Newport Pagnell Medical Centre is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on a part-time basis for 14 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
* Work as part of a multi disciplinary team in a primary care setting.
* Provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
* Providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practices.
* Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
* Ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workloads.
About us
Newport Pagnell Medical Centre is a large training practice based in the town of Newport Pagnell, with two further sites in the area. We have 30,000+ patients and own PCN, The Bridge. We like to support learning and development and can offer NHS pension as part of our employment package.
Other information:
* Rated as Outstanding by CQC
* Part of a Primary Care Network
* Support for both Student Nurses, Student Paramedics and Medical Students
* Urgent Care Team
* SystmOne Practice
* Visiting consultants
Benefits include:
* Annual leave: minimum 27 days FTE, with enhancements for long service
* Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
* Free parking and easy access to parking across all three sites.
* The NHS pension scheme is a defined benefits scheme
* Life insurance
* Family benefits including an adult dependents pension and children's pension
* Ill health benefits
Job responsibilities
Ifyou would like to find out more information about this role, please see theattached job specification.
Person Specification
Experience
* Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
* Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
* Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
* Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
* Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
* Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
* Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
* Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
* Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
* Understand the need for patient confidentiality.
Qualifications
* Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
* Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this;
* Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this;
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS);
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.
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