Clinical Pharmacist

Job Overview

Bradford City Primary Care Network 4 is looking to recruit a forward-thinking and enthusiastic experienced Pharmacist to join our existing Pharmacy team.

• Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers
• Develop and deliver patient-facing services and clinics which improve patient outcomes, reflect the needs of the PCN population and shift workload from other disciplines
• Deliver direct patient consultations and prescribing as part of the practice and cluster multidisciplinary team approach for acute illness
• Improve patient and carer understanding compliance with their medicines
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations and home visits to patients with long term conditions
• Field medicines and prescribing queries from patients and staff
• Organise and oversee the PCN medicines optimisation systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems
• Deliver high quality medication reviews and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans for patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients and those at high risk of admission)
• Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance and other clinical standards
• Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities
• Contribute to patient safety culture through reporting, investigation of medicines incidents and proactive measures
• Provide a clear and active link with community pharmacists and other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage issues
• Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicines issues
• Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration status>

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Holds or working towards an independent prescribing qualification
• Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Clinical Diploma or equivalent (demonstrate experience)

• Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
• Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
• Demonstrate ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams and community groups
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

• Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
• Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare

Hours: Full Time (37.5hrs) or Part Time

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days including bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)

Increased holiday entitlement in recognition of length of service

Closing date: 15 February 26

Interviews to be held: 26 February 26

Bradford City Primary Care Network 4 (PCN4) is a network of Bradford City practices working collaboratively across the network area to look after the health of our local population. The PCN comprises 5 local practices with a total population of around 42,000 registered patients.

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.