Clinical Pharmacist in Alton

Due to a growing population, we are looking for a clinical pharmacist to join our team. We know life in primary care is tough and we are committed to continuing to adapt and evolve our Practice to preserve our team. So come and join us!

Would consider part-time / full-time applicants. Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.

Main duties of the job:

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
• 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 (in particular 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.
• Through SMR's, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
• Consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication.
• Receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff.
• Provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home.
• Manage a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking high risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, etc.

Please note this is not extensive and may include other elements.

About us:

The Wilson Practice is a friendly, mutually-supportive, happy two Partner and thirteen Associate GP Partnership covering 17,250 patients in a beautiful part of Hampshire. We have a strong Multi-disciplinary team with ANPs, Triage nurses, Treatment room team as well as additional PCN role support for the daily service we provide.

Why work with us?

We have a sociable inclusive team, with great spirit. A sense of humour and willingness to be involved in coffee-time banter is essential. It is a supportive environment with an open-door policy. We have daily coffee meetings and regular education sessions. We encourage and support the development of special interests. We are an active training practice with Nurse Trainees, FY2s and Registrars, many of whom return post-qualification. The team is evolving and broadening to produce a sustainable, effective service for our patients, and a good working environment for our staff.

How we work:

We run a total triage system using Accurx with 15 minute telephone and 15 minute face-to-face appointments. Our fantastic triage team run daily minor illness/triage clinics, and lead the Minor Injuries Service in our well-equipped Treatment Room. Our Nursing Home ward rounds are completed by a dedicated ACP and GP partners. We have a full team of Admin staff including GPAs via our PCN. We are fully engaged with our functioning Primary Care Network, which provides remote GP for medication reviews, Physiotherapists, Social Prescribers, child and young person and adult mental health workers amongst others.

Qualifications:

• CPPE

Experience:

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

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.

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours.