Job summary
Bury St Edmunds Primary Care Network is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our PCN, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team.
The role is offered on a full-time basis, 37.5 hours per week over 5 days per week, between Monday and Saturday, on a rotation basis with one day a week at each of the PCN's practices.
Main duties of the job
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
- Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;
- Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
- Processing specialist treatment letters;
- Supporting practice dispensary;
- Processing hospital medication discharge letters;
- Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
- Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change.
About us
Bury St Edmunds Primary Care Network consists of five surgeries and serves some 65,000 patients from the town and surrounding villages.
Our vision is to deliver the highest standards of care, with equality, dignity and respect, to our patient population. Our aim is to create a system where member practices work closely together in collaboration with health and social care, voluntary sector, community groups and local people, to deliver inclusive and personalised care.
Bury St Edmunds Primary Care Network is a growing PCN with already existing roles including, care coordinators, social prescribers, clinical pharmacists, paramedics, mental health practitioners, health and wellbeing coaches and pharmacist technicians that support GPs and other clinical teams to enhance patient services in the local community.
We can offer you:
- NHS pension scheme: The NHS pension scheme is a defined benefits scheme - 20% employer contribution;
- Eye-care vouchers;
- Health service discounts;
- Annual Leave: minimum 33 days FTE, with enhancements for long service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information
about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a pharmacist
- Will hold Personal Professional Indemnity Insurance;
- Independent Prescriber status;
- Excellent clinical and medication knowledge;
- Understanding and experience of working as a pharmacist in a GP practice setting, with a confident approach;
- Experience of undertaking medication reviews;
- The commitment to continue to learn and develop;
- The ability to be adaptable and flexible
- A proactive problem solver.
- Excellent inter-personal communication skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of pharmacy degree as well as post-graduate experience;
- GPhC registration
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care Careers
Address
Northgate Business Park
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1AE