Overview
Clinical Pharmacist role at Burwell Surgery (NHS).
Job Summary
Burwell Surgery is a well-regarded dispensing and training village practice located within easy reach of Cambridge and the A14, with on-site parking for staff. We are looking to recruit a Clinical Pharmacist to work 22.5 to 30 hours per week.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
* Provide medicines management support to patients and GPs and manage the Clinical Pharmacist Team workload within Burwell Surgery.
* Support Pharmacy Technician(s)
* Clinical medication reviews
* Conduct patient-facing clinics for people living with long-term conditions
* Receive on-the-day referrals for patients needing advice and guidance
* Manage common/minor/self-limiting ailments
* Provide medicine information to practice staff and patients
* Signposting
* Repeat prescribing
* Offer support, education and training to others
* Reduce unplanned hospital admissions
* Manage medicines after discharge from hospital
* Safety netting
* Risk stratification
* Information management and service development
* Medicines quality improvement and medicines safety
* Undertake clinical audits of prescribing to ensure compliance with CQC standards
* Communicate key updates to Practice colleagues
* Support Practice Systems for recording concerns
* Support implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations
About Us
At Burwell Surgery we pride ourselves on being a happy and friendly place to work, with a high QOF achievement and strong patient survey results. We are a GMS practice with 9,600 patients and part of Cambridge GP Federation, Cambridge and Peterborough ICB, and South Ely PCN. Our team includes Admin, Nursing, Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, First Contact Physiotherapist, Social Prescriber and Health Coaches. We are a research-active training practice offering training for Medical Students and GP Registrars.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Must have completed an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy
* General Pharmaceutical Council registration
* Must hold, or be willing to work towards, an Independent Prescribing qualification
Desirable
* Formal qualification(s) in relevant Pharmaceutical/Pharmacological area
* Up-to-date safeguarding and other mandatory training
Experience
* Minimum of three years’ experience as a Pharmacist in a practice portfolio
* Experience with a breadth of common acute and long-term conditions in general practice
* Experience of partnership/collaborative working and building relationships across organisations
Knowledge and Skills
* Excellent written and oral communication
* Understanding of primary care prescribing, rational prescribing, and strategies to improve prescribing
* Ability to plan, manage, monitor and review medicine optimisation for long-term conditions
* Ability to identify and resolve risk management issues
* Ability to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence colleagues to comply
* Personal accountability and ability to recognise limits and refer to appropriate colleagues when needed
Other
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and may require a Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer: Burwell Surgery, The Burwell Surgery, Newmarket Road, Burwell, Cambridge, CB25 0AE
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