Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Pharmacist to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for our patients. This position requires a strong commitment to patient care, an understanding of medication administration, and the ability to work collaboratively within a clinical environment.

Duties

Providing expertise in clinical medicines reviews and addressing public health and patients' social care needs.
Ensuring safe, effective, rational use of medicines.

Monitoring patients taking high-risk medicines or those with a narrow therapeutic index.

Reconciling medicines following hospital discharge and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need following discharge.

Managing repeat prescribing reauthorisation procedures by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.

Managing medicines queries from patients and healthcare professionals.

Implementing drug alerts and withdrawals, for example, MHRA alerts.

Developing and running pharmacist-led clinics, such as medicines use reviews and chronic condition management.

Providing medicines information and training to practice healthcare professionals and other staff.

Reviewing pathology results for patients on known medicines.

Triaging patients to appropriate practice services and/or healthcare professionals.

Prepare evidence-based resources and information to support the medicine management team and all other relevant health professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.

Help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing

Skills

GPhC registered. Excellent communication skills both verbally and written as well as the ability to work well as a part of a team and willingness to develop clinically. A can-do attitude with a real desire to improve patient care. Strong analytical skills for assessing patient needs and medication effectiveness. Ability to work under pressure while maintaining attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
This role is pivotal in enhancing patient health outcomes through expert pharmaceutical care, making it essential for candidates to possess both technical knowledge and compassionate patient interaction skills.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From 40,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Education:

GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/05/2025
Reference ID: Practice Pharmacist Wells Park Practice