Pcn Pharmacist

Gateshead Inner West Primary Care Network

Gateshead Inner West PCN are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join our established team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians for a less than full time equivalent (FTE) role. We would consider applications from 0.5 FTE depending on the quality and number of applications.

This is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to work as part of an experienced pharmacy team serving a diverse community of approximately 45,000 across the Inner West of Gateshead.

This position will be based at Glenpark and Teams Medical Practice and is a patient-facing role, although many patient consultations will take place by telephone.

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Please note, Gateshead Inner West PCN is not approved by the Home Office and is therefore not able to offer candidates support for an application for a Health and Care Visa.

Please note interviews will take place in person, at Glenpark Medical Practice across 16th and 23rd November.

The postholder will be an integral part of the General Practice team, as well as the wider pharmacist network and multidisciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patients' medicine information into and out of hospitals. They will work to optimise medicines use, improve patient care and safety, and support clinical staff in the management of patients. The role will help improve patient health outcomes and the efficiency of the Primary Care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise, including face-to-face consultations with patients.

The postholder will support Glenpark and Teams GP Practice colleagues with prescription and medication queries, including repeat prescriptions, medicines reconciliation following transfers of care, and the development and monitoring of systems to support safe prescribing. The team delivers structured medication reviews, provides quality improvement advice and guidance, and contributes to aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and enhanced services.

The Clinical Pharmacy Team also supports the development of new models of care to deliver person-centred, coordinated patient care.

As part of the role, there will be the opportunity to access and complete NHS Englands accredited Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway, should you not already hold this qualification.

Glenpark and Teams Medical Practice is located in the Inner West of Gateshead, with a list size of 14,500 patients. The practice is one of four within our Primary Care Network, which serves over 45,000 patients, alongside Whickham Medical Cottage, Chainbridge Medical Partnership and Sunniside Surgery. We are motivated to provide high-quality care to the population we serve.

The successful candidate will work as part of our Pharmacy Team which consists of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians and led by our Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
• Be a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team
• Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme)
• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the organisation and to help in tackling inequalities
• Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
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