Job responsibilities
Clinical
Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation, incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
To address the following areas without the need to consult a GP/Pharmacist (although clinical support and advice will always be available if required):
Effecting medication changes as per secondary care and community clinic letters
Changing acute medications to repeat where appropriate- e.g. A new medication that a GP/Nurse Practitioner has commenced and there is evidence for the need for the item on a repeat basis and necessary tests/checks have confirmed this.
District Nurse Dressing requests.
Catheter, supplements/feeds and stoma care requests
Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing;
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients;
Provide specialist expertise, where competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities
Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation.
Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use and request their medicines effectively;
Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making conversations with patients;
Organisational
Supervise practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests;
Provide leadership for medicines optimisation systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a range of services to get the best value from medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk medicines;
Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS); and
Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health
Governance and Audit
Actively participate in clinical governance within the PCNs and the member practices;
Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient / family / staff / records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and Practices policies and procedures;
Adhere to and participate with practices in infection control policies and procedures;
Maintain professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC);
Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by PCN Practices or OurNet Health Services;
Undertake and/or participate in regular audits to monitor standards and quality.
This job description aims to illustrate the range and nature of responsibilities held by the post holder. The list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the post holder is expected to be flexible in their approach. The duties associated with the post will inevitably vary and develop and therefore the role will be reviewed on a regular basis and changes made in consultation with the post-holder.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions. OurNet Health Services is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users.
