Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist The Avenue Surgery

20 hours per week | Permanent | Practice based

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive team working at The Avenue Surgery.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Pharmacist to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a supportive and forward-thinking primary care organisation.

Applications are welcomed from both newly qualified and experienced Pharmacists. We are committed to supporting our staff and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to help achieve a positive work-life balance.

About Sussex Primary Care

Sussex Primary Care (SPC) provides primary care services across six GP practices in Sussex. We are committed to providing high quality care to our patients while creating a supportive working environment in which our staff can develop and thrive.

Working within SPC provides the benefits of being part of a wider organisation while retaining the identity and relationships of individual practices.

About The Avenue Surgery

The Avenue Surgery provides primary care services across two sites in Crowborough, caring for approximately 6,500 patients.

You will work as part of an established multidisciplinary team including GPs/ANPs/Nurses, supported by an experienced practice and administrative team.

Situated near Brighton with excellent transport links, we serve a varied and often complex patient population, providing an interesting and rewarding environment for a Pharmacist. The role offers significant opportunities to develop and lead on medicines optimisation, support patients with long-term conditions and make a meaningful impact on the health of our local community.

What we can offer

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working and a focus on work-life balance

Support for both newly qualified and experienced Pharmacists

Opportunities for professional development and developing specialist interests

Supportive clinical and administrative teams

Car lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Eye-care vouchers

Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for eligible candidates

The role

To work alongside GPs and other health professionals to provide expertise in clinical pharmacy, medicines optimisation, management and safety through structured medication reviews. You will provide leadership for medicines use to ensure patients experience high quality patient care that will improve health outcomes and efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely expertise which include telephone contact with patients.

The main duties will include using your own clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team and ICB to provide face to face and remote medications review, support management of patients with long-term conditions and co-morbidities, undertake medicines reconciliation, polypharmacy management, provide telephone consultation, repeat prescription standardisations, implementation and management, drug monitoring management, shared-care agreement management and clinical audits.

The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational effectiveness within primary so requires, motivation, passion and resilience to deliver and excellent service within general practice.

You will work as part of the prescribing team, you will lead and support the team by providing day to day line management. You will represent the surgery as prescribing lead for the surgery within the PCN and the ICB.

About you

You will be a qualified Pharmacist with

Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Independent Prescribing qualification (or willingness to work towards this if recruiting a developing pharmacist)

Excellent clinical and communication skills

A commitment to safe, compassionate and patient-centred care

The ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team

* An interest in contributing to the continued development of the practice

Applications from newly qualified Pharmacists are very welcome, and appropriate support will be provided as you establish yourself within the practice

Interested?

We would be very happy to arrange an informal conversation for anyone interested in finding out more about the role and our team at The Avenue Surgery. For more information or a full job description, please email [email protected].