About The Role

We have a fantastic chance to join the Practice Plus Group team as Pharmacy Lead.

We are looking for a new member that can expertly lead the team of Pharmacist Advisors in the Integrated Urgent Care Clinical Hub. The candidate must have Primary Care experience in prescribing (if possible OOH/CAS experience).

The role involves:

Giving advice and assistance where needed.
Assist with and when appropriate, lead on recruitment, interviewing and selection of Practice Plus Group Pharmacist Advisors.
Initiate, monitor and evaluate standards of client care.
Inform relevant Management of any foreseen ‘risk’ due to staffing with a strategy to ensure business needs are met.
Take an active role within the cross-disciplinary, multi-skilled team to ensure service quality in line with corporate goals and strategy.
Provide safe and effective telephone advice about medicine use and pharmaceutical care to clinicians, patients and carers accessing the West Midlands Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) service.
Prescribe appropriately for patients requiring repeat prescriptions and medicines

Sessions have to be divided:

2 sessions per week Surrey MedsMx
2 sessions a week SuNEE MedsMx
1-2 clinical sessions per week (CAS)
Management sessions would need to work from site (at either Dorking or Delta - Ipswich) and some minimal travel would be involved.

Homeworking could be discussed at a later date with their line/service managers.

About You

	Essential	Desirable
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS	Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council Qualification as independent non-medical prescriber	Completion of or studying for postgraduate clinical qualification Previous management experience (OOH/CAS services)
SPECIALIST SKILLS/ ABILITIES	Provide a holistic package of care to patients whilst working within a multi-agency team Good communication, listening and interpersonal skills Ability to work under pressure
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE	At least 2 years post qualification Experience in a prescribing Primary care role Experience and excellent understanding of community pharmacy services	Good general post registration experience Experience in OOH/CAS Experience of telephone triage / advice service Experience of patient contact services and / or primary care nursing Experience of working independently
KNOWLEDGE	Understand the role of a Pharmacy Advisor Understanding of telephone advice triage service. Understanding of patient management in the Primary Care Setting Ability to work on own initiative Flexible approach to work Client and quality focused Team working skills Self-motivated Computer literate	Sound knowledge of local primary care services including key players
COMPETENCIES	Competency in the core skills, knowledge and attitudes, relevant to the clinical area Professional portfolio supporting the above, demonstrating learning and formal education.

About Us

Practice Plus Group is passionate about great healthcare. We believe that anyone should be able to access excellent care. Our breadth of expertise spans surgery, diagnostics, general practice, offender health and urgent care, with an unrivalled range of different services provided across the country. We’re proud to be at the forefront of developing new and exciting ways to support the nation’s health too, helping patients to maximise their wellbeing and live life to the full.

When you’re part of the Practice Plus Group team, you don’t just have a job. You have a career. We work with you to help you grow in your role and take your career in the direction you want to go. We’ll help you be the best you can be.

We want our team members to feel motivated and rewarded. So we offer a competitive package of pay and benefits.
If you'd like to learn more, please contact Mario Compagnoni at [email protected]

Please note that offers of employment are subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.

Practice Plus Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Come and join us at Practice Plus Group:

We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
We act with integrity
We embrace diversity
We strive to do things better together

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