Clinical Pharmacist

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to work at Northgate Health Centre (part of Oxford Central Primary Care Network (PCN)) The purpose of the role is to improve patient care and prescribing at the practice, working as part of the Primary Care Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). The role is broad and will range from contribution to direct patient care (chronic disease management, medication reviews, prescription queries), service development and delivery within the practice and quality improvement and audit across the spectrum of Medicines Management., Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review

Pro-actively identify patients using computer searches who require medication reviews (e.g. polypharmacy, over 75s etc)

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.

Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy and be the main point of contact for medicines, to align support for medicines adherence.

Long-term condition (LTC) clinics (e.g., hypertension, asthma, diabetes)

Work within and develop own competence to deliver patient facing clinics in patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicines optimisation is required

Build and use computer searches to pro-actively identify patients who may benefit from attending LTC clinics

Make appropriate recommendations for ongoing treatment to patients and refer appropriately to the GP/other services where needed

Northgate Health Centre is situated in the heart of Oxford in a state-of-the-art (purpose-built) centre which opened in 2022, with a list size of circa 13,500 patients. We have a dedicated multidisciplinary team putting patient care at the heart of everything we do. We are a supportive and friendly team of 5 GP Partners, 7 salaried GPs, 3 experienced paramedic specialists, a collaborative nursing team along with a friendly patient adviser team and efficient practice administration & management team. We are the named GPs for 6 of the colleges (University of Oxford) and two local care homes.

Youll be joining a friendly, closeknit team who celebrate successes together and support one another through challenges. We enjoy building strong working relationships and creating a workplace staff look forward to coming to. Our team culture is grounded in respect, positivity, and genuine care for one another. We make time for team activities and shared moments that help us stay connected and enjoy our work. Our team meets regularly for clinical discussions & practice wide meetings, and we enjoy a range of wellbeing activities and staff/charitable celebrations throughout the year.