20-24 hours per week working hybrid in person and remotely
We are looking for a parttime practice pharmacist to complement our successful and friendly village GPpractice in Claygate.
Main duties of the job
5 sessions per week. The ideal candidate would be an independent prescribing pharmacist with experience with prescribing in diabetes and other chronic diseases. They would be able to provide structured medication reviews and manage high risk drug monitoring. They would be able to provide in person clinics, but some virtual working for other elements of the role which would include responding to MHRA alerts, prescribing projects, and quality improvement work. They would be involved with working with Quality outcomes frameworks, locally commissioned services and CQC frameworks.
Above skills are not an absolute requirement: in house training can be provided for the right candidate. Salary to be discussed on application but will be dependant on experience.
About us
Capelfield Surgery has been established within the Claygate community for over 30 years and have a steady patient size of 8,000. We are a 3-partner practice, 4 part-time salaried GPs we have been working with remote pharmacists, but now due to building reconfiguration we would like to have a pharmacist team member providing in person appointments.
Job responsibilities
Structured medication reviews: to be pre-booked either opportunistically by clinical team if recognised structured medication review is needed (and monitoring has already been arranged). Or by reception from lists provided e.g. starting with patients with more than 10 medications who have not had a review in the last 6 months, high risk groups such as patients on anticoagulants. Pharmacist can use admin time to pre-screen/ identify next group to be booked in with her. Further prescribing projects can be used to identify patients needing 30 minute or 20 minute reviews with the practice pharmacist.
Ardens structured medication review template to be used to code records
Online consultations: queries about medications from patients via the website can be booked into these slots the pharmacist can either respond via text or telephone.
MHRA + CAS alerts: pharmacist to use admin time to respond to alerts. Record to be updated via Teamnet.
Medicines monitoring: Support admin/phlebotomy team in ensuring medication monitoring up to date. Reports can be viewed via Ardens searches on EMIS. Specific patients from these searches can be booked into SMR appointments where review of monitoring is needed. (Indication CQC targets and safety measures). When possible medication management on the day prescription requests can be viewed and any overdue monitoring/ reviews identified and actioned.
AccuRx/Florey responses: These could be allocated to online consultation slots on the day by the tradmin doctor according to capacity.
DOCMAN: letters have been screened by Admin and either sent to duty doctor to take action (where further management is needed or if solely medication reconciliation needed sent to pharmacist). Med reconciliation template to be used to record changes made to medication. If pharmacist is unclear of any of reconciliation needed to liaise with the tradmin doctor on the day.
Person Specification
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience,
* experience in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy.
* Essential: Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team (MDT).
* Essential: Experience in conducting medication reviews and managing patients with long-term conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension).
* Previous experience working within a GP practice or Primary Care Network (PCN).
* Desirable: Experience in audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance.
Qualifications
* Essential: Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Essential: Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent experience/training.
* Desirable/Essential (depending on level): Independent Prescriber (IP) Qualification.
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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