Developmental Clinical Pharmacist in General Practice
Posted 7 days 16 hours ago by NHS
This role is designed for newly qualified or early career pharmacists entering general practice. It provides a structured, supported development pathway into patient facing clinical practice, recognising the evolving role of the clinical pharmacist workforce and the need for safe, phased progression into advanced clinical practice in the area of General Practice.
Main duties of the jobThe post holder will work within competence, under supervision, to deliver medicines optimisation, patient care, and service development.
Core Responsibilities- Medication reconciliation
- Repeat prescribing review and support to patients/other team members
- Respond to medication queries from patients/colleagues
- Ensure monitoring for high risk drugs
- Conduct prescribing audits
- Identify high risk patients
- Implement guidance (NICE, MHRA)
- Supervised medication reviews
- LTC reviews (protocol based)
- Minor illness (defined scope)
- Prescribe within agreed scope
- Follow formulary
- Develop personal and professional development plan
- Escalate uncertainty
Loomer Medical Partnership Primary Care Sector comprises 7 sites, providing high quality care to in excess of 26,000 patients.
Development Pathway- Phase 1 (0-6 months) - Induction and Foundations
- Workflow, letters, medication reconciliation
- Repeat prescribing systems
- Audit and safety work
- Shadowing MDT
- Phase 2 (6-12 months) - Supervised Practice
- Medication reviews (supervised)
- Protocol driven LTC reviews
- Phase 3 (12-18 months) - Consolidation
- Independent clinics (within scope)
- Prescribing with governance
- Defined minor illness work
- Complex reviews with support
- Phase 4 (18 months onwards) - Development
- Extend scope of practice based on professional and personal development plan
Band 6
Person Specification Qualifications Essential- Registered Pharmacist with appropriate body & Independent Prescriber
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Independent Prescriber.
- Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct. Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines.
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.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer nameLoomer Road Surgery
AddressLoomer Road
Chesterton
Newcastle
Staffordshire
ST5 7JS
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