NhsJobs Bath

Patient facing long-term condition clinics

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and review patients

with single or multiple long-term conditions where medicines optimisation is required.

Responsibility for prescribing, or completing training to become a prescriber, for conditions where

medicines have a large component.

Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to

support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines.

Make

appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicines optimization.

Patient facing clinical medication review

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy and

implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring

tests.

Patient facing care home/residential clinical medication reviews

Be part of the MDT managing the caseload of care home residents. Undertake clinical medication

reviews with patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing

changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments

Be part of the MDT managing the caseload and signposting where appropriate for patients

presenting with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice

and limits of competence.

Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where

appropriate.

Patient facing medicines support

Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines

in the practice.

Telephone medicines support

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their

medicines.

Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate

level

of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology test results, common/minor ailments,

acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

Medicine information to practice staff and patients

Answer all medicine related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other Healthcare teams (e.g.

community pharmacy) and patients. Suggest and recommend solutions.

Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

Unplanned hospital admissions

Work with practice teams to devise and implement practice searches to identify cohorts of

patients most likely to be at risk of an unplanned admission, readmissions and harm from

medicines.

Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes,

including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes, and manage these changes without

referral to a GP.

Perform clinical medication reviews, produce post discharge medicines care plans including dose

titration and booking of follow up tests, and work with patients and community pharmacists to

ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients

(e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).

Where necessary, work in partnership with hospital colleagues (e.g. care of the elderly doctors and

clinical pharmacists) to proactively manage patients at high risk of medicine related problems

before they are discharged to ensure continuity of care.

Repeat prescribing

Manage the repeat prescribing re-authorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat

prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates; make necessary changes as an

independent prescriber, and ensure patients are booked in for necessary monitoring tests where

required.

Risk stratification

Design, develop and implement computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of

harm from medicines.

Utilising Ardens and where necessary identifying appropriate of risk stratification tools on behalf

of the practice.

Working with patients and the primary care team to minimise risks through medicines.

Job description

Patient facing long-term condition clinics

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and review patients

with single or multiple long-term conditions where medicines optimisation is required.

Responsibility for prescribing, or completing training to become a prescriber, for conditions where

medicines have a large component.

Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to

support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines.

Make

appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicines optimization.

Patient facing clinical medication review

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy and

implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring

tests.

Patient facing care home/residential clinical medication reviews

Be part of the MDT managing the caseload of care home residents. Undertake clinical medication

reviews with patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing

changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments

Be part of the MDT managing the caseload and signposting where appropriate for patients

presenting with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice

and limits of competence.

Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where

appropriate.

Patient facing medicines support

Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines

in the practice.

Telephone medicines support

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their

medicines.

Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate

level

of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology test results, common/minor ailments,

acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

Medicine information to practice staff and patients

Answer all medicine related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other Healthcare teams (e.g.

community pharmacy) and patients. Suggest and recommend solutions.

Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

Unplanned hospital admissions

Work with practice teams to devise and implement practice searches to identify cohorts of

patients most likely to be at risk of an unplanned admission, readmissions and harm from

medicines.

Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes,

including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes, and manage these changes without

referral to a GP.

Perform clinical medication reviews, produce post discharge medicines care plans including dose

titration and booking of follow up tests, and work with patients and community pharmacists to

ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients

(e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).

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What is the salary for this clinical pharmacist role in Bath?

The advertised salary for this clinical pharmacist role at Minerva Primary Care Network is Negotiable (per hour). Typical clinical pharmacist pay in Bath varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

Does Minerva Primary Care Network have other pharmacy roles open in the UK?

Yes — PharmSee currently tracks 2 open pharmacy vacancies from Minerva Primary Care Network across the UK. Browse all Minerva Primary Care Network roles on PharmSee to compare locations and salaries.

How many pharmacy jobs are currently open in Bath?

PharmSee is currently tracking 6 active pharmacy vacancies in Bath across 11 major UK chains and NHS sources. Browse every open Bath pharmacy role on PharmSee's jobs search.

How do I apply for this role?

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