clinical pharmacist

The Campingland Surgery in Swaffham is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, on a part time basis, for 19 hours per week over 2 days, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team.
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.


• Providing pharmaceutical medication review & health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review.


• Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation & quality improvement.


• Supporting practice dispensary.


• Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries.


• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change.


• Conducting care-planning, including mental health, admission avoidance schemes, and end-of-life patients.


• Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need.


• Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework.


• Providing clinical advice & expertise on medication.


• Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients.


• Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy, care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care.


• Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision.


• Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.
  
  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 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.
  
  The Campingland Surgery is one of the leading GP practices in Swaffham, built in 1965 & situated close to the market town centre, it cares for a patient population of approximately 7,500. The practice prides itself on its family focused, traditional approach to healthcare, comprising of a 5 GP partnership. We have an onsite dispensary and provide medication support to our 2 care homes.