Clinical Pharmacist

The Orpington Primary Care Network is a group of general practice surgeries in the outer London suburbs. We currently have twenty eight staff including a team of eight clinical pharmacists and four pharmacy technicians led by a Lead Clinical Pharmacist and are looking to expand the team. We are looking for a 1FTE full time pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

• Provide professional advice and support on the safe prescribing, handling and administration of medicines. This includes support regarding development and implementation of medicines management processes and policies.
• Lead on the medicines aspects relating to the care of patients to optimise medicines, reduce medicines-related risks and improve adherence to taking medicines by carrying out medication assessments and reviews in identified patients.
• Resolve day-to-day medicines and prescription issues with healthcare professionals
• Help patients to manage their conditions
• Lead repeat prescription services and deal with queries from staff and patients
• Present to patients any changes to prescribing in line with NICE, best practice or in response to prescribing alerts
• Advise patients of the adverse side effect of medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments
• Rationalise repeat prescriptions lists to avoid waste and duplication
• Provide reviews to those patients with LTCs or complex health needs, including drug monitoring and risk versus benefit.
• Provide both face to face and digital appointments to practice patients
• Contribute to the management of the prescribing budget through the promotion of safe, cost effective rational prescribing
• Contribute to minimising the harms associated with the use of medicines, for example by deprescribing

About us

The Orpington Primary Care Network is a group of general practice surgeries in the outer London suburbs. We currently have over 40 staff, mostly ARRS, including a team of Clinical Pharmacists and are looking to expand the team. Training and clinical supervision is provided in a supportive environment where we are keen to promote staff development.

Job responsibilities

An Orpington PCN pharmacist will provide clinical care drawing on a background in pharmacy. You will be the medicines expert within your surgerys team, and work within a multidisciplinary mix of healthcare professionals from GPs and nurses, to mental health practitioners and paramedics. You will lead the way for patient-centred medication reviews, drug safety, and cost-effective and efficient prescribing within primary care. You will be supported by the rest of our pharmacy team and GPs to fulfil your full potential as a pharmacist.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical/community pharmacy or equivalent additional experience.
• Completed CPPE

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.