Prentis Medical Centre

Clinical Pharmacist

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person, who wants to work within a small family oriented practice. The post holder would work mainly in the practice but would be required to attend meetings with other clinical pharmacists within the PCN.

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice.

The post holder will perform telephone and face-to-face medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple comorbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.

Main duties of the job

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as:

- Frail elderly

- Poly-pharmacy

- Renal impairment

- Hepatic impairment

- Substance misuse

- Patients on high risk medicines

- STOPP/START identified patients

- Revolving door Hospital admissions

2. Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice

3. Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change.

4. Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS.

5. Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change.

6. Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non-availability of drugs.

7. Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines.

About us

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person, who wants to work within a small family oriented General practice located in Streatham .

We are Part of South east london ICS , HBD PCN .

2 GP partners ,

Training practice with Gp registrars and foundation doctors , 1 practice nurse and 2 care cordinators and other practice support team members.

We are a friendly practice and work closely together as a team. We believe in strong work ethics and vision to deliver an excellent care to our patients. We are patient centered and staff well being is top on our priority hence offering a whole lot of support programme for our staff well being. We are quite flexible and adapt to changes quickly as they occur in primary care.

Date posted

19 June 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience £44,772- 52,650

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

A0575-23-0001

Job locations

2 Prentis Road

London

SW16 1XU

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

Provide expertise in clinical medicines review1 and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices

Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates

Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety

Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines

Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics.

Contribute to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews

Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff

Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately.

EXPERT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas

Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.

Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals.

Demonstrates ability to use 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 the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Is 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 guidance

COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care.

Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICS).

Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team.

Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.

Liaises with ICS colleagues including ICS Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.

Liaises with ICS pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support.

Liaises with other GP and PCN Practices and staff as needed for the collective benefit of patients

LEADERSHIP

Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace.

Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision.

Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service.

Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.

Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals

MANAGEMENT

Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service.

Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation.

Demonstrates 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.

Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team.

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service.

Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process.

Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague.

Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity.

Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes.

Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice.

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature.

Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice.

Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level.

Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice.

Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance.