Job summary
To improve care and health outcomes for patients supporting patients with medication reviews and to self-manage their well-being and long term conditions, through optimising medicines and provision of patient facing clinical pharmacy services. The practice will actively support pharmacists to work towards CPPE and independent prescribing status.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will:

• Provide face to face structured medication reviews for patients.
• Manage patients with long term conditions.
• Manage of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request.
• Contribute to the development of the prescribing and medicines management strategy and systems throughout the practice.
• Undertake clinical audit, review, monitoring and instigating change in primary care prescribing.
• Act as a credible and independent source of expert pharmaceutical advice to promote high quality evidence based cost-effective prescribing within safe management systems in primary care.

About us
Osmaston Surgery is a well-established, patient-centred GP practice serving the local community in Derby City Centre. We are committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate, and accessible primary care to our diverse patient population.

One urban site offering a varied and stimulating clinical caseload, 12,800 patients

Strong multidisciplinary team including, GP partners, pharmacists, pharmacy technician, paramedics, practice nurse , health care assistant, social prescribers and care coordinator.

We have dedicated and professional Care Navigators and Administrative staff.

Our Practice has a strong Management Team consisting of Managing Partners, a Care Navigation Manager and a Senior Care Navigator.

We have an active PPG Group.

System One and digital-first approach, with templated consultations, medication, and long term condition reviews.

Protected time for CPD, training, and team development

Regular clinical and education meetings.

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation and acute prescription request.
• The post holder will perform face to face medication reviews of patients including polypharmacy reviews especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.
• The post holder will engage with quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
• This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
• The practice can provide support and training for pharmacists new to general practice.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Pharmacy degree
• Currently registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Evidence of recent CPD and/or other professional development

Desirable

• Experience working in general practice or a Primary Care Network.
• Independent Prescriber qualification
• Experience leading quality improvement projects or clinical audits

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in community pharmacy

Desirable

• Experience working in general practice or a Primary Care Network (PCN)

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.