Clinical Pharmacist

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust • Full-time • United Kingdom, England, London • £55.90k - £62.00k / year • 1w ago

This post is a fixed term contract until March 2024.

An exciting opportunity has come up for a clinical pharmacist to work at Wandsworth Prime Primary Care Network. If you enjoy supporting patients' with their medicines or want to develop your skills in a primary care setting this could be the post for you.

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is large community trust working with Wandsworth Prime PCN to recruit a dynamic and innovative pharmacist to join our growing Medicines Management Team.

Key components of the post include:
Working as part of a PCN providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines, conducting structured medication reviews for patients with inappropriate polypharmacy and overprescribing, developing and implementing long term condition prescribing clinics and acting as a source of pharmaceutical expertise to various health and social care professionals e.g. GPs, hospital clinicians, district nurses, carers, families, community pharmacists and care coordinators.

The Clinical Pharmacist will be supported by current PCN pharmacy team having the opportunity to share good practice and develop the service.

Trust wide Medicines Management Service Provision including policy development, implementation of patient safety initiatives e.g. drug alerts, patient safety alerts, training for health professionals in the community across the trust and PCN.

The post will predominantly be working in GP practices within Wandsworth Prime PCN and will involve lone-working and travelling between sites. The postholder may also be required to travel to other sites and services within the organisation so will require flexibility as the organisation continues to grow. A car would be useful for travelling in outer London or outside of London but is not essential.

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

The postholder must have post registration experience in hospital or community pharmacy and a postgraduate qualification to at least diploma level as well as independent prescribing qualification or currently working towards completion of this. Previous experience in community health services or primary care is desirable. A sound knowledge of prescribing and medicines management issues faced in both primary and secondary care is essential with excellent decision-making and problem solving skills. Additionally, compassion, flexibility, excellent comunnication and time management skills are essential and the ability to build relationships with various health and social care professionals e.g. GPs, hospital clinicians, district nurses, carers, family, community pharmacists and care coordinators.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities