Clinical Pharmacist

We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to work across Cordwallis Rd and Woodlands Park GP Surgeries. The Clinical Pharmacist will act within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role, they will be supported by a Senior Clinician and Line Manager who will develop, manage, and mentor them.

Required 30 hrs per week.

Benefits include NHS Pensions scheme and 25 days of annual leave, pro-rated for part-time employees.

Main duties of the job

• See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma).
• Undertake structured medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for agreement on prescribing changes and monitoring.
• Provide patient-facing clinics for those with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines in practices.
• Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews.
• Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care, and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists.
• Signposting to other services and/or healthcare professionals where appropriate, while working within scope of practice and limits of competency.
• Manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice.
• Maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding.
• Provide independent information to patients regarding medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
• The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber.
• Work with practices to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for safe and effective care.

About us

Maidenhead Primary Care Network (PCN) is a progressive healthcare organisation comprising nine practices serving 82,000 patients across Maidenhead. Operating as a limited company, we balance robust business management with healthcare excellence.

Job responsibilities

Delivering patient-centred care by:

• Clinically assessing and treating patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
• Completing the Clinical Pharmacist in Primary Care Pathway and becoming a prescriber to support the Practice Team.
• Being responsible for the proactive care management of patients with complex polypharmacy.
• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address public health and social care needs of patients and tackle health inequalities.
• Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• The role will have a patient-facing element either face to face or telephone - including chronic disease management, repeat prescription management, and structured medication reviews.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• It would be ideal if completed both or either the PCN CPPE or IP course.
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
• Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Experience of working in primary care.

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.