About this role
Job summary
Hours/Working Pattern:
Monday - 9am - 5pmTuesday 9am-5pmWed or Thurs or Fri - 9am - 5pm
Total 3 days a week with Monday and Tuesday compulsory
The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role they will be supported by a senior clinical pharmacist who will develop, manage and mentor them and by a GP who will provide clinical supervision.
The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antimicrobial stewardship.
To work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient facing role and take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff for prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice. The clinical pharmacist will organise practice based meetings with local community pharmacists to improve collaborative working and explore how to best support patients to access and get the best from their medicines.
About us
Haringey GP Federation is a dynamic and growing organisation working in partnership with GP practices across the diverse borough of Haringey, north London.
Our role is to support and enable general practice by developing and delivering services that complement core GP work, creating opportunities for shared learning and innovation, and helping practices respond to the evolving needs of patients and the wider health system.
We work in close partnership with practices, clinicians and system partners to co-design services, pilot new approaches, and build capacity across primary care. Through clinical programmes, workforce development and operational support, our aim is to add value in ways that are practical, respectful and aligned with the priorities of our member practices. Were proud of the strong relationships we've built across the health and care system grounded in mutual respect, shared goals, and a commitment to delivering excellent care together.
Our work has been recognised nationally, including commendations at the HSJ Awards for our leadership and service delivery.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you are applying for a role with us under the Disability Confident scheme, please let us know by email at [email protected]
Job description Job responsibilities
To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.
To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the, practice team, community nurse team, patients, and carers.
To record personally generated information and maintain a database of information relating to the work done in the practice(s). Personally generated information includes information and records relating to audit and clinical work undertaken by the post holder, reference notes relating to clinical/technical information. The database includes maintaining up-to-date, detailed records of all work done in the practices for which the post holder is accountable (done by the post holder or others)
To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes.
As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments, agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the appraisal process.
To attend local, regional and national meetings of relevance as agreed with the post holders line manager.
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.
All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance).
Person Specification
Professional Registration Essential
Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Qualifications Essential
Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent Post-graduate clinical diploma level or equivalent training/experience or Independent prescriber
Personal Qualities Essential
Reliable Self-motivated Work autonomously Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines, whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail Able to work at part of a multi-disciplinary team Commitment to CPD
Skills, Knowledge and Experience Essential
Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience. In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Good IT skills Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
Experience of motivational interviewing and able to train other staff Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions Familiarity with GP systems Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
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 Haringey GP Federation
Address 48 Station Road
Wood Green
London
N22 7TY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.haringeygpfederation.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)