Anexcellent opportunity has arisen for Ash Trees Surgery to recruit a passionate and dedicated General Practice Pharmacist to join our friendly team. The Practice Pharmacist will work as part of the multidisciplinary primary care team to provide expert clinical medicines management and optimise patient outcomes. The post holder will support safe, effective and cost effective prescribing across the practice, with a particular focus on medication reviews, long term condition management and reducing medicines related risk.
The role includes conducting structured medication reviews, managing repeat prescribing processes, reconciling medicines following hospital discharge, and responding to medicine related queries from patients and clinicians. The Practice Pharmacist will work closely with GPs, nurses, and external pharmacy colleagues to improve prescribing quality, reduce polypharmacy, and support adherence to national guidance including NICE and MHRA alerts.
The post holder will also contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement activity, and staff education, supporting continuous improvement in medicines safety and patient care across the practice
Main duties of the job
* Carry out clinical medication reviews to optimise treatment, reduce polypharmacy and improve patient outcomes
* Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacies to ensure continuity of care
* Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation processes, including reviewing medicines that are due for review
* Respond to medicines related queries from patients and healthcare professionals
* Improve prescribing quality, safety and cost effectiveness through audit, PDSA cycles and formulary management
* Implement medicines safety alerts, drug withdrawals and guidance issued by bodies such as MHRA and NICE
* Support multidisciplinary and multimorbidity reviews as part of the wider primary care team
* Provide medicines information, advice and training to clinical and administrative staff within the practice
* Review relevant pathology results for patients prescribed long term or high risk medicines
About us
Ash Trees Surgery has 14 GP Partners and 6 salaried GPs who work alongside a varied and talented multidisciplinary team. Our clinical team includes an advanced nurse practitioner, experienced practice nurses, health care support workers, paramedics, clinical pharmacists, a mental health practitioner and first contact physiotherapists. Our main site is in Carnforth, north Lancashire with 5 branch surgeries in the beautiful surrounding rural area across the Lancashire and Cumbria border
Person Specification
Experience
* Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice.
* Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
* Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
* Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options.
* Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
* Can follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
* Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance.
Qualifications
* Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
* Hold or be working towards a prescribing 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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