PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Role description

Job summary

Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist - Market Rasen Surgery

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to join Market Rasen Surgery, Lincolnshire. We are looking for a pharmacist to develop and manage all aspects of medicines across the practice network. Working with highly skilled multi-disciplinary teams, we currently have 2 pharmacists and 1 pharmacy technicians.

You will work in a patient-centred role based in the surgeries along with some hybrid working. This is an evolving role with huge scope for development, we will support you with your independent prescribing course if required. Full details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

The successful applicant will be a pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role. Please note: this is a hybrid role and you will be required to attend the practice for more than 50% of the time, during the working week, which is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

The type of duties involved will be:

• Telephone & some face to face consultations and reviews with patients
• Managing repeat prescriptions
• Responding to patient askmygp queries related to medication.
• Long term condition reviews - training will be provided for this if necessary
• Synchronise medication
• Review urgent prescriptions
• Liaise with hospital pharmacists
• Provide regular support and feedback to practice on prescribing action plans.
• Updating patient records
• Ensuring the practice is compliant with CQC medicine-related standards
• Undertaking risk assessments and ensuring compliance with legislation
• Audits

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work for forward thinking practice where you will be given the opportunity to enhance your portfolio; for example, becoming an independent prescriber or gaining a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.

All practices use SystmOne clinical IT system.

About us

Market Rasen Surgery is a medium-sized dispensing practice based in the centre of town, just on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and within easy reach of hospitals in Grimsby, Lincoln, Gainsborough and Louth. We serve a largely rural community of approximately 10600 patients over approximately 200 square miles.

The practice is contracted by the ICB to provide general medical services to our patient population. As well as general medical services, we also provide many additional services, including minor surgery such as vasectomies, hernias and skin procedures in our purpose-built theatre.

In addition to the 2 GP Partners and 8 salaried GPs, we have 3 ACPs, highly skilled practice nurses who carry out general nursing duties, also manages the care of patients with conditions such as asthma or other respiratory disease, diabetes and chronic heart disease.

We also employ an older adults nurse who carries out reviews of patients and supports them with their day to day activities.

The nursing team is supplemented by trained HCAs who take blood, monitor warfarin levels and take basic data such as height and weight.

We also have a team of attached nursing staff who look after our patients. These include care co-ordinator, physios, OT & community midwife. we also have regular outreach clinics in paediatrics, diabetes and psychiatry for the elderly.

The clinical team is supported by the dispensary and administrative staff.