Clinical Pharmacist Independent Prescriber in Bradford

The position requires a qualified pharmacist with an independent prescribing qualification, who will operate within their professional limits as a member of a multidisciplinary team. This position is 20hrs per week, working days negotiable. Ideally with experience of working in a GP practice setting.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the GP and other practice clinical and non-clinical staff, playing a key role in supporting GPs and the broader primary care team to provide safe and effective care. They will provide medication-related patient services, including direct patient care. This is an exciting position which will require an innovative and visionary Clinical Pharmacist. The successful applicant will need to be self-motivated and able to work on their own. You will have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills together with a good working knowledge of primary care and the challenges facing patient care in the NHS. This role is practice based and we are unable to offer remote working.

Job responsibilities

• Consult with patients who have one or more medical conditions that require medication optimisation e.g., COPD, asthma, hypertension.
• Review the ongoing necessity of each medication, assess monitoring needs, and provide support to patients in managing their medications, ensuring they achieve the best outcomes from their treatments i.e., medication optimisation.
• Provide GPs with recommendations for medication improvements.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews with patients and offer recommendations to the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses, and/or GP regarding prescribing and monitoring.
• Respond to medicine-related inquiries from GPs, practice staff, other healthcare teams e.g., community pharmacy, and patients.
• Follow up with patients to monitor the effects of any changes.
• Review the use of medications commonly linked to unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audits and individual patient reviews.
• Implement changes to medications in response to MHRA alerts, product withdrawals, and other local and national guidelines.
• Monitor practice prescribing in accordance with the local formulary and recommend to GPs which medications should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or be subject to shared care (amber drugs).
• Audit the practices compliance with NICE technology assessment guidance.
• Comply with safeguarding policies and support the commitment to promoting welfare.
• Comply with all Bradford Moor Practice policies and stay informed about any changes.

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge acquired through vocational masters degree in pharmacy (4 years) plus 1 year pre-registration training.
• Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation, acquired through post graduate clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent experience or training.
• Holds an independent prescribing qualification.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
• Successful completion of the CPPE General Practice Pharmacist Training Pathway.

Experience

• Demonstrates an understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• Ability to convey complex and sensitive information clearly to various audiences, such as patients.
• Proficient IT skills.
• Capable of obtaining and analysing complex technical information.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Produce timely and informative reports.
• Work effectively both independently and as a team member.
• Self-motivated.
• Competent at medication reviews, especially long term conditions.
• Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams and community groups.

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.