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- Review and action safety alerts from the MHRA or other bodies, for the practice
- Carry out medication reviews for specific groups of patients, including those on high-risk medicines
- Reconcile medicines from hospital discharges or specialist appointments, and for newly registered patients
- Review and action any directives from BSOL ICB with regards to medicines management requests or requirements
- Encourage the practice into prescribing in a cost-effective manner, including use of the BSOL Formulary
- Be a reference point for colleagues for questions regarding medications
- Perform audits on medicines topics as directed by the practice
- Update colleagues on the latest guidance regarding medicines, including from e.g. NICE
- Issue repeat medicines and reauthorise medicines as appropriate
- Assist with compliance with national targets, including e.g. QOF
- Medication Reviews: Conduct regular medication reviews for patients with chronic conditions to ensure optimal drug therapy. You will also perform more detailed reviews on patients that are prescribed higher risk medicines
- Patient Counselling: Provide advice directly to patients on the best approach to using their medications, including their appropriate treatment regimen, and advice on e.g. side effects
- Clinical Advice: Provide advice to colleagues that have queries on prescribing, appropriateness, required counselling, and possible alternatives to medication decisions
- Medication Audits: Conduct regular audits to ensure that the practice is compliant with national guidelines and local regulations regarding medication storage, prescription practices, and patient safety.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with all pharmaceutical laws and regulations, including those related to controlled substances, medication safety, and record-keeping.
- Prescription Management: Monitor prescription patterns and make suggestions for improvements in prescribing practices to enhance patient safety and cost-effectiveness.
- Training: Provide training and guidance to other team members regarding pharmaceutical matters, ensuring everyone is informed about the safe use of medicines.
- Medication Reviews: Conduct regular medication reviews for patients with chronic conditions to ensure optimal drug therapy. You will also perform more detailed reviews on patients that are prescribed higher risk medicines
- Patient Counselling: Provide advice directly to patients on the best approach to using their medications, including their appropriate treatment regimen, and advice on e.g. side effects
- Clinical Advice: Provide advice to colleagues that have queries on prescribing, appropriateness, required counselling, and possible alternatives to medication decisions
- Medication Audits: Conduct regular audits to ensure that the practice is compliant with national guidelines and local regulations regarding medication storage, prescription practices, and patient safety.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with all pharmaceutical laws and regulations, including those related to controlled substances, medication safety, and record-keeping.
- Prescription Management: Monitor prescription patterns and make suggestions for improvements in prescribing practices to enhance patient safety and cost-effectiveness.
- Training: Provide training and guidance to other team members regarding pharmaceutical matters, ensuring everyone is informed about the safe use of medicines.
- Previous experience working as a pharmacist in general practice
- A valid MPharm degree and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Previous experience working as a pharmacist in general practice
- A valid MPharm degree and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Job summary
You will ensure that the medicine management system for the practice is implemented and working well. This includes ensuring cost-effective prescribing, supporting colleagues and patients with medicine queries, and issuing prescriptions as an independent prescriber.
You will be guided by targets and requirements set by the NHS locally and nationally for our practice.
Main duties of the job
About us
The Limes Medical Centre is looking for a clincial pharmacist that is comfortable working within a close team, to ensure our service provides care that is safe and effective. We are looking for a pharmacist that understands the needs and requirements of general practice medicines management, and is able to contribute to our desire for high quality care.
We are based across two sites, with the main site in Small Heath being the primary location. We are practice that trains future GPs, and we are looking for innovative ways to ensure our service is sustainable whilst meeting the needs of our community. Having a clinical pharmacist join us is one step we are taking to help us deliver this.
Date posted
06 March 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A2521-25-0000
Job locations
The Limes Medical Centre
100 Cooksey Road
Birmingham
B10 0BS
Finch Road Primary Care Centre
2 Finch Road
Birmingham
B19 1HS
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The Limes Medical Centre wants a motivated clinical pharmacist who ideally has some experience of working in general practice previously. Your responsibilities encompass the full range of medicines management, including prescribing, reconciliation, optimisation, advice to colleagues, and issues related to clinical governance and safety.
You will be a key on-site presence for your colleagues and patients, delivering the following as part of your normal working schedule:
Job responsibilities
The Limes Medical Centre wants a motivated clinical pharmacist who ideally has some experience of working in general practice previously. Your responsibilities encompass the full range of medicines management, including prescribing, reconciliation, optimisation, advice to colleagues, and issues related to clinical governance and safety.
You will be a key on-site presence for your colleagues and patients, delivering the following as part of your normal working schedule:
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
The Limes Medical Centre
Address
The Limes Medical Centre
100 Cooksey Road
Birmingham
B10 0BS
Employer's website
https://www.thelimesmedicalbirmingham.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
The Limes Medical Centre
Address
The Limes Medical Centre
100 Cooksey Road
Birmingham
B10 0BS
Employer's website
https://www.thelimesmedicalbirmingham.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.