Job summary St Johns House Medical Centre, Worcester is looking for a committed dynamic enthusiastic pharmacist to join our practice team as we look to grow our team.
Always trying to improve patient care and staff work life balance.
Main duties of the job The RoleWe are a large practice, working from purpose builtpremises with a well-established multidisciplinary team, providing primary care services to 13,700 patients.We have enjoyed the benefit of employing aclinical pharmacist for the last six years and recognise the expanding role ofpharmacists in primary care.
Weencourage and support career progression if desired.The clinical team meets daily over coffee.
There is good team ethos and clinical support.Key responsibilities will involve:Working closely with the GPs to resolve day today medicine issuesWorking closely with the practice clinicalpharmacistManaging and prescribing for long termconditions in clinicsWorking closely with ANPs and practice nursesReviewing and advising patients on complexmedication regimesCarrying out face to face or telephone appointmentswith patientsReconciling medicines at interface of care, mostcommonly discharged from hospital.
Toinclude identifying any unexplained changes and arranging follow upUndertaking partly a medicines managementrole.
Manage the repeat prescribingauthorisation process by renewing medication requests, medicines reaching reviewdates and medicines queries About us The BenefitsExcellent working environmentInhouse CPD in addition to study leaveAiming for longer appointments for complex patients to improve care and reduce time pressure on cliniciansProtected time for role development or special interest development if desiredFlexibility for work/life balance, designing work around other commitments Job description Job responsibilities ClinicalResponsibilities:Thepost-holder is expected to take due note of and act in accordance with thestandards of clinical governance that are agreed within the practice.
Anyconcerns should be brought to the attention of the partners as soon aspracticable.
Inaccordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will make him/herselfavailable to undertake a variety of duties including: surgery consultations,telephone consultations and queries, checking andsigning repeat prescriptions, taking action on electronic prescriptionrequests, and dealing with queries,paperwork and correspondence, (including electronic correspondence), dealingwith patient test results and referral letters, paperwork andother correspondence in a timely fashion Makeprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers Assessthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems Screenpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease managementprotocols, develop care plans for health Providecounselling and health education Admitor discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other careproviders as appropriate Recordclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, primarily byuse of the computer system and complete the clinical system clinical templatesas appropriate Collectand use data for audit purposes Compileand issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribein accordance with the practice standards and locally agreed or nationalguidelines whenever this is clinically appropriate Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a Pharmacist working within primary care.
Other ResponsibilitiesWithin the Practice: Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant policies/guidelines including, but notlimited to, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety,QOF, CQC Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice Contributeto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributeto the development of computer-based patient records Contributeto the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data Attendtraining and events organised by the practice or other agencies, whereappropriate CPR training.
This includes clinical and non-clinical trainingand events.
Participatein practice meetings when requested Provideinformation when reasonably requested by the practice manager to ensure thatall personnel and other records are accurate hepatitis status Tomeet all deadlines for audits and written returns so that the practice meetsquality standards and receives the designated funding (QOF, LES, DES etc.)
Person Specification Qualifications Essential RPSGB Qualified DBS Clearance Member of approved medical defence organisation Desirable Independent Prescriber Experience Essential Sound knowledge of QOF requirements, NICE guidelines etc.
and commitment to deliver quality service to patients Confident in making decisions, managing own workload and delegating appropriately Good record keeping and communication skills Desirable Specific interest in a medical area eg.
HRT, Women's Health, Diabetes, Respiratory etc.