Full-Time Salaried Clinical Pharmacist

Provide daily clinical pharmacy

support to the Duty Doctor and wider practice team.Manage acute prescription

requests and medication queries, including urgent supply issues, monitoring

requirements and queries arising from hospital correspondence or transfer of

care. Undertake long-term condition

reviews and associated medication reviews, including appropriate monitoring and

medication optimisation. Undertake structured clinical

medication reviews, particularly for patients with complex polypharmacy,

frailty, high-risk medicines or multiple long-term conditions, with a proactive

focus on appropriate deprescribing and reduction of dependence-forming medicines,

including controlled drugs and benzodiazepines, in partnership with patients

and in line with clinical guidance. Support safe and efficient

repeat prescribing, medicines reconciliation and discharge medication

processes. Prescribe, initiate, stop or

titrate medicines within scope of competence and in accordance with local and

national guidance where appropriately qualified. Provide expert medicines advice

to patients and members of the practice team. Identify recurring

medicines-related problems or inefficient processes and proactively develop

practical solutions with the practice team. Support medicines optimisation,

prescribing safety, quality improvement, QOF and relevant enhanced service

work. Work flexibly across clinical

priorities according to day-to-day practice workload.

The post holder must have

demonstrable primary care experience in a GP practice or PCN setting.

act within their professional boundaries and work as an integral member of The

Castle Practice multidisciplinary team, supported by experienced GPs.

The post holder will be

expected to work autonomously, use professional judgement, prioritise competing

demands and take responsibility for resolving clinical pharmacy queries within

their competence.

Appropriate escalation to a GP

or other clinician is expected where clinically necessary. However, the post

holder should investigate and progress issues themselves and should not

routinely return complex or time-consuming matters to GPs or reception simply

because further work is required.

The post holder will take

responsibility for appropriate areas of chronic disease management and

undertake clinical medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy

and other medicines related needs.

The post holder will contribute

to medicines optimisation, prescribing safety, quality improvement, QOF and

relevant enhanced services.

The post holder will be supported by

experienced GPs and will work as an integral member of the practice

multidisciplinary team. We are looking for someone who wants to make a visible

difference to patient care, prescribing safety and the day-to-day workload of

general practice.

Qualifications

Experience