GP Practice PharmacistNHS

Job summary

Posterngate surgery are seeking a positive, caring and self motivated Pharmacist to bring their knowledge and expertise to expand our experienced and welcoming clinical team.

Main duties of the job

Working with our multidisciplinary team to support clinicians in implementing effective dispensing, prescription management, prescribing systems and medicines management within the practice.

Job description

Review patients by consultation on complex medication regimens, screening & management of long term conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, COPD & hypertension

Deal with telephone based medication queries from patients, pharmacies & hospital

When appropriately qualified develop and utilise prescribing skills in face to face and remote settings to further support patient care.

Provide medicines management advice to doctors, practice nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective, quality and cost effective use of medicines

Run audits & design of safer prescribing systems

Review of medications for nursing & residential home patients

Manage patients & health care professionals medicine queries

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge & work with patients & community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions & readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines & identifying & addressing medicines related issues

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety & cost effectiveness of prescribing

Work with primary care professional & patients to implement NICE & other evidence based guidelines

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team & patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

Implement drug withdrawals & alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety

Ensure that all dispensing errors and near misses are logged in accordance with the practice procedure and to undertake any activity necessary to rectify or prevent errors

Liaise with clinicians about prescriptions to ensure accuracy and prevent risk

Keep up-to-date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses for the purpose of continuing professional development

Provide regular support and feedback to the practice on prescribing action plans

Promote high quality, cost effective and evidence based use of medicines within the practice

Lead on identifying changes to minimise drug waste

Refer to ePACT data to analyse & review practice prescribing

About us

Posterngate surgery is a large, innovative and high performing teaching practice. Working together with Selby Town Primary Care Network, we are a friendly, hardworking and supportive practice that aims to achieve the highest quality of care for or patients.

A systmone practice with a skill mix consists of 6 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, First Contact Physios, Mental Health Practitioners, Urgent Care Practitioners and Pharmacy Team supported by Practice Nurses and HCA's. Easy access from York & Leeds with free on-site parking and modern comfortable premises.