Primary Care Pharmacist

We are looking for a motivated, forward thinking Pharmacist to join the multi-disciplinary team at St Andrews Surgery. The practice team consists of 3 GP partners, 1 Clinical Pharmacist, 3 Practice Nurses, 3 Health Care Assistants and a very supportive administration and reception team.

The role will be varied - answering medication queries; managing repeat prescription authorisations and re-authorisations; undertaking medicines reconciliation and various other aspects of medicines management. You will also provide prescribing advice and support to the practice clinical team which will include undertaking audits, developing protocols, providing feedback to prescribers and monitoring improvements.

As part of your role you will also support the practice team with chronic disease management, shared care and anticoagulation medication processes as well as supporting the medication processes within nursing homes.

We believe this to be an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist who would like to apply their skills to ensure safe and efficient prescribing in general practice. We would always welcome informal visits to meet the practice team.

Main duties of the job

· see patients in multi-morbidity clinics and in partnership with primary healthcare colleagues and implement improvements to patient's medicines, including de-prescribing.·

Manage own case load and run long-term condition clinics where medicines have a large component.

· Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation).

· Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and order relevant monitoring tests.

· Provide telephone consultations for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

· To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and manage these changes without referral to a GP.

We are looking for a motivated, forward thinking Pharmacist to join the multi-disciplinary team at St Andrews Surgery. The practice team consists of 3 GP partners, 1 Clinical Pharmacist, 3 Practice Nurses, 3 Health Care Assistants and a very supportive administration and reception team.