Clinical Pharmacist

Burwell Surgery is a well-regarded dispensing and training village practice. Situated within easy reach of Cambridge and the A14. Burwell has plenty of facilities to serve the local residents and has a real sense of community. The premises offer plenty of on-site parking for staff.

We are looking to recruit a Clinical Pharmacist to work 22.5 to 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

To provide medicines management support to patients and GPs and to manage the Clinical Pharmacist Team workload within Burwell Surgery.

We are a SystmOne practice and we use AskmyGP as our online access system.

About us

At Burwell Surgery we pride ourselves in being a happy and friendly place to work, with plenty of support. A GMS practice with 9,600 patients. We are a member of Cambridge GP Federation, Cambridge and Peterborough ICB and South Ely PCN. We have a high QOF achievement and for many years, we have received excellent patient survey results, which we are very proud of.

We have an excellent Admin and Nursing Team and other team members include Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, First Contact Physiotherapist, Social prescriber and Health Coaches. We are a Research active practice and as a Training practice we offer a range of training for both Medical Students and GP Registrars.

Job responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities:

- Patient-facing clinics for people living with long-term conditions
- Receive on-the-day referrals for patients needing advice and guidance
- Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
- Provide medicine information to practice staff and patients
- Signposting
- Repeat prescribing
- Offer support, education and training to others
- Reducing unplanned hospital admissions
- Management of medicines after discharge from hospital
- Risks stratification
- Information management and service development
- Medicine quality improvement and medicines safety
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas to ensure compliant with CQC standards
- Communicate key updates to Practice colleagues
- Support Practice Systems for recording concerns
- Support implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations

Working relationships

All Burwell Surgery staff, PCN and community teams, suppliers and patients.

Other

This job description is neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and in consultation with the jobholder. Training can be provided where needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Must have completed an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy.
- Have registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Must hold, or be willing to work towards, an Independent Prescribing qualification.
- Have formal qualification(s) in relevant Pharmaceutical / Pharmacological area.
- Be up to date with Safeguarding and other mandatory training.

Experience

- Minimum of three years experience as a Pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.

Knowledge and Skills

- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
- Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action, including when there may be significant barriers.
- Demonstrates personal accountability, and is able to recognise personal limitations and ask for support / refer to more appropriate colleagues when necessary.

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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