Job Introduction
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and wants to develop themselves as Primary Care Pharmacist, prior experience is valued but not essential. You will receive training and development support led by our onsite lead GP and our training division. As a member of the practice team, you will be able to work closely with our clinicians to help improve patient care and make cost effective prescribing decisions.
The post holder will be a qualified pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of GPs, ANPs, Physician Associates, Paramedics and First Contact Physios.
Role Responsibility
Roles and responsibilities:
- Run daily telephone triage clinics and call in patients for assessment and management where clinically indicated. If prescriber, sign their own prescriptions.
- Provide practice based review clinics to those with LTCs or complex health needs including vulnerable people
- Review and triage incoming pathology results, contacting patients by phone where indicated
- Review and action incoming hospital correspondence, particularly with regards to medicine reconciliation or initiation, liaising with local pharmacies and CCG pharmacist (where indicated) to improve patient outcomes
- Lead practice repeat prescription services and deal with queries from reception staff and patients. If a prescriber, then sign the majority of repeat prescriptions
- To be participate in home visits to patient with acute and chronic issues
- To participate in immunisation initiatives including but not limited to influenza, shingles and pneumococcal disease
- To participate in practice smoking cessation services
- To be involved in practice administrative tasks – such as completing reports
- To provide remote clinical pharmacist access to other local AT Medics practices when required
- Liaise with community care colleagues to ensure medicines reconciliation
- Respond to Frailty requirements (as defined by BMA) and ensure patients’ needs are met appropriately,
- Provide clinical medicines advice to care homes and domiciliary care teams
- To follow up identified patient groups, targeting better patient adherence with treatment to improve outcomes
- Advising patients of the adverse side effect of medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments
- Compliment and co-ordinate practice based public health campaigns with the local community pharmacy public health campaigns
- Present to Patient groups any changes to prescribing in line with NICE, best practice or in response to prescribing alerts
The Ideal Candidate
To be considered for this exciting role you must have
- A can do attitude with a real desire to improve patient care and be self-motivated
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written and with a good team ethic
- Willingness and ability to develop clinically
- GPhC registered Pharmacist
Package Description
In return we offer
- Support to gain Independent Prescribing qualification
- Market leading salary scales
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata
- An opportunity to significantly develop your existing skillset
- In-house CPD training sessions tailored to meet your needs
- Sector training
- Access to our bespoke learning management system
- Annual formative clinical assessments to support competency development
- 1 week paid CPD/study leave pro rata per year
- Varied opportunities for career development within our wider organisation
- A range of other exciting employee benefits such as car benefit scheme, cycle to work schemes, travel season ticket loans, discount cards and employee wellbeing.
About the Company
Why join Operose Health?
At Operose Health it is our mission to deliver great primary care by improving access, outcomes and patient experience. Our dedicated teams, innovative operating models, ambitious growth plans, and values-driven culture allow us to offer unparalleled support to every practice and service we manage. We care for over 630,000 patients across 60+ GP Practices, from Devon to Doncaster.
We take immense pride in our exceptionally talented workforce. With robust resources and continuous support, we empower our staff to deliver outstanding patient care. Our clinicians and colleagues are encouraged to operate at the top of their licence and champion to be the best that they can be.
Clinical expertise, innovation and research drive our models of care, improving primary care access to provide the right support, at the right time. By leveraging data and insights, we manage demand more efficiently, enabling quicker patient access. We empower and educate patients to improve their health and wellbeing for the long term.