clinical pharmacist

EAST:MK Primary Care Network has exciting opportunity for a clinical pharmacist into our practice team on a full-time basis. The role is offered on a full-time basis, 37.5 hours per week over 5 days per week, between Monday and Saturday, on a rotation basis across the 4 surgeries - Ashfield Medical Centre, CMK Medical Centre, Milton Keynes Village Practice and The Grove Surgery that make up the PCN. Our clinical pharmacist will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the PCN, ensuring safe, evidence based, and cost-effective prescribing. You will also be responsible for offering support to general practice staff in relation to prescription and medication queries as well as conducting medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.,

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role.
• Take on responsibility for areas of chronic disease management,working proactively with other healthcare professionals across the organisation and PCN area.
• Support the delivery of the new Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
• Conduct structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
• Provide clinical medicines expertise to both patients and practice teams.
• Improve prescribing practices across the PCN.
• Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as clinical audits.
• Interface with community and hospital colleagues to help resolve medication-related issues.
• Assist with delivery of enhanced health-in-care-homes initiatives.
  
  Vocational 4-year master's degree in pharmacy, Postgraduate diploma/MSc in clinical or community pharmacy, or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber registration, 1 years pre-registration training
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Covid vaccination training
• Good critical appraisal skills
• Experience of patient consultation
• Experience of working with GPs
• Good understanding of primary care structure and general practice
• Good clinical knowledge
• Able to apply clinical knowledge, appropriately, in a variety of practice settings or patient groups.
• Right to work in the UK. Please note that there is no sponsorship available for this role., Advanced assessment and history taking skills or be willing to enrol in a current training pathway to develop these.
• Post-registration experience in primary, secondary or community pharmacy
• Experience of clinical pharmacy
• Knowledge of GP clinical computer systems
  
  East:MK PCN covers a total population of around 58,000 patients, across its 4 practices in Milton Keynes: Ashfield Medical Centre, CMK Medical Centre, Milton Keynes Village Practice and the Grove Surgery.