Practice Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

We have a part time vacancy for a Clinical Pharmacist at RK Medical Practice in Wythenshawe, South Manchester (14 hours).

The practice population is diverse and varies in demographics so the breadth of health care need is wide. This makes working in general practice interesting and no day is the same.

We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to work as part of dynamic and forward-thinking practice team. You will also be part of a wider supportive network of Senior Pharmacist, Pharmacists and Technicians across the South Manchester Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

You will be embedded within the practice team providing clinical leadership on medicines related issues, quality improvement and supporting aspects of the national and practice based enhanced services, quality and outcomes framework and local targets.

The role is pivotal to improving quality of care and operational efficiencies in the practices so you will need to be motivated and passionate with the drive to continually improve and learn, to develop and deliver an excellent service.

You will be working along side other pharmacy colleagues supporting with medicine related queries and tasks.

We are an NHS general practice (GP) doctors surgery providing healthcare services in Wythenshawe, Manchester.

Our practice aims to improve the health of those living in the Wythenshawe area, working closely with many local community services to achieve this.

Although the South Manchester GP Federation are supporting the recruitment process for this role, employment will be done solely by RK Medical Practice.

• Provide clinical input on medicines related issues, quality improvement, supporting aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and locally commissioned services.
• Support repeat/acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
• Provide face to face patient clinics.
• Ensure patients are referred to the appropriate health care professional for the appropriate care linking in with social prescribing models to support broader health and well-being needs.
• Support integration with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage the practice workload.
• The specific tasks will be agreed and identified by the practice. You will be part of the practice team but also provided with peer support and education via the South Manchester Pharmacists and Technicians across 22 practices.

• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience
• CPPE
  -The Primary care pharmacy education pathway/willing to work towards.
• Independent prescriber or working towards/willing to work towards independent prescribing qualification
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• Understanding of primary care and the diversity that exists between general practices
• Understanding of primary care prescribing issues and strategies for improving prescribing
• Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Commitment to continuing professional development / education
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines and refer to a senior pharmacist and/or GP where appropriate
• Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• Can communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication…