Senior Clinical Pharmacist

One of our Senior Clinical Pharmacists is retiring. We are looking for the ideal candidate to join our established pharmacy team.

We are seeking an experienced and qualified Senior Clinical Pharmacist who is enthusiastic, proactive, and committed to supporting PCN wide delivery of high-quality patient care and the development of Clinical Pharmacy roles in General Practice.

The team members each work across 2 to 3 of the 16 GP Practices across the Grantham and Sleaford area, so your own transport is essential.

We hold the right to close the advert early, please apply at your earliest convenience.

Applicants must be a qualified pharmacist in order to progress your application.

Please see the job description & person specification for more details.

K2 Healthcare is a GP Federation covering 16 practices. 10 are in Grantham and surrounding villages and 6 are in and around Sleaford. We cover 130,000+ patients across all sites.

We have a Pharmacy Team that consists of 3 Senior Clinical Pharmacists, 12 Clinical Pharmacists and 7 Pharmacy Technicians.

Our Clinical Pharmacy Team are all at different stages of completing their CPPE / IP course and are happy to speak to you regards their experience with K2 Healthcare.

You will become the practice expert in medicines optimisation and have input into the following areas but not limited to:

• undertaking structured medication reviews,
• improving medicines optimisation and safety
• running practice clinics

You will be part of a group of PCN clinical pharmacists. You will develop through team clinical supervision sessions and benefit from direct mentoring with an experienced GP/ Clinical Lead. You will have the opportunity to access and complete NHS Englands accredited training pathway that equips you to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.

Along with the other Senior Clinical Pharmacists you will together provide direct line management to all the Pharmacy Team members. The Seniors provide cover for each other to ensure the team is supported during holiday and providing support for each other.

To improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the Primary Care team by providing direct, accessible and timely Clinical Medicines expertise, by working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Practice Team. To pro-actively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation from other clinical staff to improve patient care and safety, thus freeing up clinical staff to provide other clinical care:

• To provide relevant support to the primary care team.
• To promote safe, evidence based, cost effective prescribing in line with ICB requirements
• To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to Practices and the Medicines Optimisation Team

To provide prescribing support to the designated Practices and team members in areas such as:

• Face to Face Medication reviews and follow up
• Implementation of prescribing changes
• Review of repeat prescribing
• Audit

The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires good motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within a General Practice environment.

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification.
• Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Completed CPPE Pathway

• Experience of working in Primary Care

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Competent in the use of Systm One, Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours

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.