This is afantastic opportunity to join our team at Brooklands Medical Practice . You will join an established pharmacy team,supporting with all aspects of medicines optimisation across our practices. Youwill work closely with our large clinical team including GPs, Nurses,Physiotherapists, Mental Health Practitioners, Physicians Associates andWellbeing Team.
We are on amission, to think differently, to break down barriers and to improve the livesof our local communities. Our mission is rightly ambitious, and its one sharedby our team who share our values, to be caring and curious in all we do. Toachieve this, we continue to build our network team bringing together a servicethat puts the wellbeing of patients at the heart of what we do.
At Better HealthMCR our people are our greatest asset. We are a not-for-profit socialenterprise reinvesting in our patients and our staff
Please note, thesuccessful candidate will initially be employed by Brooklands Medical Practicepending transition into BHM.
Main duties of the job
Support withprescription related requests and queries from patients and monitor medicinesusage in line with long term condition management.
Review clinicalletters and hospital discharges and action appropriate medication changes andwhere necessary support patients with optimisation of their management.
You willundertake clinical medication reviews with particular focus on those withadditional need such as polypharmacy, long-term conditions, multi-morbidity,frailty, or multi-factorial need.
You will work theorganisations prescribing lead and the wider ICB medicines management team toensure evidence based and cost-effective prescribing in line with the latestguidance and safety alerts.
You will be anexperienced pharmacist with a knowledge and commitment to working in primarycare. You will understand the needs of patients from deprived and diversebackgrounds.
Better Health MCRoffers a welcoming and supportive environment with a comprehensive inductionprocess. There are excellent professional development opportunities to supportrevalidation. Our weekly Development Meetings provide sheltered time to meetwith colleagues and attend educational sessions. Where necessary you will also be supportthrough the CPPE primary care pathway and non-medical prescribing training.
All our staff work aspart of the team and are supported through continued professional development
About us
We are BetterHealth MCR: thinking differently, breaking barriers, improving lives. You canread more about us on our website and in our mission document, using the linkson the right.
We are afriendly, forward-thinking, not-for-profit social enterprise providing primarycare medical services in Manchester. We operate three GP practices: The RobertDarbishire Practice in Rusholme Health Centre (which is also head office) andwhich has a branch at The University of Manchester, Brooklands Medical Practicein Wythenshawe and The Whitswood Practice in Alexandra Park Health Centre. Intotal we have over 44,000 patients.
Our patients arevery diverse and include established communities as well as new communitiesfrom all over the world. We have good links with the University and a sizeablestudent population.
Our staff team ofabout 120 people has a great mix of skills and experience. We have excitingplans to expand this team even more, to help us further our mission to improvelives.
Job responsibilities
An outline ofthe job is above. For the full job description please see the supportingdocument on the right/below.
The post is part-time(30 hours) and will be based primarily at Brooklands Medical Practice. Theusual working hours areto be arranged but will be between 08:30 and 18:30 Monday to Friday.
Salary will be inthe rage of £47,810 to £54,710 depending on experience. We offer membership ofthe NHS Pension Scheme and up to 7.6 weeks holiday which includes BankHolidays, depending on NHS length of service. (The post is not subject toAgenda for Change terms and conditions.)
Recruitment process
Please applyusing the NHS Jobs online system. Your application should explain why you areapplying for the post, how you believe you would contribute to working in thissetting and demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the personspecification. The information you provide should be clear and concise. Youshould not use AI; if it appears that you have used AI your application may beautomatically disregarded.
The closing date for applications is 9/6/26. This date may be brought forward if thereare a large number of applications, so please do not delay.
Short-listedcandidates will be informed via email / phone.
Formalinterviews will be held in late June/early July at The Robert Darbishire Practice.
Better HealthMCR Ltd. We are an equal opportunities employer and an accredited Real LivingWage employer.
Person Specification
Experience
- Pharmacist with a minimum of two years post-registration clinical experience.
- Experience of working in a deprived and ethnically diverse population.
- Recent experience working as a Pharmacist in primary care.
Qualifications
- Registered Pharmacist.
- Membership of General Pharmaceutical Council / Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Non-medical Prescriber
- Completion of CPPE PCPEP
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Personal Skills and Abilities
- Understanding of general practice.
- Understanding of primary care prescribing.
- Expert knowledge and application of the principles of evidenced-based healthcare.
- Excellent communication skills the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide range of individuals both verbally and in writing.
- The ability to communicate and interact with the public in a discreet and sensitive manner, recognising their needs for alternative methods and styles of communication.
- Good organisational skills.
- A strong commitment to providing a high standard of care that is responsive and flexible in its approach. Willingness and aptitude to be involved in teaching.
- A commitment to professional and personal development, with evidence of recent study and learning.
Other
- Good IT and keyboard skills.
- A full, valid UK driving licence with business car insurance and access to a car on a daily basis.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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