Job summary
We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Team. The role is full time, but we would consider a job share for the right candidates.
At The
Blandford Group Practice, we continually strive to create a workplace culture
that parallels our core values focusing on ethical attitude, open
communication, and strategic & continuous self-development. We are an
inclusive and diverse workplace that empowers our team to work collaboratively
to complete their best work for the benefit of the local community.
Main duties of the job
To be able work as part of a multi-disciplinary
team in a patient-facing role.
To take responsibility for areas of chronic disease
management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to
proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
To provide primary support to general practice
staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
To support the repeat prescription system, deal
with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of
care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical
medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient
in the GP practice(s).
About us
- 23,500 patients
- 11 partners
- 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
- 3 Paramedics
- Training & Dispensing Practice
- One practice, one PCN
- Wellbeing team
- High QOF achieving
- Enhanced sickness pay (once completed probation)
- Enrolment into the NHS pension
- Free parking at all sites
- Eyecare Vouchers
- Annual pay review
Job description
Job responsibilities
- See, where
appropriate, patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine
optimisation is required
- Review the on-going
need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to
support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of
their medicines i.e. medicines optimisation
- Undertake structured
medication reviews /medication review with patients and produce recommendations
- Work with care home
staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
- Signposting to
community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where
appropriate
- Answers relevant
medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare
teams, e.g. community pharmacy, and patients with queries about medicines.
Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to
monitor the effect of any changes
- To reconcile
medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care
homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working
with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post discharge
- Ensure patients have
appropriate monitoring tests in place when required
- Identification of
cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines, this might include
risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both
- Contribute
pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services
that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient
information leaflets)
- Analyse, interpret
and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision-
making
- Undertake clinical
audits of prescribing
- Implement changes to
medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and
national guidance
- Monitor practice
prescribing against local and national guidance
- Auditing practices
compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance
- Provide newsletters
or bulletins on important prescribing messages
- Provide education and
training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
- Work with the general
practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where
medicines are involved
- To support public
health campaigns
See Job Description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- See, where
appropriate, patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine
optimisation is required
- Review the on-going
need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to
support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of
their medicines i.e. medicines optimisation
- Undertake structured
medication reviews /medication review with patients and produce recommendations
- Work with care home
staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
- Signposting to
community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where
appropriate
- Answers relevant
medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare
teams, e.g. community pharmacy, and patients with queries about medicines.
Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to
monitor the effect of any changes
- To reconcile
medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care
homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working
with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post discharge
- Ensure patients have
appropriate monitoring tests in place when required
- Identification of
cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines, this might include
risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both
- Contribute
pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services
that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient
information leaflets)
- Analyse, interpret
and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision-
making
- Undertake clinical
audits of prescribing
- Implement changes to
medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and
national guidance
- Monitor practice
prescribing against local and national guidance
- Auditing practices
compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance
- Provide newsletters
or bulletins on important prescribing messages
- Provide education and
training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
- Work with the general
practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where
medicines are involved
- To support public
health campaigns
See Job Description for full details.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/ can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
Desirable
- Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post- qualification experience
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Independent prescriber
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent training/experience
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Completion of Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)- Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or MSc Advanced Practice Pathway.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/ can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
Desirable
- Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post- qualification experience
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Independent prescriber
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent training/experience
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Completion of Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)- Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or MSc Advanced Practice Pathway.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
