Practice Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Repeat prescribing

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patients requests for repeat prescriptions and make necessary changes as an Independent Prescriber

Ensure patients are booked in for necessary monitoring tests when required

Manage switches to more cost-effective equivalents

Lead on increasing the uptake by patients of Electronic Prescriptions

Synchronise repeat prescriptions where necessary

Link prescriptions to medical conditions

2. To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospital

identify and rectify unexplained changes ; manage these changes without referral to GP

perform a clinical medication review

book any follow-up tests required

work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge

3. Telephone support

Provide telephone appointments for patients who need medication prescribed urgently or a review of their medication before re-issue

Provide telephone support for community pharmacists , or community nurses who have a query or request regarding a prescription relating to a patient at the practice

4. Care home prescriptions

Review and issue the repeat prescriptions for the care-home patients as an independent prescriber

Liaise with the Care home pharmacist who works for the CCG Medicines Optimisation Team and who visits the care home from time to time to undertake clinical medication reviews

5. Clinical Audit

Perform ad hoc audits at the request of the Prescribing lead , to support the Prescribing Incentive Scheme , devised by the CCG Medicines Optimisation Team

6. Prescribing Incentive Scheme

Support the Prescribing Lead to achieve maximum points in the Prescribing Incentive Scheme

7. Patient Safety

Receive the MHRA and Drug Safety alerts and perform any associated audits required to minimise the risk to patients from these alerts

Ensure the practice is compliant with CQC , where medicines are involved

8. Training

Provide training to visiting NHS students or trainees

9. Secondary Care prescriptions

Manage the requests for new medications from Secondary Care out-patient appointments, by ensuring the patient understands how to take the new medication , its possible side-effects and any monitoring follow-up and issue the prescription as an Independent Prescriber

10. Liaison with local community pharmacists

Facilitate constructive dialogue between the practice and local pharmacies to deliver best service for patients in the most efficient way possible .This may involve visiting local pharmacies

11. Face to face appointments with patients

Some more complex patients will benefit from face to face medication reviews including blood pressure checks

Minor illness and Chronic disease management appointments depending on the applicants experience/ training

Perform QOF reviews with patients and give the influenza vaccination depending on applicants experience / training

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• + Registration as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council
• + 3+ years post qualification experience
• + Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for travel between sites
• + Good communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable

• + Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• + Independent prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake the qualification
• + Experience working with a multidisciplinary healthcare team in primary care
• + Dynamic / able to use own initiative.
• + IT literate / proficient in the use of the computer.
• + Good communicator.
• + Ability to teach others.
• + Good presentation skills.
• + Good problem solving and decision making skills.
• + Ability to manage work load effectively.
• + A high standard of clinical skills and experience of using these skills in different situations.
• + Willingness to work at all times towards the best interest of the patient.
• + Team player / ability to liaise effectively with colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• + Ability to liaise effectively with hospitals and other outside agencies.

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

University Medical Group

Address

University Health Centre

9 Northcourt Avenue

Reading

Berkshire

RG2 7AB

Employer's website

https://www.readinguniversitymedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)