Lipid Practitioner - Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lipid Practitioner / Specialist Lipid Pharmacist to join the Diabetes and Endocrinology service.

We are looking for someone on a full and part-time basis.

Our Clinic based at Yeovil District Hospital provides support to patients with Diabetes, Endocrinology and weight management.

Improve the care and outcomes for people with and at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by supporting primary care towards detection and management of hyperlipidaemia (including Familial Hypercholesterolaemia - FH).

Work in the community to identify and treat people at risk of and with pre-existing CVD.

Search primary care databases, contacting individuals for intervention, counselling, treating and following up, referring onwards to the lipid clinic as appropriate.

Identify people with possible Familial Hypercholesterolaemia and refer to the lipid clinic

Work across divisional, organisational and professional boundaries, encouraging inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working for the benefit of improved patient outcomes.

The precise details of service delivery will vary across differing practices and primary care networks (PCNs).
Yeovil District Hospital is now part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines.

You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone
Full current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
Demonstrable clinical pharmacy experience
Community experience in pharmacy and or Nursing.
Experience of patient-orientated medicines systems.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Yeovil District Hospital