringing about a change in practice

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.

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (468)

£46,148 to £52,809 a year (pro rata, if applicable)

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