At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to deliver top-notch pharmaceutical care and improve patient outcomes.
- Company: Trosnant Lodge Medical Practice, a friendly and established practice in Pontypool.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, supportive team environment, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Work primarily afternoons with a dynamic team focused on quality improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient care while enjoying a great work/life balance.
- Qualifications: Registered pharmacist with experience in medication reviews and team collaboration.
The predicted salary is between 37338 - 44962 £ per year.
Trosnant Lodge Medical Practice is looking for a clinical pharmacist to join our team. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high quality pharmaceutical care, supporting safe and effective prescribing and improving patient outcomes across a range of clinical services. The pharmacist will work collaboratively with the clinical and administrative teams to assess patients, manage long term conditions, conduct medication reviews and help with the management of repeat prescribing. They will also be expected to contribute to audits, quality improvement projects and any other prescribing incentives. The role requires strong clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills and a commitment to delivering patient centred care. Due to room availability in the practice, the hours for this role will be predominately afternoons.
Main duties of the job
- Improve the quality and effectiveness of medicines management in the practice.
- Perform structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation.
- Provide patient focused healthcare.
- Support the management of chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, CKD, asthma and COPD.
- Provide advice and education to patients regarding medicines and treatment plans.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with professional standards.
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
- Assist with the management of repeat prescribing, including medication authorisation and dealing with requests for acute medications.
- Medicines management tasks such as adding new medications and removing discontinued medications following secondary care reviews.
- Clinics will be face to face, with the possibility of some telephone reviews.
About us
We are a friendly, well-established practice based in Pontypool, South Wales. We aim to offer high quality clinical care to out patients while achieving a good work/life balance. Our team is comprised of 3 GP partners, 2 Salaried GPs, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 3 experienced practice nurses and 2 phlebotomists, alongside good administrative support.
Job responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with NHS guidelines, local policies and professional standards.
- Develop and embed safe, efficient prescribing processes within the practice.
- Contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and service development.
- Support safer prescribing of high risk medications e.g. DMARDS, anticoagulants, opioids.
- Conduct medication reviews.
- Prescribe medications safely and appropriately as an independent prescriber.
- Support the management of long-term conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, CKD, asthma, COPD and CVD.
- Review and optimise patient medications to improve safety, adherence and clinical outcomes.
- Design, implement and refine protocols, SOPs and medicine workflows.
- Identify and reduce prescribing risk, polypharmacy issues and medication errors.
- Provide patients with advice and education regarding medicines and treatment plans.
- Maintain accurate and up to date clinical records.
- Participate in continuing professional development and mandatory training.
- Authorising repeat and acute medications.
- Dealing with patient medicine queries.
- Adding and removing medications at the request of secondary care.
Person Specification
- Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent recognised pharmacy qualification.
- Post registration experience as a pharmacist.
- Experience undertaking medication reviews and medicines optimisation.
- Knowledge of prescribing guidelines, clinical governance and medicines management.
- Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication and patient consultation skills.
- Experience using electronic prescribing and clinical record systems.
- Previous experience working within a GP practice.
- Experience managing long term conditions.
- Experience conducting structured medication reviews.
- Experience supporting quality improvement, prescribing audits and medicines safety initiatives.
- Familiarity with Welsh NHS systems and prescribing policies.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Salary Available Upon Request, 20 hours a week.
Pharmacist (Primary Care) in Pontypool employer: GP Practice in Wales
Trosnant Lodge Medical Practice is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment in the heart of Pontypool, South Wales. With a focus on high-quality patient care and a commitment to work/life balance, our team thrives on professional development opportunities and engaging in quality improvement initiatives. Join us to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes while enjoying the benefits of a friendly and well-established practice.
