Clinical Pharmacist

About the Role Greensands Medical Practice are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to work across both their sites, Potton and Gamlingay, on a part-time basis.

The successful applicant will be responsible for a combination of patient facing work and telephone including medication reviews, chronic disease management, prescription queries and management of medicines through transfer of care.

• They will also play a significant role in service and quality improvement through audits, sharing of best practice and current guidance with regards to prescribing and through work in medicines optimisation. Duties will include;
• Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
• Provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• Support the repeat prescription system.
• Deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
• Provide expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice.
• Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
• Carry out patient facing domiciliary clinical medication reviews.
• Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

About the Candidate You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care. Essential qualifications and experience :

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical council.
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical society.
• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent).
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training / experience.
• Minimum of two years post-qualification experience or equivalent.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare.
• An appreciation of the nature of general practice.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of patients.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advice and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Work effectively independently and as a team member.

Desirable :

Independent prescriber or working towards / intent of gaining an independent qualification.

About Us Greensands medical practice is a large, well respected, stable practice operating across two sites in Potton and Gamlingay.

We have 9 GP partners and a very hard working team with a commitment to providing high quality clinical care to our patients.

We have a patient list of approximately 12,800 and a positive CQC rating.

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.