About the Role
Colne Medical Centre is currently looking to recruit an experienced clinical pharmacist to join their growing team. The role is full time, however part time hours will be considered.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
1. Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;
2. Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information ( side-effects, dosage);
3. Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
4. Processing specialist treatment letters;
5. Supporting practice dispensary;
6. Processing hospital medication discharge letters;
7. Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
8. Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;
9. Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions anticoagulant monitoring clinics;
10. Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results.
11. Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;
12. Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues.
Please see attached for further information. About the Candidate You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
13. Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
14. Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this;
15. Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this;
16. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS);
17. Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
18. Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
19. Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
20. Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
21. Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
22. Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
23. Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
24. Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
25. Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
26. Understand the need for patient confidentiality.
About Us
The Colte Partnership is very much ‘at the heart of primary care’, being the largest GP partnership in North East Essex; comprised of 9 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 98,000 patients. Our head office is in Feering.
We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of primary care in our region, and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.
We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.
We also work as three collaborative primary care networks (PCNs) which span across Colchester and Tendring:
27. ARA - Ambrose Avenue Group Practice, Riverside Medical Centre & Ardleigh Surgery
28. RMT - Mersea Island Medical Practice, Tiptree Medical Centre & Rowhedge Medical Centre
29. WCW - Walton Medical Centre, Colne Medical Centre & Wivenhoe Medical Centre
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for a basic Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any current or unspent criminal convictions.