Clinical Pharmacist

The role includes undertaking structured medication reviews, managing polypharmacy, supporting patients with long-term conditions, providing expert medicines advice to clinicians and patients, reconciling medicines following hospital discharge, contributing to medicines safety and clinical governance, and responding to medication-related queries from practice staff and patients. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks depending on workload and staffing levels. • Undertake structured medication reviews and proactively manage polypharmacy to optimise patient outcomes. • Support patients with long-term conditions through medication optimisation and evidence-based therapeutic review. • Provide dedicated clinical pharmacy support to care homes, including undertaking structured medication reviews for care home residents. • Respond to medicines-related queries from care home staff and support safe medicines management within care home settings. • Ensure medicines are safe, appropriate, and effective, identifying and reducing medicines-related risks. • Provide expert, evidence-based medicines advice to GPs, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team. • Respond to medication-related queries from practice staff and patients in a timely and professional manner. • Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and other care transitions to ensure continuity and safety. • Contribute to medicines safety initiatives, clinical audit, and quality improvement activity. • Supervise and support pharmacy technicians as part of the practice pharmacy team. • Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using EMIS and other IT systems in line with practice policy and professional standards. • Maintain patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with information governance requirements. • Engage in continuing professional development to maintain and enhance clinical knowledge and competence. Job description Job responsibilities The role includes undertaking structured medication reviews, managing polypharmacy, supporting patients with long-term conditions, providing expert medicines advice to clinicians and patients, reconciling medicines following hospital discharge, contributing to medicines safety and clinical governance, and responding to medication-related queries from practice staff and patients. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks depending on workload and staffing levels. • Undertake structured medication reviews and proactively manage polypharmacy to optimise patient outcomes. • Support patients with long-term conditions through medication optimisation and evidence-based therapeutic review. • Provide dedicated clinical pharmacy support to care homes, including undertaking structured medication reviews for care home residents. • Respond to medicines-related queries from care home staff and support safe medicines management within care home settings. • Ensure medicines are safe, appropriate, and effective, identifying and reducing medicines-related risks. • Provide expert, evidence-based medicines advice to GPs, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team. • Respond to medication-related queries from practice staff and patients in a timely and professional manner. • Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and other care transitions to ensure continuity and safety. • Contribute to medicines safety initiatives, clinical audit, and quality improvement activity. • Supervise and support pharmacy technicians as part of the practice pharmacy team. • Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using EMIS and other IT systems in line with practice policy and professional standards. • Maintain patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with information governance requirements. • Engage in continuing professional development to maintain and enhance clinical knowledge and competence.