This six-month clinical pharmacist post sits with K&W Healthcare, a GP-led organisation supporting member practices. The post holder supports practice staff on prescribing and medicines management, covering repeat and acute prescription requests and reconciling medicines after hospital discharge. The role stands out for its patient-facing medication reviews, minor ailments triage and vaccination work, spread across several practices and sites. An independent prescribing qualification is essential, and the post holder must start a further prescribing course after probation.
What the job involves
- Carry out clinical medication reviews in appointment slots to reduce GP time, including locum GP time
- Respond to urgent medication requests and queries
- Review the ongoing need for each medicine and its monitoring requirements
- Triage a caseload of minor ailments and run minor ailments appointment slots
- Hold patient-facing clinics on medication questions to improve adherence
- Reconcile medicines after hospital discharge, intermediate care and care home transfers
- Review daily pathology results for selected patients on known medicines
- Carry out targeted medication reviews for high-risk patients, such as the frail elderly and those on multiple medicines
- Contribute to multidisciplinary reviews on medication-related issues
- Support QOF targets for long-term conditions including asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension and heart failure
- Review medicines linked to unplanned admissions and readmissions and change prescribing for high-risk groups
- Administer influenza and travel vaccines
What’s required
Qualifications
- Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
- At least 2 years of prescribing experience
Other
- Commitment to start an independent prescribing course within 6 months of probation ending
Nice to have
- Experience in primary care or general practice settings
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
