NHS Jobs
Location
Bootle, Merseyside | United Kingdom
Job description
To work on own initiative, unsupervised or as part of a team, to deliver safe, effective and cost-effective use of the medicines resource in accordance with the medicines management agenda. To take responsibility for leading and delivering specialist pharmaceutical and clinical advice and support to a group of designated practices and appropriate colleagues in primary health care and community teams. To improve medicines management outcomes by informing, involving, negotiating with, persuading, motivating and co-ordinating the activities of key health care professional and support staff within practices and the wider community. To provide appropriately differentiated specialist advice and education on prescribing and medicines management to colleagues at a practice level and the NHS and wider community, including patients or their carers, to facilitate optimal use of the medicines resource, and to be accountable for that advice. To undertake medication reviews in practices, care homes, domiciliary or other settings. This will involve offering advice and explanations about medicines and, where necessary, initiating changes to ensure patients medication is optimised and referring the patients to other services when indicated. You must demonstrate how your experience and skills meet the criteria as listed in the person specification in order for your application to be shortlisted.
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Salary
£43.74k - £50.06k per annum
