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Job summary

Main area
Primary Care Pharmacy (BCICB)
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
225-DIV3-5425321-D
Employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Park Hospital
Town
Wolverhampton
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata for part time hours
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2024 17:00

Employer heading

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust logo

Prescribing Advisor (BCICB) - Prescribing Support Team

Band 8a

 

 

Job overview

The Prescribing Support Team is a high performing, experienced and well established team who work across all GP practices in Wolverhampton Place.  

We are now looking for a highly motivated primary care pharmacist to work in the Prescribing Support team (BCICB Pharmacy team).

The team  leads on Wolverhampton place prescribing projects and works with the wider Black Country ICB pharmacy teams to develop medicine and prescribing services and strategies. 

You will be working at PCN and practice level to support and implement cost effective prescribing and promote effective medicines optimisation and safety. 

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the PST in achieving a pattern of prescribing in primary care that maximises cost effectiveness and minimises risk, while delivering the specifications of the SLA with Wolverhampton place and Black Country ICB.

To promote effective medicines optimisation, providing education and training for healthcare professionals and enabling patients to get more from their medicines.

To undertake and develop clinical audits in order to promote best prescribing practice in line with local and national clinical guidelines and safety advice.

To clinically assess, diagnose and prescribe for complex patients to deliver high quality patient care using cost-effective evidence-based treatments.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands, with 960 inpatient beds across the three sites of New Cross Hospital, Cannock Hospital and West Park Hospital. The Trust also provides primary care services through the RWT Primary Care Network.  The Prescribing Support Team also provides CCG Pharmacy services across Wolverhampton.  It is the largest employer in Wolverhampton, with more than 9400 staff working in more than 350 different roles.

Working for the Trust provides you with opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills across multiple sectors of healthcare and access to clinical and management experts in all areas. 

The Trust is an organisation which strives to provide high quality and safe care for our patients in an environment which staff are proud to work in. The Trust has been rated 'GOOD' overall by the Care Quality Commission, as well as achieving a good rating in the effective, caring, responsive and well led categories.

There are strong links with both Wolverhampton and Birmingham Universities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Independent prescribing qualification
  • GPhC registration
  • MPharm degree (or equivalent)
  • Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Diploma
  • Additional clinical training/qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria
  • CCG/GP practice/Primary care network experience
  • Active use of prescribing qualification
  • Post registration experience
  • Service development
  • Project management
  • Post independent prescriber qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of training others
  • Delivering patient facing clinics
  • Treatment of acute conditions
  • Treatment of long term conditions
  • Mental health services experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Zahida Saleem
Job title
Principal Primary Care Pharmacist (BCICB)
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07467 337215
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