So what might a clinical pharmacist's day look like?
To be honest, all practices are different and every day is different in practice but a day might look like this:
8am - arrive in practice - coffee
8-9.30am - Practice meeting once a week - One of the clinicians will present on a given condition, new medication or patient group followed by practice discussion. My turn this week on Asthma Management.
On non - meeting days - Process acute prescription requests and prescribe within my areas of competence. Process Hospital Discharge Letters - updSome readersI've never worked in practice, can Medacy help me find a job?
At Medacy we get asked a lot to find jobs in Primary Care for pharmacists with a community pharmacy background.
Medacy offer client GP practices and PCNs a clinical service and they client expect a all singing, all dancing service from day one, so unfortunately we can't take on pharmacists or technicians without primary care experience.
All Pharmacists can work in primary care but as as I found out when I first worked in a GP Practice, it's a bit jump, clinicallyFew readersI'm looking for a clinical pharmacist job
Medacy is always on the lookout for clinical pharmacists to join the team. We have opportunities across England and Wales for on-site and remote work. If you are looking for a new challenge, something to sit alongside your existing roles, or just a bit more information about the opportunities Medacy offers, get in touch.
However, there are some criteria you need to understand:
We recruit our team to permanent contracts, not on locum engagements.
You need to have 15 hours per week minimum dFew readersDo you have to be a prescriber to work for Medacy?
Do you have to be an IP Pharmacist to work for Medacy? Not always.
Most of the pharmacists who work in our clinical services have IP status but we do have some project work that doesn't require prescriber status.Few readers