Clinical Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities within scope of practice

Undertake clinics, diagnose and treat patients . Also, deal with appropriate patient presentation. This will include being responsible for managing various areas of chronic disease, including heart failure reviews, structured medication reviews (SMRs), hypertension management, lipid management, and other conditions based on the needs of the practice.

Provide pharmaceutical input for chronic disease management, ensuring to make every contact count. Follow up identified patient groups, targeting better patient adherence with treatment to improve outcomes.

Carry out medicines optimisation reviews for patients in care homes and those with complex conditions.

Identify patients requiring a medication review and undertaking a medication review in order to optimise drug therapy, reduce polypharmacy and minimise unnecessary waste, communicating directly with patients as necessary .

Responsible for managing long-term conditions, through conducting structured Medicine Reviews and Chronic Disease Management clinics.

Review and action incoming hospital correspondence, particularly where medicine reconciliation or initiation is required and managing medicines from transfer of care. This will include liaising with local pharmacies to improve patient outcomes.

Provide advice on queries from other healthcare professionals

Advising patients of the adverse side effect of medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments.

Provide medicines and long term disease advice and support to GP practice staff, practice registered patients, and the wider practice team.

To advise on risk management processes relating to the prescribing and monitoring of specialist drugs e.g. controlled drugs and those subject to shared care arrangements.

Provide advice and support to improve the disease registers to ensure all suitable patients are identified and offered suitable treatment and monitoring for their condition.

Depending on the needs of the practice, help GPs by managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, issuing prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review.

Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Facilitate and participate in multi-disciplinary meetings related to prescribing topics and to engage in the training of other healthcare professionals and practice staff on matters relating to medicines usage.

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in determined areas, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.

To help with QOF, contributing to the achieving of Quality Outcome Frameworks objectives.

Prepare evidence-based resources and information to support the Clinical Pharmacy Team and all other relevant health professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.

Support MOIS and other projects outlined annually by the practice and local ICB, where appropriate.

The successful applicant should have completed the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway training course or be due to finish within this calendar year.

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Master degree in Pharmacy - MPharm
• Satisfactory current DBS check
• Knowledge of GPs and general practice services
• Knowledge of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of patients.
• Ability to use work-based IT programs to deliver high quality care
• Ability to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Able to prioritise when problem solving and identify deviations from the normal pattern
• Able to recognise limitations and refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Self-motivated, adaptable and have a flexible approach to high quality patient care

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma
• level or equivalent training/experience
• PCPEP completed
• Experience of working in a GP practice or Primary Care Network
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of
• the principles of evidence based healthcare
• Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general
• medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and
• influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the
• recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be
• significant barriers
• Experience of documenting patient care on Emis clinical software
• or similar

Experience

Essential

• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• Strong understanding of medicines optimisation, chronic disease management, and prescribing guidelines.
• Understanding of the mentorship process and supporting other Pharmacy team colleagues.
• An appreciation of the new NHS landscape, including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.

Desirable

• Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
• Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care.
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Broad knowledge of General Practice

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).