Clinical Pharmacist at GP Surgery 16 hours/ week until March 2026

Clinical Pharmacist at GP Surgery 16 hours/ week until March 2026

St Andrews House Medical Centre, Stalybridge SK15 2AU

We are looking to recruit a motivated, committed and enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist with previous experience working in General practice to join our friendly general practice with a patient population of around 5900.

Clinical staff includes three GP Partners, two salaried GPs,Clinical Pharmacist, a Practice Nurse/Healthcare assistant and GP Trainee/s. This is a training practice.

Applicants must possess relevant qualifications, be flexible and a team player.

Applicants should have completed an 18-month CPPE Pathway course.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve working with the lead medicine management GP and Clinical Pharmacist for various quality improvement projects and to achieve PCN network DES.

The role will have a patient facing element either face to face or telephone -repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews. This will also include the management and review of patients with polypharmacy.

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies to provide specialist pharmaceutical support to all our patients and will be working with members of the wider healthcare team to improve care and support safe and effective prescribing.

The post holder will need to be proactively involved in quality improvement and audit as well as managing aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

About us

The GP Practice is located in Stalybridge City Centre close to the bus and train station. We are housed in a large Victorian building with plenty of accommodation. We are part of Stalybridge, Mossley and Dukinfield Primary Care Network and the Network hub is situated on the first floor of the surgery building.

Job responsibilities

Clinical medication reviews for patients with single or multiple long term conditions where medicines optimization is required

To work on DES related PCN which are relavant to pharmacy.

To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission.

To manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or national guidance

To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding

To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement, implementing recommendations where appropriate.

Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure practices prescribe in accordance with local guidelines and formulary

To identify areas of clinical risk at network level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources.

To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional development

Work with practices to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for safe and effective care

Working Relationships:

Patients and carers where appropriate

GPs, nurses and other practice staff including practice pharmacists

GP prescribing leads

CCG pharmacists and medicines management team

Secondary Care and interface Pharmacists

Community Nurses and other allied health professionals

Community Pharmacists and support staff

Encourage supporting staff to collaborate through sharing information and

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace, according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy

and safe way and free from hazards

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non- judgmental and respects their circumstances, feeling priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training program implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skill and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Training may need to be undertaken outside of normal practice hours, and off site.

Quality and Governance:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities, but is a guide for information to the role. The job description will be periodically reviewed in light of the developing work requirements. The post-holder will be expected to contribute towards that revision.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Must have completed the 18-month CPPE Pathway or in the process of achieving it.
• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Clinical Diploma.
• Previous working experience in General Practice.
• Demonstrates and understanding of, and confirms to, relevant standards of practice.
• Follows professional and organizational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification

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.