# EA Pharmacist **Company**: West London GP Federation **Location**: London **Salary**: £35 to £40 an hour **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0178-26-0012?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bc9921c5-d1b ## Description The Enhanced Access Clinical Pharmacist provides safe, evidence-based and patient-centred clinical care within a multidisciplinary primary care service. The role provides episodic care rather than continuity of care, assessing and managing patients based on their presenting need. This includes medication reviews, medicines-related queries, acute conditions and prescribing where appropriate. The post holder will ensure accurate documentation, safety-netting and clear handover to the patient's registered practice where ongoing care is required. **Independent Prescribing qualification is desirable.** **Main duties of the job** - Episodic care rather than continuity of care the pharmacist manages the patient's presenting clinical need during the Enhanced Access consultation. - Safe prescribing prescribing decisions must be based on sufficient clinical information and remain within the pharmacist's competence and the scope of the service. - Clear ownership where ongoing monitoring, treatment or review is required, responsibility must be clearly transferred to the patient's registered practice or appropriate clinician. - Effective clinical handover every consultation requiring further action must leave an accurate and actionable clinical record. - Safety-netting patients must understand what to do if their condition does not improve, deteriorates or new symptoms develop. - Appropriate escalation pharmacists must recognise when a patient requires GP, specialist, urgent or emergency care. - No inappropriate creation of continuity the pharmacist should not inadvertently become responsible for ongoing management of a patient where this sits outside the Enhanced Access service model. - Patient-centred care despite the episodic nature of the service, every patient should receive a safe, respectful and clinically appropriate consultation. - Prescribing in accordance with the NWL prescribing formulary and NICE guidance. **Job responsibilities** - Conduct face-to-face, telephone and remote clinical consultations. - Assess and manage acute, minor and common conditions within scope of practice. - Undertake medication reviews, medicines reconciliation and medicines optimisation. - Process appropriate acute and repeat prescription requests in line with service protocols. - Provide evidence-based medicines advice and support antimicrobial stewardship. - Prescribe within competence and service protocols; independent prescribing is desirable. - Identify red flags, safeguarding concerns and patients requiring escalation or onward referral. - Provide clear safety-netting and ensure appropriate follow-up arrangements. - Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records and communicate relevant information to the patient's registered practice. - Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals - Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and medicines safety - Maintain professional registration, competence and CPD in accordance with GPhC requirements. **Person Specification** **Qualifications** - Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with no restrictions on practice. - Appropriate primary care/community pharmacy experience. - Up to date with mandatory training. - Appropriate professional indemnity insurance in place - Current enhanced DBS clearance as required for the role. **Experience** - Proven experience delivering high-quality NHS primary care pharmacy consultations. - Experience undertaking medication reviews and medicines optimisation. - Proficiency with SystmOne and relevant clinical systems, including ICE where required. - Strong clinical, consultation, communication and time-management skills. - Ability to work autonomously and prioritise workload under pressure. - Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. ## Skills ### Required - General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - SystmOne - clinical systems - ICE - prescribing - medication reviews - medicines optimisation - antimicrobial stewardship ### Nice to have - Independent Prescribing qualification - experience working within local primary care practices - experience of independent prescribing - experience contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement and medicines safety --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0178-26-0012?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)