Clinical Pharmacist

Burwell Surgery is a well-regarded dispensing and training village practice, situated within easy reach of Cambridge and the A14. Burwell has plenty of facilities to serve the local residents and has a real sense of community. The premises offer plenty of on-site parking for staff.

At Burwell Surgery we pride ourselves in being a happy and friendly place to work, with plenty of support. A GMS practice with 9,600 patients. We have a high QOF achievement and for many years, we have received excellent patient survey results, which we are very proud of.

Main duties of the job

To provide medicines management support to patients and GPs and to manage the Clinical Pharmacist Team workload within Burwell Surgery.

We are a SystmOne practice and we use AskmyGP as our online access system.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Clinical medication review
• Patient-facing clinics for people living with long-term conditions
• Receive on-the-day referrals for patients needing advice and guidance
• Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
• Provide medicine information to practice staff and patients
• Signposting
• Repeat prescribing
• Offer support, education and training to others
• Reducing unplanned hospital admissions
• Management of medicines after discharge from hospital
• Safety netting
• Information management and service development
• Medicines quality improvement and medicines safety
• Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas to ensure compliant with CQC standards
• Communicate key updates to Practice colleagues
• Support Practice Systems for recording concerns
• Support implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations

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