GP Practice Based Pharmacist
Job Description
Job summary
Are you a pharmacist looking to work in a GP practice?
This roles include working in a clinical role in our GP practice to support medicines management and improve patient care. This will include reviewing repeat prescriptions, reauthorisations, undertaking medication reviews, and monitoring high risk patients to ensure safe and cost effective prescribing.
You will be based in Bryntirion surgery working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
There is professional support and engagement with the ABUHB medicines management team, and you can join the ABUHB network of practice pharmacists.
Main duties of the job
Working with GPs, Practice nurses and practice staff to
- To improve the quality and effectiveness of medicines management within GP practices
- To provide patient focussed, prudent healthcare
- To promote medicines safety and review polypharmacy
- To develop the practice pharmacist role, becoming a core member of the practice team working effectively with other health and social care professionals delivering services to patients
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click 'Apply now' to view in TRAC.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Registered with GPhC
- Specialist knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma and qualifications (e.g. clinical, community ,therapeutics) or equivalent
Desirable
- Independent prescriber status
- Experience primary care role working with GP practices
- Experience in running clinics
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in running clinics
- Experience primary care role working with GP practices
- Independent prescriber status
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Bryntirion Surgery
West Street
Bargoed
NP12 0QN
