NhsJobs Buckhurst Hill

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;

• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);

• Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;

• Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;

• Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;

• Processing specialist treatment letters;

• Supporting practice dispensary;

• Processing hospital medication discharge letters;

• Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;

• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;

• Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics;

• Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks, as well as other tasks, as required, on completion of appropriate training;

• Conducting care-planning, including: mental health, admission avoidance schemes and end-of-life patients.

• Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results.

• Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need;

• Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework;

• Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored and complied with;

• Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication;

• Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients;

• Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care;

• Delivering on and/or overseeing relevant aspects of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES).

• Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists;

• Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision;

• Supporting the PCN clinical director as necessary;

• Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;

• Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues;

• Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes;

• Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within practices across the PCN.

Job description

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;

• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);

• Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;

• Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;

• Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;

• Processing specialist treatment letters;

• Supporting practice dispensary;

• Processing hospital medication discharge letters;

• Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;

• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;

• Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics;

• Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks, as well as other tasks, as required, on completion of appropriate training;

• Conducting care-planning, including: mental health, admission avoidance schemes and end-of-life patients.

• Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results.

• Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need;

• Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework;

• Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored and complied with;

• Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication;

• Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients;

• Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care;

• Delivering on and/or overseeing relevant aspects of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES).

• Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists;

• Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision;

• Supporting the PCN clinical director as necessary;

• Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;

• Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues;

• Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes;

• Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within practices across the PCN.

What is the salary for this pharmacist role in Buckhurst Hill?

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

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

Yes — PharmSee currently tracks 8 open pharmacy vacancies from Primary Care Careers across the UK. Browse all Primary Care Careers roles on PharmSee to compare locations and salaries.

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