Location
West Suffolk
Department
Forest Heath PCN
Advertising Salary
£23-£24ph
Function
Pharmacist
Careers Site Advertising End Date
11 Oct 2024
About the Role

Forest Heath Primary Care Network (PCN) has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic & innovative pharmacist to join our PCN.  You will be based at one of our 8 practices on a rota, and will be required to travel between all of the practices within our PCN. This role is offered on a full or part-time basis, for up to 37.5 hours per week.

The main responsibilities of the role include :
  • Clinically assessing & treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas.
  • Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines & medicine information.
  • Providing pharmaceutical medication review & health education advice to patients, face-to-face, via telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice.
  • Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation & quality improvement;
  • Supporting practice dispensary.
  • Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries.
  • Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics.
  • Conducting care-planning, including mental health, admission avoidance schemes, & end-of-life patients.
  • Reviewing daily pathology results.
  • Undertaking minor ailments triage & directing patients, based on clinical need.
  • Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes & COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored & complied with.
  • Delivering on/or overseeing relevant aspects of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
  • Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions & medicines reaching review dates.
  • Reviewing prescribing against local/national targets, 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 practices across the PCN.
Please see the attached job description for further information. 
About the Candidate
You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within 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), or working towards obtaining this.
  • Qualified independent prescriber, or working towards this.
  • 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 patient confidentiality.

About Us
Forest Heath PCN has an exciting opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to join our team and contribute to the enhancement of primary care services within our community. As the largest PCN in West Suffolk, we offer a dynamic environment where individuals are encouraged to develop their skills and focus on areas of health that align with their interests, ultimately benefiting the local community.
 
Forest Heath PCN is a collaboration comprising Brandon Medical Practice, Forest Surgery, The Surgery – Lakenheath, The Market Cross Surgery, Oakfield Surgery, Orchard House Surgery, The Reynard Surgery and Rookery Medical Centre. Together, we serve a combined patient population of 74,000 across Newmarket, Mildenhall, Brandon, and surrounding villages.

 

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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