Job Introduction
We’re looking for a Pain Medications Prescriber/Pharmacist to join our specialist MSK team in Luton. This dual role is perfect for someone who has a background in Pain Management and Prescribing.
As a Pain Medications Prescriber/Pharmacist you will provide expert assessment and advice regarding appropriate prescription of pain medications to a complex and diverse range of patients within the pain management service of the musculoskeletal specialty, using advanced decision-making and clinical reasoning skills in medications prescription.
You will work alongside a talented range of long-term pain specialists including: a pain specialist Physiotherapist, Pain Psychologist and Pain Prescriber within the MSK team.
This is a part-time opportunity working 1 day a week for 7.5 hours. The service operates between 8:00am – 6:30pm Monday to Friday with no requirement for weekend or bank holiday work.
Main Responsibility
Please refer to the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities but for an overview please see below.
As Pain Medications Prescriber/Pharmacist you will:
- Undertake a specialised assessment of complex patients presenting with pain conditions to independently determine the most appropriate pain medications within the pain management service.
- Contribute to the education of the other healthcare professionals and GPs in the medications management of long term pain conditions.
- Provide highly skilled assessments and plans.
- Determine the future clinical pathway of patients referred into the pain management service
- Contribute to the supervision and education of colleagues and physiotherapists, GPs and other medical staff on medications management skills and knowledge within the MSK field.
- Make recommendations for changes to develop and improve the service including the development of service guidelines, care protocols and guidelines for the delivery of the pain management service
The Ideal Candidate
- Appropriate recognised qualification in medicines prescription (from a Nursing, Pharmacy or General Practitioner background)
- Professional registration with relevant UK clinical governing body
- Ability to demonstrate a highly skilled knowledge, understanding and ability to apply new research evidence and established theory into clinical practice.
See full list of requirements on job description attached
Package Description
As Pain Medications Prescriber/Pharmacist you’ll be part of our valued team at Wigmore Lane Health Centre Luton MSK service:
- A Band 8a Agenda for Change salary with NHS Pension and full AfC terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
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