About the Role

Sidney House & The Laurels Surgery is looking to welcome a qualified clinical pharmacist into our busy practice. The role fits within PCN ARRS scheme, although the candidate would be not be expected to work across the PCN member surgeries. Ideally we are looking for the successful candidate to work full time, 37.5 hours per week, working on-site.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

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 medication reviews and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
Providing leadership on medicines optimisation (MOLES) and quality improvement projects;
Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
Actioning specialist treatment, and hospital medication discharge letters;
Supporting the practice dispensary team where required;
Actioning relevant medical safety alerts;
Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;
Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework;
Monitoring patients with polypharmacy and complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored and complied with;
Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary.
Delivering on and/or overseeing relevant aspects of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision through the PCN.
Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;
Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues;
Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes;
Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within the practice.

About the Candidate

You will be a qualified pharmacist, preferably with experience in primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:

Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community),
Qualified independent prescriber,
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS);
Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
Understand the need for, and adherence to, patient confidentiality.

About Us

We are a two-site training practice based in the semi-rural villages of Hatfield Peverel and Boreham, serving a patient population of 11,200. We are a SystmOne Practice with a consistently high QOF achievement and a CQC rating of Good.

We are part of the Aegros PCN with Lt. Waltham & Gt Notley Surgery, Douglas Grove Surgery and the Beacon Health Group.

Our team is made up of four GP partners, four salaried GPs, a paramedic practitioner, practice nurses and HCAs. We are further supported by PCN staff including child and adult mental health practitioners, a physiotherapist and a social prescriber. Additionally, we have a well established non-clinical team of managers, administrators, dispensers and receptionists.

Staff wellbeing is very important to us. We are pleased to support and grow our team members as well as offer the following benefits:

Supportive and friendly environment within a well-established and knowledgeable team
CPD support with training and development opportunities for those who wish to develop additional skills in line with the aims of the practice,
5.6 weeks holiday in addition to all bank holidays (pro rata)
NHS pension
1 week study leave (pro rata)
Free on-site parking
Annual Christmas party and team lunches arranged during the year.

Our staff cannot also be patients at the surgery, so if you are one of our patients, would like to apply and are offered the role, you would need to be registered at another GP Surgery before commencing in post.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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