About the role
Salary: Negotiable
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Clinical
Pharmacist to join our friendly and committed primary care team at Lister Medical Centre. This is an
exciting opportunity to work autonomously within a supportive multidisciplinary
environment, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and reduce of readmission.
To manage repeat prescriptions requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate.
To be involved in and contribute to the safety of drug monitoring processes to ensure appropriate drug monitoring.
Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.
To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding.
Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure the practice prescribe in accordance with local guidelines and formulary.
To identity areas of clinical risk at network level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources.
Work with care home staff to improve the safety of ordering medicines and administration if required.
Taking responsibility for own development, learning, performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others.
Lister Medical Centre