Job summary
Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist - Market Rasen Surgery

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to join Market Rasen Surgery, Lincolnshire. We are looking for a pharmacist to develop and manage all aspects of medicines across the practice network. Working with highly skilled multi-disciplinary teams, we currently have 2 pharmacists and 1 pharmacy technicians.

You will work in a patient-centred role based in the surgeries along with some hybrid working. This is an evolving role with huge scope for development, we will support you with your independent prescribing course if required. Full details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

The successful applicant will be a pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role. Please note: this is a hybrid role and you will be required to attend the practice for more than 50% of the time, during the working week, which is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job
The type of duties involved will be:

• Telephone & some face to face consultations and reviews with patients
• Managing repeat prescriptions
• Responding to patient askmygp queries related to medication.
• Long term condition reviews - training will be provided for this if necessary
• Synchronise medication
• Review urgent prescriptions
• Liaise with hospital pharmacists
• Provide regular support and feedback to practice on prescribing action plans.
• Updating patient records
• Ensuring the practice is compliant with CQC medicine-related standards
• Undertaking risk assessments and ensuring compliance with legislation
• Audits

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work for forward thinking practice where you will be given the opportunity to enhance your portfolio; for example, becoming an independent prescriber or gaining a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.

All practices use SystmOne clinical IT system.

About us
Market Rasen Surgery is a medium-sized dispensing practice based in the centre of town, just on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and within easy reach of hospitals in Grimsby, Lincoln, Gainsborough and Louth. We serve a largely rural community of approximately 10600 patients over approximately 200 square miles.

The practice is contracted by the ICB to provide general medical services to our patient population. As well as general medical services, we also provide many additional services, including minor surgery such as vasectomies, hernias and skin procedures in our purpose-built theatre.

In addition to the 2 GP Partners and 8 salaried GPs, we have 3 ACPs, highly skilled practice nurses who carry out general nursing duties, also manages the care of patients with conditions such as asthma or other respiratory disease, diabetes and chronic heart disease.

We also employ an older adults nurse who carries out reviews of patients and supports them with their day to day activities.

The nursing team is supplemented by trained HCAs who take blood, monitor warfarin levels and take basic data such as height and weight.

We also have a team of attached nursing staff who look after our patients. These include care co-ordinator, physios, OT & community midwife. we also have regular outreach clinics in paediatrics, diabetes and psychiatry for the elderly.

The clinical team is supported by the dispensary and administrative staff.

Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for supporting Market Rasen Surgery in delivering effective medicines management within the practice, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing change.

Patient Services
Delivery of patient services as determined by practice policy and local and national guidelines

Repeat prescribing, daily authorisation of repeats

Synchronise medication

Review discharge letters and A&E attendances

Review clinic letters requesting a change in medication

Manage urgent script requests

Complete a face-to-face review with patients who have a complex medication regime if needed

Liaise with hospital pharmacists

Complete annual medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions

Complete structured medication reviews

Run CQC reports to ensure safe management of prescribing, and contribute to QOF-related prescribing indicators and medicines-optimisation audits

Review nursing/care/residential home patients medication reviews and de-prescribing, informed by recognised polypharmacy and de-prescribing tools (e.g. STOPP/START)

Consider 7-day scripts for vulnerable patients

Face-to-face consultation in clinics and as requested by the doctor both in practice and domiciliary

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• GPhC registered

Experience
Essential

• At least 1 year experience

Desirable

• Working within a GP 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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