The De Parys Group is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week on a fixed term contract for 14 months.
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.Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, 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, for all medication related queries.Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change.Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics.Conducting spirometry, child immunisation, travel vaccination, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks, as well as other tasks, as required, on completion of appropriate training.Conducting care-planning, including mental health, admission avoidance schemes, and end-of-life patients.Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results.Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need.Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework.
The De Parys Groups priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 38,000 patients registered with the practice. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.
TDPG is fortunate to have its own dispensaries at our De Parys and Bromham sites. In addition to our routine GMS services, we offer a comprehensive range of services including minor surgery, LARC provision and anticoagulation clinics.
We have high QOF achievement and excellent KPIs within the group.
Benefits include:
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
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.
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Primary Care Careers
23 De Parys Avenue
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK40 2TX
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