Clinical Pharmacist

As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will be an integral part of the PCN and practice teams. Working closely with the clinical teams and other primary care colleagues in the practice and within the primary care network (PCN) to support patient care, develop best practice and provide mutual support., The post holder will work as part of a practice multi-disciplinary team, primarily in a patient-facing role and support the team with:

• Medicines optimization in the practice/PCN


• Clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.


• Provide primary support to general practice staff across the PCN regards to prescription and medication queries.


• Support the repeat prescriptions system through dealing with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.


• Provide expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practice/s.


• The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.


• The postholder will be working towards or utilising their non-medical prescribing qualification.


• 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.
  
  Minerva Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of 4 GP practices located in Bath consisting of Combe Down Surgery, Newbridge Surgery, Rush Hill & Weston Surgery at St Michaels Surgery. We have a combined list size of 39,400 patients and we continue to grow.