Avon Valley PCN Clinical Pharmacist

• Opportunity to join a small team of experienced and enthusiastic pharmacists and technicians
• Salary Based on experience
• Annual leave - 25 days pro rata plus bank holidays
• Working hours Up to 32 hours per week. Must be able to work Monday and Wednesdays. Flexible working hours can be adapted to your needs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Clinical Pharmacist with IP qualification to join our friendly Pharmacy team who are embedded in four GP surgeries within Avon Valley PCN. We are a supportive, proactive and forward-thinking Pharmacy team with an excellent clinical lead. We serve a population of around 40,000 patients across four sites, The Fordingbridge Surgery in Fordingbridge, The Ringwood Medical Centre and Cornerways Surgeries in Ringwood and Twin Oaks Surgery in Bransgore. The practices have been working together for some time and have a good relationship with each other and with the well-respected pharmacy team.

Main duties of the job

The clinical pharmacist will work with the existing pharmacy team to support the safer delivery of medicines and support medicines optimisation across the PCN. We are keen for the clinical pharmacist to have the opportunity to use their prescribing qualification. They will:

• Undertake structured medication reviews for patients to proactively manage patients with chronic diseases and complex polypharmacy
• Work on, and lead on, large scale projects to improve medicines safety across the PCN
• Identify patients who would most benefit from additional support to get the best outcomes from their medicines and address medicines related issues with them.
• Run patient facing clinics to discuss CVD primary prevention, have shared decision making conversations with patients and commence statins where agreed.
• Support the development and implementation of systems for safer prescribing and monitoring of medicines
• Provide specialist medicines management advice to patients and health care professionals

As we are a small team you will also have opportunities to influence the projects you get involved with, depending on your skills and experiences. This is an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our Pharmacy team further.

About us

AvonValley Primary Care Network is an umbrella organisation delivering care to40,000 patients, across four GMS Practices based in the New Forest area. ThePractices include The Fordingbridge Surgery in Fordingbridge, The RingwoodMedical Centre and Cornerways Surgeries in Ringwood and Twin Oaks Surgery inBransgore. The practices have been working together for some time and have agood relationship. Together we aim to build robust services across our networkto improve patient care and are keen to bring in new members of the primarycare team to achieve these goals.

We are fortunate in havingboth Pharmacists and Technicians already established and embedded in thepractices who are employed both by the West Hampshire Clinical CommissioningGroup as well as the Primary Care Network. Both teams work closely together toimprove medicines optimisation for all patients across the PCN. The pharmacyteam works using an innovative model whereby the day-to-day clinical pharmacytasks for all four practices are pooled and dealt with as one. They alsoprovide support for the GPs, and carry out medicine optimisation work,medication reviews as well as some long-term condition clinics. We are keen toexpand on this expertise to lend more support to long-term condition managementincluding setting up CVD prevention clinics shortly across our network.

Job responsibilities

Tobe part of a multi-skilled primary care team in a patient facing role providingpatient centred medical services based on patient needs with a focus oncontinuity of care.

Person Specification Knowledge and skills

• Ability to provide quality care

Qualifications

• Pharmacy Degree
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education primary care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) qualification or working towards/ willing to enrol.
• Registered non-medical prescriber, or willing to work towards appropriate qualifications

Experience

• Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence-based medicine
• An appreciation of NHS agenda, national policies and government targets
• An understanding of the current PCN DES specifications
• A wide range of IT skills especially Microsoft 365 software and specifically Excel.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.