Experienced GP Pharmacist NMP - Harford Health Centre

Job description Job responsibilities The Practice-based Clinical Pharmacist will improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients of Harford Health Centre. They will have regular contact with patients and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice by performing structured medication reviews. They will also support the management of patients with long-term conditions by reviewing repeat medication requests.

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care (hospital discharge) and will use systems for safer prescribing including Eclipse. They will perform face-to-face medication reviews ofpatients with polypharmacy; especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities. They will undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long term conditions that fall within their competency. They will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship.

They will co-ordinate prescribers at the practice to ensure that appropriate medication is prescribed, ensuring that income and dispensary profit is maintained whilst fulfilling the requirements of CCG and locality initiatives.