Job summary
The
Lakes Medical Centre is looking for an experienced Pharmacist to join our
friendly and successful practice team. We
are a forward-thinking training practice, supportive of continued education,
personal development and focussed on providing high quality patient care to
10,800+ patients.
Main duties of the job
Reduce
inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical
medication review. Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work
with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post discharge.
Contribute to
reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by
supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and
identifying and addressing medicines related issues.
Manage
patients and health care professionals medicine queries.
Manage
practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of
prescribing.
Implement
drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety.
Work with
primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence
based guidelines.
Run clinics
where medicines are the main interventions.
Contribute to
multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews.
Provide
medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and
admin staff.
Act as a
source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g.
around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around
out of stocks)
Working within the practice based team to undertake
medication reviews particularly in high risk groups.
Improve prescribing practice through educational
support for all prescribers within the practice.
About us
Our premises also house Community mental health and Social prescribing clinics. We practise from purpose-built premises with easy access to Manchester city centre and the North West motorway network. As an established training practice, we are proud to have trained GP trainees, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Foundation year doctors.
We are actively involved in our local PCN and have additional staff including PCN phamacists and pharmacy technicians that make up our medicine management team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead on where changes in evidence require changes
in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or
indications change.
Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to
align support for medicines adherence.
Increase
quality and safety and support improvements in clinical care through practice
based audit and implementing change.
Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g.
temporary non availability of drugs.
Ensure patient safety when they are transferred
between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines.
Demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and
knowledge in core areas.
Demonstrate accountability for delivering
professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
Recognise priorities when problem-solving and
identify deviations from the normal pattern and refer to GPs when appropriate.
Follow legal, ethical, professional and
organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct .
Involve patients in decisions about prescribed
medicines and support adherence as per NICE guidance.
Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the
organisation and their involvement in patient care.
Demonstrate use of appropriate communication to
gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and
peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations, ICB).
Demonstrate ability to work as a member of the team
Recognise personal limitations and refer to more
appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
Liaise with ICB colleagues including ICB medicine management team on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient
care and benefit.
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in
governance and implement this appropriately within the practice.
Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to the
workplace vision.
Demonstrate ability to improve quality within
limitations of service.
Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve
goals.
Oversee the MHRA alerts/CAS alerts to make sure
these are audited, actioned and logged on a spreadsheet
Conduct regular medication audits under the
guidance of the Prescribing Lead GP.
Assist in training of Pharmacy technicians and
trainee doctors.
Basis: Part Time 25 hours (negotiable)
Permanent Position
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead on where changes in evidence require changes
in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or
indications change.
Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to
align support for medicines adherence.
Increase
quality and safety and support improvements in clinical care through practice
based audit and implementing change.
Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g.
temporary non availability of drugs.
Ensure patient safety when they are transferred
between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines.
Demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and
knowledge in core areas.
Demonstrate accountability for delivering
professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
Recognise priorities when problem-solving and
identify deviations from the normal pattern and refer to GPs when appropriate.
Follow legal, ethical, professional and
organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct .
Involve patients in decisions about prescribed
medicines and support adherence as per NICE guidance.
Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the
organisation and their involvement in patient care.
Demonstrate use of appropriate communication to
gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and
peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations, ICB).
Demonstrate ability to work as a member of the team
Recognise personal limitations and refer to more
appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
Liaise with ICB colleagues including ICB medicine management team on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient
care and benefit.
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in
governance and implement this appropriately within the practice.
Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to the
workplace vision.
Demonstrate ability to improve quality within
limitations of service.
Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve
goals.
Oversee the MHRA alerts/CAS alerts to make sure
these are audited, actioned and logged on a spreadsheet
Conduct regular medication audits under the
guidance of the Prescribing Lead GP.
Assist in training of Pharmacy technicians and
trainee doctors.
Basis: Part Time 25 hours (negotiable)
Permanent Position
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy.
- May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
- Demonstrate self-development through continuous professional development activity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy.
- May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
- Demonstrate self-development through continuous professional development activity.
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).
