Pharmacist, Healthcare

We are expanding our Pharmacy Team at Stafford Central PCN and are looking for a dynamic Clinical Pharmacist to join our team.

Part time (30 hrs) to work for Gnosall Surgery

The post holder will work as part of a multi-site, multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for managing targeted areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.

The post holder will provide support to the general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support therepeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, andmedicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing,provide expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public andsocial care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).

Repeat prescribing review Practice repeat prescribing policies. Overseethe repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, reviewing medicines reaching review dates andflagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoringtests in place when required. Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wastefulprescribing and address public health and social needs of patients throughclinical medication review. This would be a level 3 medication review lookingat the patients full clinical condition e.g. blood monitoring, interface carearrangements, social isolation.

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients toget the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressingmedicines related issues. Interface with community and hospital pharmacycolleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.

Manage Practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and costeffectiveness of prescribing. Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRAaimed at improving medicines safety.

Gnosall Surgery is part of a three practice Primary Care Network and we are looking for a Pharmacist to join our team. The role will be part of the ARRS scheme for our network and the successful applicant will undertake their hours predominantly at Gnosall Surgery. We are a rural practice serving a population of 8500 patients and have a good rating for CQC and a wide variety of staff groups who work closely together to provide an excellent level of service to our patients and support each other on a daily basis.

We are situated in a purpose built Health centre with a Pharmacy attached. We have excellent parking facilities.

The post holder will work aspart of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. They will take responsibility for managing targeted areas of chronic disease management withinthe practice and undertake medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.

Manage Practice formularies toimprove the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.

Implement drug withdrawals andalerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety.

Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-basedguidelines.

Be involved in clinics wheremedicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics,high risk drug monitoring.

Contribute to patient facingmulti-morbidity long term condition reviews and multi-disciplinary reviews.

Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines (if required)

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the Practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, sideeffects, adverse events, possible alternatives if stock issues).

Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and…