PCN – Clinical Pharmacist REF F8

LOCATION: Walthamstow/Chingford area

Waltham Forest Federated GP Network are supporting the Primary Care Networks across the borough to recruit Clinical Pharmacists.

The Clinical Pharmacist will have a key role in supporting delivery of the new Network Contract DES Service specifications. The new Structured Medications Review and Optimisation requirements will include tackling over-medication of patients, including inappropriate use of antibiotics, withdrawing medicines no longer needed through NHS-led programmes such as low priority prescribing and medicines optimisation more widely. For Enhanced Health in Care Homes residents will benefit from regular clinical-pharmacy-led medicines reviews.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.

• Uphold a prescribing qualification, or training to become a prescriber, and will work with and alongside the multi-disciplinary team across the Primary Care Network.
• Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex poly-pharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple long-term conditions (in particular COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP – Stop Over Medication Programme).

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About us

WF GP FedNet is a not-for-profit Federation of 36 GP Practices in Waltham Forest. We are a private limited company who provides NHS Services based in Primary Care, pooling the skills and resources of local GPs to provide large scale services as part of the local NHS Strategy to bring more services into the Community to help people stay well and at home.

Date posted

28 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£51,883 a year including HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months…

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