Clinical Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

Patient facing long-term condition clinics See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma).

Delivering pharmacy related aspects of the Network DES such as conducting structured medication reviews (SMRs).

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). Make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement.

Patient facing clinical medication review. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Patient facing care home medication reviews. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Patient facing domiciliary clinical medication review. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.

Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments manage caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.

Experience

Essential

• Prior GP/clinical pharmacy experience
• Competent with specialist in-depth knowledge for multiple chronic disease areas, with ability to consult and independently prescribe for patients.
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Has completed 18 month CPPE pathway (or equivalent)
• Independent prescriber (or actively working towards)

Skills and Behavior

Essential

• Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients across core areas, including disease states/long term conditions.
• Accountable for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Uses skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options.
• Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines.
• Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace.
• Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision
• Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
• Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
• Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals
• Demonstrates ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists
• Provides a leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values of the organisation and around equality, diversity and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with direct reportee(s) and other key individuals across the organisation
• Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example
• Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national and local priorities for the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes
• Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
• Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
• Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
• Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team
• Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service

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).