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If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Forest Heath Primary Care Network (PCN) has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacist to join our primary care network. You will be based at one of our 8 GP practices on a rota, and will be required to travel between all of the GP practices within our PCN. This role is offered on a full or part-time basis, for up to 37.5 hours per week.
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
- Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;
- Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
- Processing specialist treatment letters;
- Supporting practice dispensary;
- Processing hospital medication discharge letters;
- Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
- Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks;
- Conducting care-planning, including mental health, admission avoidance schemes, and end-of-life patients.
- 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;
- Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD;
- Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists.
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Forest Heath Primary Care Network (PCN) has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacist to join our primary care network. You will be based at one of our 8 GP practices on a rota, and will be required to travel between all of the GP practices within our PCN. This role is offered on a full or part-time basis, for up to 37.5 hours per week.
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
- Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;
- Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
- Processing specialist treatment letters;
- Supporting practice dispensary;
- Processing hospital medication discharge letters;
- Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
- Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks;
- Conducting care-planning, including mental health, admission avoidance schemes, and end-of-life patients.
- 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;
- Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD;
- Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists.