Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The post holder will work within
their clinical competencies to provide specialist
pharmaceutical support to the clinical
and admin staff
primarily in Ashburn Medical Centre and to all
practices of the PCN including working with members of the wider healthcare team to improve
care and support
safe and effective prescribing having undergone an approved 18-month training pathway e.g.
the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathway.
The role will have a patient facing
element either face to face or telephone - including chronic disease
management, repeat prescription management and
structured medication reviews.
This will also include the management and review of patients with polypharmacy
and opiate misuse.
The post holder will need to be proactively involved in quality
improvement and audit as well
as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, LES and LIS.
There may also be the requirement for the post holder to contribute to the provision of out of hours/extended hours/improved access services if needed.
The post holder will be supported to help develop
the role and work to improve the care and outcomes for the patients
across Sunderland East PCN.
To play a pivotal role in the delivery of high quality
primary health care
Clinical medication reviews for
patients with single or multiple long term conditions where medicines
optimisation is required
To reconcile medicines following
discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and
community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need
post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission.
To
be involved in multidisciplinary clinical
meetings within the Practice
and PCN where appropriate
Contribute to the provision
of out of hours/on call/extended services for the practice and the patients.
These can include
patient facing and telephone
consultations, signposting to other services and/or healthcare professionals
where appropriate, while working within scope of practice and limits of
competency if needed
To manage repeat prescription
requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure
patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
Implement changes to medicines in
line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or
national guidance
Undertake opiate reduction
and cessation management
To maintain full and complete
records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding
To undertake a proactive role in
audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate.
Provide independent information to
patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further
support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate
Participate in review and setting
of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure
practices prescribe in accordance with local guidelines and formulary
To identify areas of clinical risk
at network level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new
working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more
efficient use of network resources.
To monitor network practices
prescribing against the local health economy and make recommendations for GPs
or amend within scope of practice, based on findings.
To maintain own clinical and
professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional
development
Work with the practice to ensure full compliance with Care Quality
Commission standards for safe and effective care
Patients and carers where appropriate
GPs, nurses
and other practice staff including practice pharmacists
GP prescribing leads
ICB pharmacists and medicines management team
Secondary Care
and interface Pharmacists
Community Nurses and other allied health professionals
Community Pharmacists and support staff
To
work as a flexible member
of the Practice team providing support
to other team members when necessary
To
take an active role in the development and embedding of the Practices culture, values and reputation
as providers of high-quality services
Encourage supporting staff to collaborate through
sharing information and intelligence
across different activities
Health & Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in
the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems
within the workplace
according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in
work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those
risks
Making effective use of training
to update knowledge
and skills
Using appropriate infection control
procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Reporting potential risks identified
Equality and Diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and
rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples
rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity,
needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is
welcoming to and of the individual, is non- judgmental and respects their
circumstances, feeling priorities and rights.
The post-holder will participate in any training
programme implemented by the PCN as part of this employment, such training to
include:
Participation in an annual
individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining
a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own
development, learning and performance and demonstrating skill and activities to
others who are undertaking similar work
Training may need to be undertaken outside of normal
practice hours, and off site.
Quality and
Governance
The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the Practice and PCN, and
will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions,
either directly or under supervision.
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies
Effectively manage own time, workload
and resources
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment,
patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in
relation to their health and other matters. They
do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their
privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties
outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to
confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff
and other healthcare workers. They
may also have access to information relating to the practice
as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be
regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients,
carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers
or the business of the
practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the
practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection
of personal and sensitive data
This job description is
not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities, but is a
guide for information to the role. The job description will be periodically
reviewed in light of the developing work requirements. The post-holder will be
expected to contribute towards that revision.
