Clinical Pharmacist - South East Shropshire PCN inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED
WED 20 NOV 2024
Our Health Partnership rdNyFa73
In this position, the Clinical Pharmacist will take an active role in supporting general practice staff with prescription queries, conducting medicines reconciliation, and managing complex polypharmacy cases. They will also contribute to quality improvement initiatives, oversee the quality and outcomes framework, and engage with various pharmacy sectors to bolster population health. Overall, the role aims to enhance the efficiency of general practice and ensure delivery of high-quality healthcare services across the PCN.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our existing team within South East Shropshire Primary Care Network (SES PCN).
We are recruiting for 1 WTE Clinical Pharmacist who has ideally completed their CPPE pathway, and who is already a confident independent prescriber.
The position of Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist has an essential role in improving the healthcare we provide to our patients.
The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team of Clinical Pharmacists employed by Our Health Partnership, working across the practices within SES PCN to deliver consistency and excellence in medicines optimisation across the member practices.
Professional Leadership will be provided by the Consultant Pharmacist at OHP and the Lead Clinical Pharmacists in the PCN.
We are looking for pharmacists who will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, developing and managing medicines optimisation services within our practices. Demonstrating improvements in value and patient outcomes and contributing to reducing health inequalities through the safe and appropriate use of medicines. This includes implementation of systematic processes for improving medicines optimisation across our PCNs and the wider OHP network.
Work programmes will be prioritised according to the population needs of the PCN and in line with the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
Please see attached Job Description for further information about this post. If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, please contact:
Clair Huckerby Chief (Consultant) Pharmacist Our Health Partnership:
About us
The post holder is a Clinical Pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of Health Care Practitioners within general practice and a Primary Care Network (PCN).
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will perform medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and implement systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the PCN.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. They will take responsibility for areas of medicines optimisation within the PCN and undertake structured clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement (QI) and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services at practice and PCN level.
The post holder will work with all sectors of pharmacy across the health system and the wider OHP organisation to improve population health. Demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and working to reduce health inequalities across the PCN contributing to improving the efficiency of general practice and delivering a best in class service.
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