Job summary
South Bucks Primary Care Network
Salary - From £44,500 WTE dependant on experience
Working hours: 3 days per week, 22.5 hours - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with flexibility to work a Tuesday instead if required
Base: Threeways Surgery, Stoke Poges, SL2 4AZ
NHS Pension
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Support
Interviews to be held on Wednesday, 11th June 2025, in person.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Pharmacist to join the team at Threeways Surgery Stoke Poges.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone enthusiastic about providing high-quality care to our patients and becoming an integral part of our growing clinical pharmacy team.
The Clinical Pharmacist will be a practice-based, patient-facing role with plenty of opportunities to utilise your clinical skills to improve the health of the local community. Responsibilities include managing long-term conditions, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements, providing specific advice for those on multiple medications, conducting clinical audits to enhance patient care, and supporting GP practices involved in developing the clinical pharmacist role.
The post holder will benefit from:
* Regular supervision from a senior pharmacist
* Opportunities to develop their clinical practice
* Support to enrol in and complete the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
* Progression towards achieving an independent prescribing qualification
* Being part of a friendly and forward-thinking PCN team.
About us
FedBucks is a not-for-profit GP federation comprising 47 GP practices, serving over 500,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. Established in 2016, we employ around 300 staff members across our head office and care services.
As a GP Federation and Social Enterprise, we aim to represent our member practices and champion primary care by collaborating with local practices and system partners to provide community-based healthcare services. We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate care and continuous quality improvement for our patients.
Patients are at the core of our mission, and we strive to enable excellent patient care and support general practice.
Date posted: 01 May 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: E0093-25-0023
Job locations: Three Ways Surgery, Pennylets Green, Stoke Poges, Slough, SL2 4AZ
Job description - Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
* Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management and undertake structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
* Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by Network policy and local and national guidance.
* Maximize cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
* Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, addressing public health and social care needs, and tackling inequalities.
* Develop relationships and collaborate closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
* Take a central role in shared care protocols, clinical research, liaising with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), community pharmacists, and anticoagulation services.
Person Specification
Qualifications - Essential
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
* Registered with GPhC
Experience - Essential
* Member of RPS
* Specialist knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma (e.g., clinical community therapeutics or equivalent)
* Evidence of recent and relevant Continuing Professional Development
* At least 2 years post-registration experience in hospital, community, or general practice setting
* Experience of medication reviews and patient counselling
Desirable
* Independent prescriber status or a commitment to undertake the course
Note: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more information, see the NHS Careers website.
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