Medical Centre jobs in Warwick

Clinical Pharmacist - Leamington PCN

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Salary: £47,000 - £55,000 | Dependent on Experience

Job type: 37.5 Hours (Full-Time) - Monday to Friday (9 - 5)

Location: The successful candidate will be required to travel between/or based at Leamington PCN. Due to the geography and nature of the role a clean UK driving license and full use of car is essential.

Job summary

Leamington PCN are looking to recruit Clinical Pharmacists who are passionate for delivering a quality service to their patients. The Clinical Pharmacist role supports to improve patients’ health outcomes and of the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise, including face to face. Clinical Pharmacist proactively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues to improve patients care safety and free up clinical staff to spend more time on clinical care.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using extensive experience and in-depth knowledge to be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patients
• To deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring practice remains up to date
• To lead and promote, support and facilitate medicines optimisation for specialist area in the wider medicine’s agenda ensuring best value, reduced harm and improved outcomes.
• To lead and deliver evaluation and audit of service delivery for specialist area in order to ensure a high-quality service and to further develop provision.
• To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base.

Essential criteria

· Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.

· Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.

· Member of GPHC.

· Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicines optimisation services.

· Considers most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery; can take actions which support and promote this agenda.

· Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care.

· Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand.

· Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary.

Desirable

· GPHC Independent Prescribing Qualification.

· Good understanding of primary care.

Overview of our organisation

SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care.

o 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

o NHS Pension

o Health & Wellbeing support

o Vivup Employee Assistance Programme

o Bike2work Scheme

o Access to the Blue Light card

The Leamington PCN consists of the following practices….

• Lisle Court – Brunswick Street, Leamington, CV31 2ES
• Spa Medical Centre - 81 Radford Road, Leamington Spa CV31 1NE
• Croft Medical Centre - Calder Walk, Royal Leamington Spa, Leamington Spa CV31 1SA
• Warwick Gates Family Health Centre - Cressida Close, Heathcote, Warwick CV34 6DZ
• Whitnash Medical Centre - 110 Coppice Road, Leamington Spa CV31 2LT
• Waterside Medical Centre - Court Street, Leamington Spa CV31 2BB
• Cubbington Road Surgery - 115 Cubbington Road, Leamington Spa CV32 7AT
• Clarendon Lodge Medical Centre - 16 Clarendon Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5SS
• Sherbourne Medical Centre - 40 Oxford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 4RA

Pay: £47,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

• Are you a member of GPHC?
• Do you have sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care?
• Do you have experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand?

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person