About the Role
Broxbourne Alliance Primary Care Network has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative clinical pharmacist to join our PCN, on a full time basis for 37.5 hours per week. You will be required to travel between all of the 4 GP practices within our PCN.
Main responsibilities include: Clinically assessing & treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas. Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information. Providing pharmaceutical medication review & health education advice to patients. Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement. Supporting practice dispensary. Acting as a key contact for all medication related queries. Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions. Conducting care-planning. Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need. Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework. Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care. Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process. Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes. Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within practices across the PCN. About the Candidate You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this. Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). Aware of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice. Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas. Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions. Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual. Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate. Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct. Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance. Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable. Self-motivated with excellent communication skills. Understand the need for patient confidentiality. About Us Broxbourne Alliance is a busy Primary Care Network supporting four local practices; Abbey Road Surgery, Cuffley and Goffs Oak Medical Centre, The Maples Health Centre, Warden Lodge Medical Centre.
We are a forward-thinking PCN covering a diverse patient population of around 45,000 patients.
The successful candidate will join a motivated and fully engaged team who strive to offer our patients a mix of medical and holistic care ensuring that we are able to help our most hard-to-reach and vulnerable patients. We are committed to tackling health inequalities and work closely with other stakeholders and community teams to achieve this. As an employer, we look at supporting work-life balance and professional development is important to us.
We will be happy to discuss any requirements for flexible working and offer the following benefits to our employees:
NHS pension Competitive salary based on experience Supportive and friendly environment Flexible working hours 25 days holiday a year Peer support CPD Support with training and development For any further information or if you would like to arrange an informal chat, please contact trisha.featley1@nhs.net
Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Main responsibilities include: Clinically assessing & treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas. Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information. Providing pharmaceutical medication review & health education advice to patients. Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement. Supporting practice dispensary. Acting as a key contact for all medication related queries. Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions. Conducting care-planning. Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need. Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework. Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care. Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process. Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes. Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within practices across the PCN. About the Candidate You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this. Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). Aware of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice. Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas. Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions. Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual. Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate. Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct. Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance. Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable. Self-motivated with excellent communication skills. Understand the need for patient confidentiality. About Us Broxbourne Alliance is a busy Primary Care Network supporting four local practices; Abbey Road Surgery, Cuffley and Goffs Oak Medical Centre, The Maples Health Centre, Warden Lodge Medical Centre.
We are a forward-thinking PCN covering a diverse patient population of around 45,000 patients.
The successful candidate will join a motivated and fully engaged team who strive to offer our patients a mix of medical and holistic care ensuring that we are able to help our most hard-to-reach and vulnerable patients. We are committed to tackling health inequalities and work closely with other stakeholders and community teams to achieve this. As an employer, we look at supporting work-life balance and professional development is important to us.
We will be happy to discuss any requirements for flexible working and offer the following benefits to our employees:
NHS pension Competitive salary based on experience Supportive and friendly environment Flexible working hours 25 days holiday a year Peer support CPD Support with training and development For any further information or if you would like to arrange an informal chat, please contact trisha.featley1@nhs.net
Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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