Pharmacist, Healthcare

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an experienced Clinical Pharmacist, qualified or willing to work towards an approved 18 month trainingpathway (CPPE) and independent prescribing course, to join ourmulti-disciplinary team working at Sidcup Medical Centre and Woodlands Surgery, Sidcup.

If you are keen to work within primary care with apassion to deliver an excellent service within general practice, then we wouldlike to hear from you.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), thejob holder will take a lead in driving forward the PCN vision of creating a newwider Community Service, enhancing existing and innovatively developing newcare models in a collaborative way.

This role plays a pivotal part in engaging groups ofpractices to come together and improve the quality of care and operational efficiencies across the local healthcare system, motivating passion to deliveran excellent service within general practice, whilst leading and tailoring the delivery of network priorities and targets with a practice based focus.

Within their professional boundaries, support the development, promotion and implementation of high quality evidence based research that enables the cost effective use of medicines in a way that maximises the benefits of medicines to patients whilst minimises clinical,legal, or financial risks.

Main duties of the job

Prescribers in this vitally important patient-facing role will proactively shape structured medication reviews, ensuring that medicines management processes within the practice is optimised to achieve highly effective, safe, and patient centred prescribing. They will lead the way in supporting patients, where necessary in taking their medicines to get the best from them (especially patients with medication issues and/or those with long term conditions), reducing waste, de-scribing where appropriate and promoting enhanced self-care.

Undertaking a very structured programme of training if the job holder has not had experience in primary care.

Offering peer support and facilitating shared learning with other pharmacists in local practices across the networks to support the development of their role and implementing agreed prescribing and pharmaceutical activities or development programmes.

The goals of BHNC are to work strategically with all Bexley Primary Care Networks (PCNs), to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together, to support the member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS.

Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care (BHNC) aims to improve the morale of PCNs / general practice /UTCs in Bexley, by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce. BHNC will make a positive impact on medical services in Bexley, by working closely with the CCG, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population.

Safeguarding Statement:

At Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care (BHNC), we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and vulnerable adults involved in our activities.

Please see the full BHNC Safeguarding Statement attached to this advert.

Clinical and Patient Client Care

Manage own case load of patients and deliver services where you are proud to put the patient first with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.

Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice, especially for long term conditions and signpost to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate where patients with single or multiple medical problems or where medicine optimisation is beyond the scope of competence (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes).

Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes from suggestions and recommendations made, including virtual advice for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines and answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other…