About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a part time clinical pharmacist to join our existing team, ideally for approximately 30 hours per week. This is a really interesting opportunity for a breadth of primary care experience as an Independent Prescriber, both within the Primary Care Network and also Hillfoot Surgery. This means you would get the opportunity to work across multiple primary care contracts all within one role (PCN DES, QoF, GPOP, IIF). The successful applicant will be employed by WLPCN Ltd but partially deployed to Hillfoot Surgery
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines optimisation across the PCN. This will include structured medication reviews with direct patient contact and may include contributing to:
Management of long-term conditions
Minor illness
Reviewing systems for safer prescribing
Action acute prescription requests
Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients
Contributing to achievement of QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes.
Undertaking clinical audit
Developing, promoting and implementing the high quality, evidence based and cost-effective use of medicines in primary care in a way that maximises the benefits of medicines to patients and service users and which minimises risks (clinical, legal and financial).
This list is not exhaustive and additional duties may be decided by the PCN Leadership Team and the Lead Clinical Pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
Medication reviews Medicines quality improvement Medicines Safety Patient facing medicines support Medicine management at change of care setting Medicine information to practice staff and patients Drug monitoring Signposting Repeat prescribing Service development Information management Collaborative working Professional development Health & safety / risk management
About us
West Leeds PCN is a mature and visionary PCN with a workforce of approximately 60 staff across multiple clinical disciplines. We also have our own premises (non patient facing) where most of the staff are based day to day (if working remotely) which lends itself beautifully to instant access, in house MDT working. We employ:
Clinical Pharmacists
Pharmacy Technicians
Dietitians
Social Prescribers
Health & Wellbeing Coaches
Care Co-ordinators
Administrative and support staff
Specialised Frailty and Home Visiting team (Advanced Clinical Practitioners)
Specialist Nurses (Cardiac, Respiratory, Learning Disabilities, Diabetes)
Physiotherapists (First Contact)
For more information on the work that we do and the services we offer please visit our website West Leeds Primary Care Network (westleedspcn.co.uk)
Job description Job responsibilities
There is a comprehensive description of the specifications of this role in the uploaded Job Description document,
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Pharmacy degree Independent Prescribing qualification Please see uploaded job description for full person specification
Desirable
Prior completion of CPPE pathway Please see uploaded job description for full person specification
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 West Leeds Primary Care Network
Address Manor House
23 Robin Lane
Pudsey
West Yorkshire
LS28 7BR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.westleedspcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)