Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face/telephone call structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice.

The post holder will perform medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co- morbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice. The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that qualification is not already held., Improve patients health outcomes and efficiency of the practice team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise, including identifying areas for improvement and initiating change.

The primary contact within the practice for queries relating to medicines management, in particular around individual patient care.

Focus on individual patient care by addressing immediate and future needs to personalise care planning.

Proactively to transfer, from other clinical staff, workload relating to medicines optimisation to improve patient care and safety.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of the practice and the role through audit and data analysis.

To follow-up patients and investigations, particularly blood tests.

SHP are a Solihull based partnership looking after over 56,000 patients and operating out of 7 sites. This

role provides an opportunity to join a large forward thinking organisation whose vision is to be the most

respected Primary Care provider in the West Midlands.

Through our centralised back-office functions, our systems are organised so we can concentrate on

healthcare and not administration. Our practices place great value on teaching, training and mentorship

within the team.SHP Vision Statement: To provide person-centred care at the heart of the community.

Mission Statement:

Solihull Healthcare Partnership aims to be the provider of choice in delivering holistic care to our neighbourhood.

Honest - We practice and encourage open and honest communication, acting with integrity in all that we do.

Excellence - We strive to achieve the highest standards in the care we deliver

and enable our team to create an environment that encourages excellence.

Accountable - We take personal and collective responsibility for our actions and the way we deliver care.

Respectful - We engage with our team, our patients and our community with respect, providing kind and compassionate person-centred care.

Transformational - We are committed to continually improving our standards, working with the community, being responsive and adapting to the changing needs of the neighbourhood