AddressAbout the Role
Watton Medical Practice is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced Clinical Pharmacist into our busy surgery, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. This role is offered on a full-time basis.
The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role the post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.
- Providing provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. The post holder will help to support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice.
- Providing clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Ensuring that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
About the Candidate
- Completion of pharmacy degree as well as post-graduate experience
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Ideally with independent prescriber status
- Excellent clinical and medication knowledge
- Understanding and experience of working as a pharmacist in a GP practice setting, with a confident approach
- Experience of undertaking medication reviews
- The commitment to continue to learn and develop
- The ability to be adaptable and flexible
- A proactive problem solver
- Excellent inter-personal communication skills
About Us
Watton Medical Practice is a busy practice within a growing South Norfolk market town, not far from the coast and the city of Norwich, that offers affordable housing, a vibrant community, and good amenities. Our building is modern, purpose-built and spacious which allows us to be able to adapt services for our ever-growing list size.
The practice is part of the Breckland Alliance PCN consisting of three practices Grove Surgery and School Lane Surgery from Thetford and Watton Medical Practice. Our GP partners are based across all three sites.
Our clinical team consists of GPs, paramedic, advanced nurse practitioner, practice nurses and healthcare assistant. We are recruiting to grow this team. We enjoy supporting the learning of others including trainee paramedics, physician associates and nursing associates.
For further information please contact nwicb.wattonmedicalprcatice@nhs.net, Clinical Pharmacist partner Tobi Amadasun.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
