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Job Title: Senior Pharmacist
Organization: Bury GP Federation
Closing Date: 30 August 2024

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Job Summary

Join Bury GP Federation, an organization committed to ensuring health equality for all. We provide clinical pharmacy services to three Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Bury and are part of the Local Care Organisation, working closely with our partners in health and social care to deliver integrated services for our patient population.

We are currently seeking a Senior Pharmacist to enhance our PCN Pharmacy team. The ideal candidate will have completed the CPPE Pathway (or equivalent) and be a Qualified Prescriber. This role involves providing practice-level support, delivering enhanced services to care home residents and housebound patients, and identifying other patient cohorts for structured medication review.

In addition, the Senior Pharmacist will play a crucial role in developing and mentoring Pharmacists new to Primary Care, as well as supporting the growth of our Pharmacy Technician service. We also collaborate with the University of Manchester to support the development of Trainee Pharmacists and Pharmacy students.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Leadership and Mentorship: Provide leadership, mentorship, and supervision for the Pharmacy team, including Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, across practices within the network.
• Clinical Competence: Maintain clinical competence as a Prescriber, managing your own caseload, conducting clinical medication reviews, and proactively managing patients with complex polypharmacy, particularly frail elderly and vulnerable adults.
• Medicine Management: Support medicine reconciliation post-discharge, structured medication reviews, cardiovascular disease interventions, and clinical governance work. Ensure medicine optimisation, safety, antibiotic stewardship, and de-prescribing agendas are integrated into medication reviews.
• Collaboration: Work within a multidisciplinary team, integrating with wider healthcare teams, including Community and Hospital Pharmacy, and Intermediate Care colleagues. Communicate and implement medication changes as necessary.

About Us

Bury GP Federation represents 23 GP practices within Bury, Greater Manchester, providing a platform for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and coordination. We work at scale to support local general practice in maintaining high standards of patient care and staying aligned with best practices.

Our core objectives include:

• Providing reliable support and achieving greater efficiency through collaboration.
• Attracting investment into primary care to sustain local general practice and expand at-scale services.
• Working collaboratively to deliver responsive, high-quality, and innovative services across Bury and Greater Manchester.
• Advocating for primary care, providing leadership, and supporting our shareholder practices.

Additional Information

Salary: £50,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience)
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time
Job Location: Business Lodge, Barcroft Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5BT

Successful candidates will be notified via email within one week of the closing date. Interviews are scheduled for 9 September 2024.

For further details, please contact Juliet Bell, Senior Pharmacist, BGPF at juliet.bell3@nhs.net or 07716 639620.