Nazia Mahmood

I currently work as an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist providing remote clinical services, including patient consultations, clinical assessments, medication reviews and independent prescribing. I have 3 years clinical experience and am experienced in managing acute conditions and chronic conditions specialising in hypertension, optimisation of medicines and delivering patient centred care through virtual platform. I am skilled in reviewing and reconciling clinical correspondence, hospital discharge summaries, and specialist letters to ensure accurate medication records, continuity of care and timely implementation of treatment recommendations. proficient in clinical documentations, multidisciplinary collaboration and maintaining compliance with professional and regulatory standards while delivering safe and effective remote healthcare services.

Participating in clinical audits relating to prescribing and medicine optimisation. Working collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacies and administrative teams to improve patient outcomes. I also have over 18 years of experience as a Community Pharmacist with extensive experience in dealing with customers and care homes.

I have held many clinics from flu vaccination, weight loss clinics, hypertension, minor ailments and pharmacy first service.

Remote Clinical Pharmacist - Virtual Pharmacist LTD

(2025-06)

• Conduct structured medication reviews (SMRs) and prescribe within IP scope.
• Manage acute prescription request reviews and prescribe independently in accordance to clinical guidelines and patient needs
• Provide patient education on medicines, disease management and lifestyle interventions.
• Support discharge medication reconciliation
• Managing long term conditions clinics: Hypertension, Asthma
• Contribute to QOF.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with professional, legal and regulatory standards.
• Deliver medicine optimisation and high-risk drug monitoring.
• Work collaboratively with GP, nurses and administrative team.

Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist

(2024-01 - 2025-06)

• Undertake medication reviews to support improved patient outcomes by increasing adherence, stopping medications that are causing harm, tackling over-medication including use of antibiotics, withdrawing medication no longer needed, reducing waste and promoting self-care.
• Prescribing face-to-face and telephone clinical triage, managing minor illness and long-term condition advice.
• Participate in pharmacy meetings to improve engagement and promote issues relevant to prescribing and optimisation.
• Be responsible for the organisation and managing my workload to meet deadlines.
• Ensure all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence are acted upon within practice over an appropriate time frame and advise on any medication changes that occur.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationship with the GP practice.
• Dealing with side effects, ensuring appropriate change of medication or dosage.
• Provide direct support and advice to GP practices and health professionals to promote and implement high quality prescribing to the benefit of patients.
• Improve quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance and clinical standards.
• Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance.
• Prescribe acute and repeat medication for patient needs within areas of competency.
• Provide help and advice on medication use to patients and their carers.
• Provide advice on cost effective prescribing and supply issues.
• Respond to medication-related queries from patients, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
• Ensure shared care drug monitoring, high-risk drug monitoring and DOAC review and monitoring to ensure patient safety.
• Support the practice in achieving targets related to Medicine Optimisation
• Maintain and support the practice to meet CQC standards in safe prescribing.
• Implement own prescribing changes and order relevant monitoring tests.
• Managing and processing medicine reconciliation following discharge from hospital.

Community Pharmacist - Boots

(2005-12 - 2024-05)

• Checking and processing prescriptions, dispensing and promoting the economic use of medication, and ensuring the careful handling of all pharmacy documentation.
• Contributing to the effective legal and clinical screening of prescriptions, and prescription resolution
• Advising patients on the appropriate usage and dosage of medications inclusive of any precautions and potential adverse reactions.
• Overseeing the implementation and placement of ethical and appropriate policies and procedures, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and GPH
• Overseeing the supply of medications for nursing homes and facilitating the delivery of palliative care
• Compiling updating and managing standard operating procedures (SOP) and conducting regular reviews, audits and risk assessments to protect patients and ensure public safety.
• Providing NHS services such as emergency contraception, drug misuse, flu vaccination service, stop smoking, new medicine service, discharge medicine service, NHS 111 referral service many requiring face to face consultation skills.
• As a clozapine trained pharmacist I am involved in the safe and effective delivery of the service, in addition to any legislative guidance and advice. As part of the multi-disciplinary team I am involved in the care of patients prescribed clozapine. Being able to manage the potential risk of drug interactions with other medicines prescribed via General Practice. Liaising with mental health team at Russels Hall hospital in providing medicine related advice as well as promoting Partnership.

Covid Vaccination Pharmacist

(2021-01 - 2021-12)

• Assisting with the configuration of the vaccination pod and vaccination station.
• Conducting clinical assessments.
• Reviewing those with complex medical histories and potential adverse reactions.
• Preparing vaccine prior to administration by the vaccinators using the right technique.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with patients, giving reassurance and guidance.
• Effective skills in communicating complex and sensitive information and in difficult situations, requiring empathy, reassurance, persuasion and influence.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.

Drug Information Pharmacist - NHS Direct

(2009 - 2010)

• Taking and dealing with telephone calls that have been escalated from the Health Advisors.
• Dealing with different priority calls from members of the public.
• Dealing with a range of patients medical queries including urgent medical assistance.
• Logging calls and updating information in the system in a timely and efficient manner.
• Excellent customer service and telephone manner.
• Excellent IT / computer skills.
• Ability to be proactive and have good use of initiative, organised and reliable.
• Work well individually and as part of a team.
• Work quickly and accurately under pressure.

Practice Certificate - Independent Prescribing - Wolverhampton University (2023-08 - 2023-08)

Masters of Pharmacy - Pharmacy - Aston University (2002-07 - 2002-07)