Job summary
We are recruiting an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our team in a key role in delivering quality patients care at Layton Medical Centre with Fylde Coast clinical research and within our Primary Care Network - Blackpool Central PCN.
This is an exciting opportunity for a role that is diverse, encompassing, Primary care, Primary Care Network and Research involvement.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Pharmacist who is self-motivated with excellent organisation skills together with a good knowledge of Primary Care and who is ready to take on the challenge of this role.
See job description for main duties of role
About us
Layton Medical Centre with Fylde Coast Clinical Research is a friendly, hardworking team comprising of 5 General Practitioners, 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 2 Primary Care Practice Nurses, HCA, Nursing Clinical Research Team. Alongside to support the clinicians is our friendly Administrative, Secretarial and Reception team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
- To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patents receive the medicines they need post discharge.
- Working with GPs they will develop and run processes for repeat prescription reauthorisation, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing and will have a role in managing patients long-term conditions.
- Ensure all contractual requirements are up to date and completed.
- Ensuring all PCN contractual requirements are up to date and completed.
- Responsible for the monitoring and distribution of investigational medical products undergoing late phase clinical trials across a wide range of therapeutic areas. This will be both oral and injectable medicines.
- Part of the management team that is responsible for the safe running of trials in line with Ich GCP.
- Work with the CCG to implement initiative changes. Manage and update QIPP.
- Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through preprepared practice computer software.
- Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and re-admissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.
- Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face medicines use reviews.
- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.
- Undertake changes to medicines (switches) designed to save on medicine costs where a medicine or product with lower acquisition cost is now available.
- Answers all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.
- Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.
- Undertake simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.
- Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economy RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs).
- Assist practices in setting and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system.
- Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
- Work with the practice manager and GPs to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
- To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patents receive the medicines they need post discharge.
- Working with GPs they will develop and run processes for repeat prescription reauthorisation, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing and will have a role in managing patients long-term conditions.
- Ensure all contractual requirements are up to date and completed.
- Ensuring all PCN contractual requirements are up to date and completed.
- Responsible for the monitoring and distribution of investigational medical products undergoing late phase clinical trials across a wide range of therapeutic areas. This will be both oral and injectable medicines.
- Part of the management team that is responsible for the safe running of trials in line with Ich GCP.
- Work with the CCG to implement initiative changes. Manage and update QIPP.
- Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through preprepared practice computer software.
- Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and re-admissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.
- Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face medicines use reviews.
- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.
- Undertake changes to medicines (switches) designed to save on medicine costs where a medicine or product with lower acquisition cost is now available.
- Answers all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.
- Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.
- Undertake simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.
- Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economy RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs).
- Assist practices in setting and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system.
- Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
- Work with the practice manager and GPs to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
- Completed/intention to enrol onto the CPPE Primary Care Pathway
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience.
- Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical skills.
- Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review medication for patients in core areas, including long term conditions or work towards this skill.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Experience of working within primary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
- Completed/intention to enrol onto the CPPE Primary Care Pathway
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience.
- Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical skills.
- Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review medication for patients in core areas, including long term conditions or work towards this skill.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Experience of working within primary care
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
