Job summary
The Clinical Pharmacist will complement our existing pharmacy team proactively helping patients across the PCN to stay safe, well, and out of hospital whilst supporting efforts to reduce the demands placed on general practice. You will be a leading example of clinical excellence, supporting colleagues in the PCN, and providing an advanced level of experience and care.
The opportunity to transfer your existing NHS pension, or to join the scheme. Support and funding to continue your education, development, and learning.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines, annual and acute medication reviews, SMRs, switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk, and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
The clinical pharmacist will be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patients. To have completed or be near to completing training to become a prescriber to work alongside the general practice team. To deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring each practice remains up to date.
Ensuring best value, reduced harm, and improved outcomes. To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base. To support the Prescribing Lead with the medicines agenda within the PCN and primary care practices.
ADMINISTRATION Contribute and participate in audits, evaluation, and clinical standard setting within the PCN and the 4 Practices. Accurate and timely summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data. Complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes in accordance with relevant standards. Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented.
About us
The Crane Valley PCN is a group of GP practices (The Barcellos Family Practice, The Cranborne Practice, Verwood Surgery and West Moors Village Surgery).
Crane Valley PCN is located in beautiful East Dorset with a catchment area running from Tricketts Cross, Ferndown in the south, through West Moors and Verwood to Cranborne, and Alderholt in the north of the locality
This position is to work directly within the Cranborne practice as part of the wider PCN team, we have a site in Verwood and Cranborne.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work in accordance with all governance and internal systems relating to (but not limited to) the management of clinical data and systems. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Taking responsibility for own development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP). Stay up to date through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Subject to a performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring or measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets. Work to deliver the NHS contract requirements related to the practice (including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services) Receive a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist. Be assigned to a GP clinical supervisor for support and development. OTHER DELEGATED DUTIES This job description is not intended to be exhaustive - it may be changed after consultation with the post holder.
The employee shares with the employer the responsibility for review and modification of duties. This job description will reflect the PCN DES ARRS role requirements which may be varied in line with national guidance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work in accordance with all governance and internal systems relating to (but not limited to) the management of clinical data and systems. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Taking responsibility for own development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP). Stay up to date through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Subject to a performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring or measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets. Work to deliver the NHS contract requirements related to the practice (including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services) Receive a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist. Be assigned to a GP clinical supervisor for support and development. OTHER DELEGATED DUTIES This job description is not intended to be exhaustive - it may be changed after consultation with the post holder.
The employee shares with the employer the responsibility for review and modification of duties. This job description will reflect the PCN DES ARRS role requirements which may be varied in line with national guidance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
