Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your responsibilities are but are not limited to;

To work with GP Partners and staff to enter prescriptions and changes to records in response to written requests on prescribers instructions

Familiarise yourself with practice routines and working methods for prescribing and some practice systems (e.g. Near Patient Testing). Make suggestions and implement changes by agreement.

Understand QOF and practice systems. Work with Partners and staff to consult with patients in surgery or indirectly to update clinical parameters and QOF registers

Work to improve QOF performance

Be available to staff and doctors to provide support on medicines management and Liaise with community pharmacies to improve practice prescribing systems and costs.

• Familiarise yourself with the pharmacy needs of the practice and patients
• Undertake patient consultations for minor illness and prescribe as appropriately for same day appointments under close supervision
• Undertake medicine reviews and update medicine reviews under close supervision

• Undertake surgeries of same day appointments as independent practitioner
• Undertake medication and disease reviews including QOF reviews as independent practitioner
• To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care. After the GP has approved the medication changes; perform a clinical medication review; produce a post-discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and booking of follow-up tests.
• Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
• Actioning clinical outputs by phoning / contacting patients to inform about results and /or changes requested by the doctors.
• In conjunction with the GP partners, design and manage an in-house minor ailment scheme which will involve face to face patient consultation, telephone triage and assisting the on call GP in treating acute minor illness presentations.
• Answers medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. Focus on medicine availability and changing to alternative medicines when there are supply problems.

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

Work with the practice manager and GPs to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation.

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).

• Supervise and train other personnel, specifically any pharmacist trainees in the practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

Desirable

• Independent prescriber
• Clinical post graduate Pharmacy qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in primary care setting
• Excellent clinical pharmaceutical knowledge
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare.
• Experience of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Desirable

• Experience as a Non Medical prescriber
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Good IT skills
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Work effectively independently and as a team member

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Grosvenor Medical Centre

Address

Grosvenor Street

Crewe

CW1 3HB

Employer's website

https://www.grosvenormedicalcentre.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)