Clinical Pharmacist

Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in the Practice. 

Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review.  

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.  

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.  

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.  

Oversee and support the dispensary function of the Practice. 

Oversee the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, including reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.  

Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries.  

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA (PLAN DO STUDY ACT) cycles.  

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety, and cost effectiveness of prescribing.  

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g., MHRA, aimed at improving medicines safety.  

Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-based guidelines.  

Work with Commissioning organisations and Vertis Health to comply with local medicines optimisation schemes and projects.