Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder will carry out a mixture of face to face and telephone reviews with patients as well as answering GP queries and managing medicines optimisation. The post holder will also mentor trainee pharmacists, whilst overseeing and supporting them with tasks such as repeat / acute prescriptions and medicines reconciliation.

Mentor trainee pharmacist, less experienced staff and be involved in GP trainee teaching.

Provide telephone appointments for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

Work with patients and community pharmacists

to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Design, develop and implement computer

searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.

Take a lead on medicines optimisation for the practice.

Review patient requests for repeat

prescriptions, review medicines reaching review dates.

Ensure patients are booked in for necessary

monitoring tests where required and review and file test results.

Undertake risk assessment and management and

ensure compliance with medicines legislation.

Analyse, interpret and present medicines data

to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.

Ensure patients are switched to the most cost

effective medication.

Answer all medicine related enquiries from

GPs, other staff and patients.

be

responsible for maintaining registration as a pharmacist and complying with

appropriate professional codes.

keep

up to date with medical / therapeutic evidence and opinion, local and national

services, legislation and policy developments.

attend

local, regional and national meetings and training courses of relevance.

comply

with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety,

equal opportunities and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance).

We are a successful practice with a list size of around 11,500 patients. We have 5 partners and 2 salaried doctors, an excellent nursing team and a stable, friendly and efficient administration team. We score highly for QOF and were rated "good" in our last CQC inspection. We are a SystmOne practice.

We have spacious purpose-built premises in the centre of Darlington, which also houses private physiotherapy and chiropody services. Our space means that we are able to provide rooms for social prescribers and mental health workers, which enables us to work closely with them to provide excellent patient care.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Completed or working towards CPPE primary care pharmacy education pathway.

Knowledge and Skills

Desirable: - Ability to facilitate change.

Experience

Essential: - Good understanding of Primary Care, ideally the post holder will have worked in primary care.; - Mentoring and supporting colleagues.