North East Ipswich PCN is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practices, to play a full and active role as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team. This position will be offered as a 12 month contract, on a full-time basis, but part-time can be considered. Remote working can be considered.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas.
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (i.e. side-effects, dosage) across the practice.
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review, and health education advice, to patients at the designated practices by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice.
- Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
- Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes.
- Processing specialist treatment letters.
- Supporting practice dispensary.
- Processing hospital medication discharge letters.
- Acting as a key contact in the practice, for all medication related queries.
- Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change.