Pharmacist

Job description Job responsibilities The main responsibilities of the role include: Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice 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, for all medication related queries Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision; Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues