Description
Join a forward-thinking, supportive GP practice in the heart of East London, where you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care and improving medicines optimisation.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll use your clinical expertise to support patients with long-term conditions, conduct medication reviews, manage prescribing queries, and help reduce health inequalities within our diverse community.
Main duties of the job
- Conducting structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation clinics.
- Supporting patients with long-term conditions to ensure safe and effective use of medicines.
- Managing prescribing queries and providing expert clinical advice to GPs and other healthcare professionals.
- Reviewing hospital discharge letters and medicines reconciliation.
- Identifying and reducing prescribing risks, ensuring compliance with local and national guidance.
- Supporting the management of repeat prescribing systems and conducting audits.
- Contributing to the achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and other contractual requirements.
- Providing patient education and promoting shared decision-making regarding treatment options.
- Working collaboratively with GPs, nurses, ANPs, HCAs and wider healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes.
- Participating in practice meetings, service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Collaborative team culture
- Modern systems
- Clinical autonomy
- Opportunities for professional development
- On-site parking available
- Located just a 2-minute walk from the train station
Person Specification
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Independent Prescriber qualification
- Demonstrable post-registration experience in primary care, general practice or medicines optimisation.
- Sound knowledge of current prescribing guidelines, medicines management, and clinical governance.
- Experience of conducting structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.
- Ability to manage patients with long-term conditions and optimise medication therapy.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Strong clinical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in the use of clinical systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Commitment to continuous professional development and evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of confidentiality, information governance, safeguarding, and equality and diversity requirements.