Located in the vibrant heart of Bristol, Charlotte Keel Medical Practice proudly serves a richly diverse patient community, offering an incredibly rewarding clinical environment. Here, your skills, empathy, and commitment will directly contribute to reducing health inequalities, making healthcare accessible to everyone, and delivering outstanding, patient-centred care.
The Clinical Practitioner will provide exemplary care for their patients, priding themselves on meeting population health needs. This will include consultation with patients who have reached a range of dispositions from 111 including primary care (1 ,2 -,6 -,12- and 24-hour timescales), 999, Emergency Department and Emergency Treatment Centre as well as those who present to practices with routine or urgent needs. BrisDoc practice services specialise in providing high quality and accessible health care to vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups. Clinicians will need to be focused on improving health inclusion and removing barriers to holistic healthcare.
Important Eligibility Information
Please note that BrisDoc is not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must therefore have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.
Who We’re Looking For
Master’s degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Experience of working in a patient facing role in clinical pharmacy or pharmacy setting
Strong knowledge of medicines optimisation, polypharmacy and prescribing safety
It is desirable to have an independent prescribing qualification or working towards one
Experience of working with I.T systems Microsoft Office and Clinical Systems
Experience of following set procedures and protocols and working to quality standards
Experience of working in a busy environment and meeting deadlines
Why Join Our Team?
Make a Lasting Impact
In this role, you will carry out structured medication reviews for patients with complex medication needs, including polypharmacy and frailty, and provide medicines optimisation and reconciliation following hospital discharge and other transitions of care. Working within your scope of practice and under appropriate clinical supervision, you will support repeat prescribing processes, respond to patient medication queries, contribute to clinical audits, and help identify and manage prescribing risks in line with MHRA guidance and national safety alerts.
You will also act as a source of clinical supervision for pharmacy technicians and work alongside prescribing administration colleagues to support safe and effective prescribing.
Supportive, Collaborative Culture
Benefit from daily protected 'coffee / lunchtime together' and regular meetings — reflect, recharge, and collaborate closely with your colleagues.
Flexible, Balanced Working Life
15 - 17.5 hours per week (working days to be agreed)
Recognising Your Value
Competitive salary (£54,315 - £55,120 per annum, pro rata), NHS pension, enhanced pay rates, and medical indemnity cover.
Generous annual leave entitlement
Comprehensive wellbeing support, NHS discounts, cycle-to-work scheme, employee assistance programme, and annual discretionary bonuses.
Clinical
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, complex needs, acute and chronic conditions for both physical, mental health and psycho-social needs.
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly
- Diagnose and manage patient presentations, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan
- Work with patients to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments
- Provide information and advice medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care
- To provide face-to-face and remote clinical assessment/treatment and management plans
- To provide clinical support to the range of other Health Care Professionals and operational colleagues within the team
- To undertake visits to patient ’ s home s as required
- Compose and ensure robust safety netting and risk management for patients presenting to the service
- Make effective referrals to system partners and other care providers to ensure a holistic provision of care for patient’s needs
- Participate in team discussions to ensure and drive best practice, using the best available evidence to provide exemplary world class care to every patient
Prescribers Only
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving ‘bad news’
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, languages, and preferred ways of communicating
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
- Maintain effective communication with all multi-disciplinary team members, as well as with external stakeholders
- Act as an advocate for patients and carers
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (e.g., PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
- To be able to maintain accurate electronic written patient records for users of services provided
- To be aware of responsibilities under the Data Protection Act
Please find further details in the Job Description attached
