Clinical Pharmacist

Would you like to be a clinician shaping the future of healthcare provision in Surrey Heath?

If so we would love to hear from you!

This part time role (30 hours per week) is for Medicine Management Optimisation across the disciplines of both General Practice and Care Homes. If you are interested in working in this dynamic environment then please come and join this enthusiastic dynamic team.

As a Clinical Pharmacist in Surrey Heath you will join the growing clinical pharmacy and multi-disciplinary PCN team. Working across a nominated general practice to support the responsibilities and deliverable of the Surrey Heath Primary Care Network.

Initially, your time will be allocated on rotation across one nominated GP practices and also to the PCN Care Homes Team, to enable you to build your clinical skills and confidence and benefit from the diversity of portfolio working.

You will be responsible for supporting the practice(s) to implement effective medicines management, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing change. In addition the role will be responsible for supporting the Primary Care Network to implement the medicines optimisation requirements of the new Network Contract, Direct Enhanced Service for enhanced health in care homes and other PCN medicines management responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

This is a training role which requires the successful applicant to complete a CPPE course, therefore please ensure you understand the training requirements. These roles have been designed to be interesting and fulfilling roles, providing a comprehensive range of appropriate clinical pharmacy services to general practice in Surrey Heath. The post holders will undertake resident/patient-facing activities, and associated medicines management support activities, to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines within the practices and across their registered populations.

The post holder will be supported to help develop the role and work to improve the care and outcomes for the patients across Surrey Heath PCN. To play a pivotal role in the delivery of high quality primary health care within Surrey Heath.

About us

We are Surrey Heath Community Providers Limited, which is a federation of 7 GP practices across 10 sites, covering a population of over 97,000 patients across Surrey Heath. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200 members of staff across our clinical and corporate support teams. Since 2019 we have hosted the Primary Care Network in Surrey Heath.

As a GP Federation and Primary Care Network, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners, in the provision of community based health care services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of primary care services in Surrey Heath and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected, at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable.

Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling supported and cared for.

Job responsibilities

Please see Supporting Documents for the full Job Description, list of responsibilities and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSEs including English and Maths (C and above) or equivalent
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Post-graduate clinical diploma level or equivalent
• training/experience.
• Have completed, be enrolled in, be undertaking or
• prepared to undertake an approved primary care
• pharmacy educational pathway (PCPEP), e.g. the
• CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway or
• Medicines optimisation in care homes training pathway
• for pharmacy professionals.
• Willingness to undertake independent prescribing training.

Experience

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and
• understanding of the principles of evidence based
• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general
• practices.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care
• prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and
• strategies for improving prescribing.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating
• skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of motivational interviewing and able to train
• other staff.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and
• sensitive information in an understandable form to a
• variety of audiences.
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review
• general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for
• long term conditions*
• Familiarity with GP systems.
• Able to obtain, analyse and interpret complex technical
• information, and present reports.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and
• identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able
• to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional
• expertise and direct service provision.
• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience.

Professional Registration

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• A member of or working towards Faculty membership
• of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Personal Qualities

• Reliable.
• Enthusiastic and Self-motivated.
• Flexible in working arrangements to meet service need.
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines, whilst
• maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Able to work at part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Commitment to CPD.

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.

£47,758 to £54,651 a yearDepending on experience (Pro rata for part time)