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SUN 3 NOV 2024
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As part of a collaborative team that includes doctors, nurses, and administrative staff, the Clinical Pharmacist will engage in multidisciplinary discussions and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and professional development. The practice fosters a supportive environment with regular clinical meetings and an open-door policy to address any concerns. The successful candidate will also oversee pharmacy technicians and ensure adherence to local and national prescribing targets as part of a commitment to improving patient outcomes.
This role involves being a clinical pharmacist at Belvedere Medical Centre. Although a busy practice, you will be fully supported in the team.
It is a rewarding job and you will have the chance to work with many clinical and non- clinical staff across many disciplines, within and out of the practice
The role involves being a clinical pharmacist at our practice with a patient list size of around 18,000 patients. As a member of the general practice clinical pharmacy team you will be expected to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to patients ensuring safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs as well as using expertise in independent prescribing to support better access to medicine.
Your role will be focused on general practice support, assessment of patients with long term conditions and ability to independently prescribe, medicines optimisation and reviews, aligning repeat prescription, acting on hospital letters and discharge letters, meeting local/national prescribing targets, working to the practice requirement and dealing with minor illnesses. We expect our clinical pharmacy team to evaluate the delivery, implementation and risks involved with our services as well as contribute to clinical governance agendas and regularly review policies and procedures with ideas to develop these in a multidisciplinary manner.
Your main duties include but are not limited to: - Medication reviews and queries including long term conditions - Audits for safe prescribing - high risk drugs monitoring - Practice CQC and MHRA Guidance compliance - Reconciling of practice purchased/administered drug - Completion/action of Docman/ tasks sent to pharmacist - MMT requirements and targets - Supervising pharmacy team admin staff and pharmacy technicians (if employed)
About us
The role itself involves being a clinical pharmacist at our practice with a patient list size of around 18,000 patients. As a member of the general practice clinical pharmacy team you will have an integral role in the delivery of a consistently high standard clinical pharmacy service to general practice. You will identify and support innovative practice to improve patient experience and outcomes whilst developing personal skills to enhance your professional career.
You will be expected to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to patients ensuring safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs as well as using expertise in independent prescribing to support better access to medicine.
Your role will be focused on general practice support, assessment of patients presenting in general practice with minor ailments and ability to independently prescribe, medicines optimisation and reviews, monitoring of high risk drugs, aligning repeat prescription, acting on hospital letters and discharge letters, meeting local/national prescribing targets, working to the practice requirement, dealing with minor illnesses and chronic disease management.
As well as the above, we expect our clinical pharmacy team to evaluate the delivery, implementation and risks involved with our services as well as contribute to clinical governance agendas and regularly review policies and procedures with ideas to develop these in a multidisciplinary manner.
Your main duties include but are not limited to:
- Medication reviews and queries including long term conditions
- Audits for safe prescribing
- high risk drugs monitoring
- Practice CQC and MHRA Guidance compliance
- Reconciling of practice purchased/administered drugs
- Completion/action of Docman/ tasks sent to pharmacist
- MMT requirements and targets
- Supervising pharmacy technicians
We have a skilled team of clinicians including doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, physician associates and HCA's. We have a skilled administrative team who support clinicians by arranging referrals and organizing workflow of tasks allowing time to focus on patient care.
We have a culture of learning and personal development being a training practice. There are regular clinical meetings which allow us to discuss matters in an open and supportive environment. Apart from this, we pride ourselves on having an open door policy- any issues can be discussed at the time you need to with any member of staff.
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