Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
POLICY/SERVICE
DEVELOPMENT
- Work within the eHub to process medication eConsults,
reconcile medications and process medication workflow across the Hurley
Group primary care sites in a virtual online setting.
- To work with general practice staff, on the ground, to
promote and embed the role of a GP practice pharmacist, and raise
awareness of services available to patients.
- To provide general practice staff with recommendations
and plan action to proactively improve the quality of systems and
processes to improve medicines optimisation
within the general practice setting.
- To provide training
regarding medication related issues and policies/guidelines to general
practice staff in order to promote medicines optimisation, repeat
dispensing and high quality cost-effective prescribing as appropriate.
- To provide operational and clinical
support to medicines optimisation developments and prescribing initiatives
as dictated by GP practice, CCG, and hospital Trust and service
objectives.
- To collate and feedback on electronic discharge
related information to ensure continuing improvement of the hospital
computerised discharge letter and process of communication.
- To assist with the implementation
of policies and guidelines to improve medicines optimisation across
primary/ secondary care interface and into the general practice setting.
- To provide training
to general practice staff to promote medicines optimisation in practice.
- Develop and deliver patient facing services and
clinics which improve patient outcomes, reflect the needs of the practice
population and shift workload from other disciplines
- Deliver high quality medication reviews and develop
bespoke medicines treatment plans for patients (particularly the elderly,
complex patients and those at high risk of admission) to reduce risk and
unplanned hospital admissions
- Contribute to the achievement of KPIs and objectives
of the programme
- Work with the general practice team to ensure the
practice is compliant with CQC standards, leading improvement initiatives
where medicines are involved
PATIENT/CLIENT
CARE
- To act
as a specialist practitioner in General
Practice
- To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care
in general practice and promote safe pharmaceutical management across the
interface
- Provide pro-active leadership on medicines and prescribing systems
to the practice multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers
- To provide highly specialised evidence-based clinical advice and
information to nursing and medical staff on the care and treatment of
patients
- To actively participate in key multi-disciplinary ward rounds.
- To
liaise with other pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and
medicines management issues
- Contribute to patient safety culture through Significant Event Reporting
and investigation of medicines related incidents and through pro-active
measures
- Ensure that patients are referred to the most appropriate
healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within in an
appropriate period of time
FINANCIAL/RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- To identify areas of potential
cost-savings and to implement systems to realise savings and contain
prescribing cost
- To follow policies and guidelines to
control drug expenditure and ensure cost-effective prescribing.
- To educate other healthcare professionals
on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of
evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the division
STAFF
MANAGEMENT & TRAINING
- Actively participate in national training scheme for clinical
pharmacists
- To participate in the in-service
clinical pharmacy training of all pharmacy staff.
- To undertake CPD to ensure that
knowledge is continually updated
- To participate in the training and
development of medical, nursing and other healthcare staff, as appropriate
- To actively develop an Advanced Practice
Portfolio mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework with a view to RPS
Faculty recognition
- To act as a role model for pharmacists
developing advanced practice skills
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- To regularly initiate or contribute to
relevant practice research or audit projects and to publish the results of
such work, as appropriate.
- To participate in other research and
audit programmes in the department as required
- To maintain and further develop
specialist information on the use of drugs in clinical conditions relevant
to the specialty.
- To publish and present the results and
outcomes of own research and audits locally, nationally or internationally
as appropriate
