Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary
Job Title
Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist

Contract Type
Permanent - Full time

Remuneration
£45,716 - £53,000 Pro Rata depending on experience

Hours of work
Fulltime (37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday)

Responsible to
Band 8b Lead Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Accountable to
Band 8b Lead Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Location
Practice based role location to be determined

Interview Date
TBC

Budgetary responsibility ?
No

Line Management Responsibility ?
No

Pay Grade
7

Main duties of the job
The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team in general practice. In this role they will be supported by a senior clinical pharmacist who will develop, manage and mentor them and by a GP who will provide clinical supervision.

To provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antimicrobial stewardship.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient facing role and take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff for prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).

The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.

About us
Haringey GP Federation is a dynamic and growing organisation working in partnership with GP practices across the diverse borough of Haringey, north London.

Our role is to support and enable general practice by developing and delivering services that complement core GP work, creating opportunities for shared learning and innovation, and helping practices respond to the evolving needs of patients and the wider health system.

We work in close partnership with practices, clinicians and system partners to co-design services, pilot new approaches, and build capacity across primary care. Through clinical programmes, workforce development and operational support, our aim is to add value in ways that are practical, respectful and aligned with the priorities of our member practices. Were proud of the strong relationships we've built across the health and care system grounded in mutual respect, shared goals, and a commitment to delivering excellent care together.

Our work has been recognised nationally, including commendations at the HSJ Awards for our leadership and service delivery.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you are applying for a role with us under the Disability Confident scheme, please let us know by email at [email protected]

Job responsibilities
Medication review for Older People with Frailty
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients (including patients in care homes) and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital.
To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

To support the care closer to home integrated networks
Set up and manage systems to identify and support high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those on 4+ medicines or unplanned admissions).

Provide advice on medicines optimisation and develop personalised care plans.

Long-term condition clinics, e.g. Diabetes
See patients with single medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma). Make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvements.

Clinical advice and expertise on medicines to practice staff, multidisciplinary teams and patients
Answers all medicine--related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.

Signposting to community pharmacy for management of minor illness, medicines use reviews, new medicines service and other locally commissioned service.

Referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals, where appropriate.

Training & supervision
Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics, medicines optimisation, consultation skills and motivational interviewing.

Support networks for the clinical pharmacists in the local health economy: community pharmacists; hospital and CCG prescribing advisers.

To support the RPS Faculty development for clinical pharmacists.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Post-graduate clinical diploma level or equivalent training/experience or Independent prescriber

Experience
Essential

• Experience working in primary care
• Familiarity with GP systems

Desirable

• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience of motivational interviewing and able to train other staff

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Haringey GP Federation is a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.