GP Practice Based Pharmacist

NHS; Bargoed; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job description

Are you a pharmacist looking to work in a GP practice?

This role includes working in a clinical role in our GP practice to support medicines management and improve patient care. This will include reviewing repeat prescriptions, reauthorisations, undertaking medication reviews, and monitoring high risk patients to ensure safe and cost effective prescribing.

You will be based in Bryntirion surgery working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

There is professional support and engagement with the ABUHB medicines management team, and you can join the ABUHB network of practice pharmacists.

Main duties of the job

Working with GPs, Practice nurses and practice staff to:

• Improve the quality and effectiveness of medicines management within GP practices
• Provide patient focused, prudent healthcare
• Promote medicines safety and review polypharmacy
• Develop the practice pharmacist role, becoming a core member of the practice team working effectively with other health and social care professionals delivering services to patients

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click 'Apply now' to view in TRAC.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC
• Specialist knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma and qualifications (e.g. clinical, community, therapeutics) or equivalent
• Independent prescriber status
• Experience in primary care role working with GP practices
• Experience in running clinics

Experience

• Experience in running clinics
• Experience in primary care role working with GP practices
• Independent prescriber status

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.

£54,550 to £61,412 a year per annum/pro rata