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We are proud to be an accredited Living Wage employer.
Job Description
Location: Nottingham
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and wants to develop themselves as a Pharmacist and work with our sites across Nottinghamshire, prior experience is valued but not essential. You will receive training and development support led by our onsite lead GP and our training division. As a member of the practice team, you will be able to work closely with our clinicians to help improve patient care and make cost effective prescribing decisions.
The post holder will be a qualified pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of GPs, ANPs, Physician Associates, Paramedics and First Contact Physios.
Roles and responsibilities:
Run daily telephone triage clinics and call in patients for assessment and management where clinically indicated. If prescriber, sign their own prescriptions.
Provide practice based review clinics to those with LTCs or complex health needs including vulnerable people
Review and triage incoming pathology results, contacting patients by phone where indicated
Review and action incoming hospital correspondence, particularly with regards to medicine reconciliation or initiation, liaising with local pharmacies and CCG pharmacist (where indicated) to improve patient outcomes
Lead practice repeat prescription services and deal with queries from reception staff and patients. If a prescriber, then sign the majority of repeat prescriptions
To be participate in home visits to patient with acute and chronic issues
To participate in immunisation initiatives including but not limited to influenza, shingles and pneumococcal disease
To participate in practice smoking cessation services
To be involved in practice administrative tasks - such as completing reports
To provide remote clinical pharmacist access to other local AT Medics practices when required
Liaise with community care colleagues to ensure medicines reconciliation
Respond to Frailty requirements (as defined by BMA) and ensure patients' needs are met appropriately,
Provide clinical medicines advice to care homes and domiciliary care teams
To follow up identified patient groups, targeting better patient adherence with treatment to improve outcomes
Advising patients of the adverse side effect of medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments
Compliment and co-ordinate practice based public health campaigns with the local community pharmacy public health campaigns
Present to Patient groups any changes to prescribing in line with NICE, best practice or in response to prescribing alerts
To be considered for this exciting role you must have
A can do attitude with a real desire to improve patient care and be self-motivated
Ability to work well as part of a team
Excellent communication skills both verbally and written and with a good team ethic
Willingness and ability to develop clinically
GPhC registered Pharmacist
In return we offer
Our enhanced progressive career framework for physician associates including leadership roles
Support to gain Independent Prescribing qualification
Market leading salary scales
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata
An opportunity to significantly develop your existing skillset
In-house CPD training sessions tailored to meet your needs
Sector Leading Training
Access to our bespoke learning management system
Annual formative clinical assessments to support competency development
1 week paid CPD/study leave pro rata per year
Varied opportunities for career development within our wider organisation
A range of other exciting employee benefits such as car benefit scheme, cycle to work schemes, travel season ticket loans, discount cards and employee wellbeing services.
If this sounds like you, do not hesitate to apply today!
We are proud to be an accredited Living Wage employer.
Job Description
Location: Nottingham
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and wants to develop themselves as a Pharmacist and work with our sites across Nottinghamshire, prior experience is valued but not essential. You will receive training and development support led by our onsite lead GP and our training division. As a member of the practice team, you will be able to work closely with our clinicians to help improve patient care and make cost effective prescribing decisions.
The post holder will be a qualified pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of GPs, ANPs, Physician Associates, Paramedics and First Contact Physios.
Roles and responsibilities:
Run daily telephone triage clinics and call in patients for assessment and management where clinically indicated. If prescriber, sign their own prescriptions.
Provide practice based review clinics to those with LTCs or complex health needs including vulnerable people
Review and triage incoming pathology results, contacting patients by phone where indicated
Review and action incoming hospital correspondence, particularly with regards to medicine reconciliation or initiation, liaising with local pharmacies and CCG pharmacist (where indicated) to improve patient outcomes
Lead practice repeat prescription services and deal with queries from reception staff and patients. If a prescriber, then sign the majority of repeat prescriptions
To be participate in home visits to patient with acute and chronic issues
To participate in immunisation initiatives including but not limited to influenza, shingles and pneumococcal disease
To participate in practice smoking cessation services
To be involved in practice administrative tasks - such as completing reports
To provide remote clinical pharmacist access to other local AT Medics practices when required
Liaise with community care colleagues to ensure medicines reconciliation
Respond to Frailty requirements (as defined by BMA) and ensure patients' needs are met appropriately,
Provide clinical medicines advice to care homes and domiciliary care teams
To follow up identified patient groups, targeting better patient adherence with treatment to improve outcomes
Advising patients of the adverse side effect of medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments
Compliment and co-ordinate practice based public health campaigns with the local community pharmacy public health campaigns
Present to Patient groups any changes to prescribing in line with NICE, best practice or in response to prescribing alerts
To be considered for this exciting role you must have
A can do attitude with a real desire to improve patient care and be self-motivated
Ability to work well as part of a team
Excellent communication skills both verbally and written and with a good team ethic
Willingness and ability to develop clinically
GPhC registered Pharmacist
In return we offer
Our enhanced progressive career framework for physician associates including leadership roles
Support to gain Independent Prescribing qualification
Market leading salary scales
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata
An opportunity to significantly develop your existing skillset
In-house CPD training sessions tailored to meet your needs
Sector Leading Training
Access to our bespoke learning management system
Annual formative clinical assessments to support competency development
1 week paid CPD/study leave pro rata per year
Varied opportunities for career development within our wider organisation
A range of other exciting employee benefits such as car benefit scheme, cycle to work schemes, travel season ticket loans, discount cards and employee wellbeing services.
If this sounds like you, do not hesitate to apply today!
