General Practice Clinical Pharmacist

Seeing or phoning patients for medication reviews

Sorting out medication queries

help with our Opiate reduction programme

Participate with Prescribing quality scheme

To advise on alternative medication for out of stock items

Holding blood pressure clinics

Audits

Medication alerts

CQC searches for safe medication use

Working in accordance with the

GPhC Code of Conduct, the post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary

team to provide expertise in clinical medicines use and optimisation. The

post-holder will deliver a high quality, clinical pharmacy service to patients

in general practice ensuring the safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient

use of drugs, using expertise in independent prescribing to support improved

access to medicines.

The post holder will take

responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and

undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with

complex polypharmacy. The post holder will provide primary support to general

practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will

help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription

requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for

safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while

addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice.

The post holder will provide some

guidance on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some

aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. The post

holder will help ensure that the practice integrates with community and

hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure

better access to healthcare, and help manage workload.

The role is pivotal to improving

the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and

passion to deliver excellent service within general practice. The post holder

will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber.

We are situated in Lowestoft, Suffolk (the most easterly point), we are have good rail connections to Norwich, Ipswich.

We are a busy, friendly, patient centred practice. We offer patients the choice of face to face or telephone appointment. Our clinical system is SystmOne and we also use AccuRx for questionnaires, appointment booking and health information gathering.

Qualifications

Essential: - GPhC; - Maths and English

Desirable: - Independent Prescribing; - Minor illness

Experience

Essential: - Ideally experience of working in general practice