Clinical Pharmacist

Mentor trainee pharmacist, less experienced staff and be involved in GP trainee teaching. Provide telephone appointments for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Design, develop and implement computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines. Take a lead on medicines optimisation for the practice. Review patient requests for repeat prescriptions, review medicines reaching review dates. Ensure patients are booked in for necessary monitoring tests where required and review and file test results. Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation. Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. Ensure patients are switched to the most cost effective medication. Answer all medicine related enquiries from GPs, other staff and patients. The post holder will be expected to: be responsible for maintaining registration as a pharmacist and complying with appropriate professional codes. keep up to date with medical / therapeutic evidence and opinion, local and national services, legislation and policy developments. attend local, regional and national meetings and training courses of relevance. comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal opportunities and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance).