Clinical Pharmacist - Charlotte Keel Medical Practice in Bristol

Located in the vibrant heart of Bristol, Charlotte Keel Medical Practice proudly serves a richly diverse patient community, offering an incredibly rewarding clinical environment. Here, your skills, empathy, and commitment will directly contribute to reducing health inequalities, making healthcare accessible to everyone, and delivering outstanding, patient-centered care.

The Clinical Practitioner will provide exemplary care for their patients, priding themselves on meeting population health needs. This will include consultation with patients who have reached a range of dispositions from 111 including primary care (1,2,6,12 and 24-hour timescales), 999, Emergency Department and Emergency Treatment Centre as well as those who present to practices with routine or urgent needs. BrisDoc practice services specialise in providing high quality and accessible health care to vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups. Clinicians will need to be focused on improving health inclusion and removing barriers to holistic healthcare.

• Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Experience of working in a patient facing role in clinical pharmacy or pharmacy setting.
• Strong knowledge of medicines optimisation, polypharmacy and prescribing safety.
• It is desirable to have an independent prescribing qualification or working towards one.
• Experience of working with I.T systems Microsoft Office and Clinical Systems.
• Experience of following set procedures and protocols and working to quality standards.
• Experience of working in a busy environment and meeting deadlines.

Why Join Our Team?

In this role, you will carry out structured medication reviews for patients with complex medication needs, including polypharmacy and frailty, and provide medicines optimisation and reconciliation following hospital discharge and other transitions of care. Working within your scope of practice and under appropriate clinical supervision, you will support repeat prescribing processes, respond to patient medication queries, contribute to clinical audits, and help identify and manage prescribing risks in line with MHRA guidance and national safety alerts.

You will also act as a source of clinical supervision for pharmacy technicians and work alongside prescribing administration colleagues to support safe and effective prescribing.

Benefit from daily protected "coffee / lunchtime together" and regular meetings -- reflect, recharge, and collaborate closely with your colleagues.

15 - 17.5 hours per week (working days to be agreed).

Competitive salary (£54,315 - £55,120), NHS pension, enhanced pay rates, and medical indemnity cover. Generous annual leave entitlement. Comprehensive wellbeing support, NHS discounts, cycle-to-work scheme, employee assistance programme, and annual discretionary bonuses.

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, complex needs, acute and chronic conditions for both physical, mental health and psycho-social needs.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Diagnose and manage patient presentations, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Work with patients to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Provide information and advice medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
• To provide face-to-face and remote clinical assessment/treatment and management plans.
• To provide clinical support to the range of other Health Care Professionals and operational colleagues within the team.
• To undertake visits to patients homes as required.
• Compose and ensure robust safety netting and risk management for patients presenting to the service.
• Make effective referrals to system partners and other care providers to ensure a holistic provision of care for patients needs.
• Participate in team discussions to ensure and drive best practice, using the best available evidence to provide exemplary world class care to every patient.

Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, languages, and preferred ways of communicating.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Maintain effective communication with all multi-disciplinary team members, as well as with external stakeholders.
• Act as an advocate for patients and carers.
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (e.g., PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
• To be able to maintain accurate electronic written patient records for users of services provided.
• To be aware of responsibilities under the Data Protection Act.

• Current NMC or HCPC or Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR) registration.
• Advanced Clinical Assessment, Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making or Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning qualification or equivalent experience and willing to work towards this qualification.
• BSc Qualification in a Clinical field or Biomedical science or equivalent experience.
• Ability to conduct remote consultation/assessment.
• Post registration (excluding newly qualified) experience in at least one of the following areas: General Practice, Minor illness, Walk-in-Centre, A&E, 999/111, Minor Injury Unit, Community, Out of Hours.
• Independent prescribing (essential for prescribing rates).
• Experience in mental health assessment.
• Working towards MSc in Advanced / Specialist Practice or evidence of accumulation of relevant experience / knowledge (essential for prescribing rates).

• Knowledge of equal opportunities and its significance for health care.
• Experience of working autonomously diagnosing, treating, and discharging patients.
• Experience of working in multi-professional and multi-disciplinary settings and contributing to effective team working.
• Knowledge in the delivery of Health Care Advice and Health Promotion.
• Experience of treating patients of all ages (from neonatal to geriatric).
• Experience working with people with a forensic history.
• Experience in working with people who don't have English as a first language.
• Knowledge and understanding in meeting the needs of diverse groups.
• Experience in working with people experiencing domestic violence.
• Familiarity with Adastra and/or EMIS.

• Motivated by the provision of high-quality patient care.
• Good clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
• Ongoing commitment to personal development.
• Able to use own initiative and achieve measurable improvement against stated objectives.
• Able to work under pressure and to deal with emergency situations and/or difficult clients and stressful situations professionally.
• Organised, systematic, and flexible. Good time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to work within a team and give and take instruction as required. Able to quickly establish rapport and credibility with others in the team.
• Can reflect on own work and performance.
• Positive attitude towards innovations and change.
• Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately.
• Able to remain impartial and non-judgmental during times of sensitivity, stress, and potential conflict.

• Ability to work flexibly in relation to the operational times of all our services (this may include some unsocial hours).
• Ability to travel to other BrisDoc and external sites for meetings.
• 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.