Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist

Reports to: Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Accountable to: The Partners

Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Banding: Depending on experience

Job Purpose

To facilitate and participate in the delivery of high quality, cost-effective and evidenced based use of medicines within primary care.

Professional Duties and Responsibilities

To develop, implement and maintain practice based pharmacy services covering the core and additional areas as defined within the Blackpool CCG Practice Pharmacist service specification

To provide face-to-face and telephone reviews for patients within defined therapy areas and clinical competence as agreed with the GP partners

To provide prescribing support and advice to clinical staff within the surgery

To provide prescription support and advice non-clinical staff within the surgery

To provide treatment advice and support to registered patients

To facilitate effective transfer of patient-care from external organisation to surgery through the appropriate processing of medication related communications e.g. hospital discharge letters, consultant clinic letters

To undertake reviews of individual patients medication

To make recommendations for improving patient care and safety, to GPs and other healthcare professionals involved in the patients care

To utilise prescribing rights on an independent basis in the course of carrying out regular duties and responsibilities and within the pharmacists competence

To aid in the evaluation, development and implementation of guidelines protocols and formularies within the surgery

To appropriately inform GPs and other healthcare professionals of unnecessary drug expenditure and where this can be reduced without compromising patient care

To contribute to the design and delivery of initiatives regarding the management of medicines within the practice. To be responsible for implementing these initiatives at practice level, monitoring changes made and ensuring that benefits are maintained in the future

To identify areas of clinical risk at practice 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 practice resources

To develop and maintain an effective network and working relationships with other members of the practice

To participate in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the practice

To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own Continuous Professional Development

To participate clinical and medication audit in priority areas, such as QOF, NICE guidance, NSFs and other agreed target areas

To work in collaboration with individuals appointed in the CCG and other local practices on local priorities where this also will be of benefit to registered patients or has been agreed by the partners

General

1. Confidentiality: To abide by the principles of confidentially as defined in the Staff Handbook, as required by law and in accordance with professional responsibilities

2. Health & Safety: To always act with due with consideration for the health and safety of self and others and in accordance with the practice policy

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities, but it is a guide for information to the job. The job description will be periodically reviewed in the light of developing work requirements. The individual in post will be expected to contribute towards that revision.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An undergraduate Masters Degree or equivalent in Pharmacy.
• Membership as practising pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Commitment towards continuing professional development in accordance with requirements of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Pharmacist independent prescriber registered with The General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification to Diploma or Masters level in a recognised area of pharmacy practice or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio

Desirable

• Relevant post registration experience of community, hospital and / or primary care pharmacy practice.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to manage patients with complex needs
• Ability to remain calm and professional in an emergency situation
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Effective time management and excellent communication skills
• Well developed IT skills including use of clinical software and Microsoft packages
• Enthusiasm and common-sense
• Self motivated
• Self directed practitioner
• Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs
• Ability to work with high patient turnover and a pressurised environment on a daily basis.
• Able to work flexible hours

Desirable

• Knowledge of Local and National Health policy
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Understanding of clinical governance in primary care setting
• Knowledge of primary care clinical IT systems
• Knowledge of S1
• Commitment to provide effective and high quality service
• Values and respects the different cultures and beliefs of patients and colleagues
• Hold a valid drivers licence

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Glenroyd Medical Practice

Address

Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre

Bristol Avenue

Bispham, Blackpool

FY2 0JG

Employer's website

https://www.glenroydmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)